It's almost 6 pm. Sunday.  I have eaten a pint and a half of Haagen Daaz Sticky Toffee Pudding ice cream today and feel awful.  I'm letting life stressors get to me and medicating myself with food and it has to stop.  My focus this coming week is to organize my life and get my priorities straight.  I'm going to quit being lax in taking care of me.  I put myself aside for the benefit of everyone else and I'm going to have to change that mentality.  I'm depressed, overweight, and miserable.  I've decided that tomorrow is going to be the day I commit to taking care of myself so that I can take care of my family.  I can't do it if I don't take care of myself first.  I plan to do this by:

1.  delegating household chores...I can't do it all

2.  exercise

3.  healthier food choices by starting the WW core program.

4.  getting organized in my home

5.  not putting my feelings aside for someone else (unless it's my kids)

6.  getting more sleep

7.  adopt and stick to a daily routine

8.  take one night a week for myself to do what I need to for me

9.  giving more family responsibilitiy to my husband. 

10. stop trying to please everyone.

I'm writing this here so I can look back on it and remind myself of my goals.  I really need to prioritize and set up a routine and stick with it.  My eating has gotten out of hand because I am an emotional eater and try to medicate myself with food which only makes things worse. 

Tomorrow is a new start for me.  I am worth it and my family deserves it.  I want to be a happy and healthy wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend. 

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Posted by Aprilelah

I'm sitting here after eating an entire block of Hershey's Cacao Reserve chocolate bar and thinking the same thing! I have an elliptical trainer in my bedroom (thanks to dh) and I will be getting on it for a minimum of 20 minutes every morning this week. I am also taking an online course, and I need to devote a minimum of one hour per day to that, and I will. That's my plan anyway.

One of the things that helps make a plan "stick" is being able to track your progress and then "check in" on it. Are you planning to do anything like that? I know a lot of your plans involve the behavior of your family, but when it comes to what you can do for yourself, it might be a neat idea to blog about it or keep some sort of a log. If you want to, we could be a "doing better" blog team!

:-) April

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