Last year, I reworked my previous year's goals and that worked great for me, as I want to make these lifelong habits and one year is not enough to accomplish them. I hope to get closer to them each year. I think I made great progress in 2008. Here is a recap of my goals for 2009, also listed up on top of this blog. I list them there so that I won't forget them come April, like most years in the past. This keeps my mind thinking about them for the whole year.
Family Goals
1. Continue to purpose to be home more in 2009.
We really worked hard on this goal. We dropped out of our co-op activities. I carefully chose after school activities, picking only 2: AWANA and Karate for all three of the kids. Being less busy away from home is a huge blessing to me.
2. Love one another, prefer one another, be kind and tender-hearted to one another.
(Family Verse for 2009, Ephesians 4:32 "Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you."ESV)
There is still a lot of room for work here. I desire to see my children more loving towards one another. Harsh responses are still a problem. Selfishness is too.
Personal Goals
1. Read my Bible and pray every day possible (Growing in grace to do what I know I am called to do, pursue holiness,diligence.)
Oh, I wish I could say this was a solid habit of mine! My plan for the year is to get out my Bible in a Year and start reading everyday. I will read every night before bedtime. I will pray every morning when I wake up, using Scripture as my guide. I will also jot down verses that "speak" to me, referring to them often.
2. Seek out tangible ways to encourage others as often as possible.
This goal is too vague. But I can't think of anything better now. I really want to be an encouragement to others, especially my husband. For example, I will purpose to get up with him and fix his breakfast most mornings. Also, I want to visit my grandparents once a month.
3. Purpose and pray to eat only when I am hungry, stopping when I am full, not stuffed!
I will also adopt these eating goals:
- eat five fruits or vegetables a day (limit starchy vegetables to one serving a day)
- drink water
- take my vitamin
- choose whole grains
- limit sweets to 5 Weight Watcher points a day
- 3 servings of dairy
- closely follow the Weight Watcher Core plan with 5 sweet points a day.
My over-all weight goal is to loose another 25 pounds this year and maintain the 25 I lost in 2008. If I loose more, that is great. Maintenance is my goal.
4. Use my Wii Fit every day possible.
This is so exciting to me. I have finally found something that motivates me to move!!! I can't say enough. I think I am going to use some Christmas money to buy Wii's My Fitness Coach. I wish they had My Weight Loss Coach for Wii, also. Maybe they will some day. For now, my goal is to earn 20 fitness points per day or more. I work up a sweat doing that much right now. My son does want an Nintendo DS for his birthday. They have My Weight Loss Coach for that. Maybe I should let him get one, if he promises to let me use it too. 
5. Follow Flylady, incorporating as many of her ideas into my daily routines as possible inorder to be more disciplined with my home management.
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