New Years Resolutions

Hello world,
What's new? For me many things....
I've been writing about my new years resolutions on my blog; that's on my website. Some of the resolutions are to lose weight, finish my book that I'm writing, blog daily, read, laugh more, swear less. lol. I've started on eating healthy. I feel great and I've lost 3 pounds already. I'm just eliminating sugars, like cookies and for now I'm eliminating white breads. I've added more vegetables and fruit to my diet and whole grains. I feel great and I have more energy. I am starting to go for small brisk walks every day. I went today with my sisters and it was great. I'm buckling down on my writing, setting time aside every day to write. I feel focused and good. I find that each year I would start a resolution and then let it go after a month or two. This year, I am hopefully going to stick to it and it will help that I'm blogging about it. Please, feel free to share you're thoughts and goals for the new year. I'm also keeping a journal. I write down everything I eat and then I go to www.acaloriecounter.com and I add up my calories for the day. It's a great way to keep track of what you are eating. I find that I used to eat with out thinking. For example, I would just eat two cookies, and french bread and a sandwich. I wasn't eating vegetables or fruit on a daily basis. I was bloated and tired every day. It was hard a first and it still is.... sometimes I walk into the kitchen and smell cookies. I have a seven year old, who loves croissants and I  baked her some, and boy was it hard not to eat a whole bunch of them! Instead, I made myself a salad filled with green leaf and red leaf lettuce, tomato and carrots, celery and cilantro and I had a baked chicken thigh. I felt so good afterward and I had so much energy.  I don't need the croissant. I'm also trying not to eat after 7:00pm. If I do it's just celery or something good for my body. I'm not in anyway, advocating this for everyone. I'm just blogging about what I'm doing to try to keep myself healthy. I need to be a good girl now and write on my other websites.

I'll leave you with a poem. Dedicated to my daughters

Sunshine

When you smile-
You light up the room-
And when you laugh-
I can't help but laugh too-
You have a way of making me feel-
Things will be alright-
To me- you're my sunshine-
To me- you're my world-
Sunshine, sweet sunshine-
Smile for me one more time-
You're love fills me up-
You're smile makes my day-
You're laughter gives me joy-
And I wonder how lucky I am-
To have you, to hold you-
You're my sunshine-
You're all I need-
Sunshine-
Sweet Sunshine-
Smile for me one more time-

-Janie Zavala