Okay, this month it's all about resolutions. Talk about good timing as I still haven't written any resolutions here in this blog. Well, I still haven't blogged about our Christmas and New Year's Day celebrations (yeah, am such a slow blogger), so obviously I still haven't written any resolutions yet. I guess I will just have do this first before the pending life events I needed to blog - I loved how resolutions were divided according to topics and I don't want to miss it.
First of the resolutions this month is for health, and here are my resolutions:
- Eat healthy. I am a person who always have the wrong choice of food. I love my pork fat and chicken skin. If I can eat chicken for breakfast, lunch, and dinner everyday, I won't see it as a problem, and if I have all the money in the world, I would love to eat out even for just one meal everyday. In 2004 I had some blood work and my cholesterol was high (200+), and in 2009 my blood sugar was near its borderline (112 - my aunt's glucometer suggest normal blood sugar levels at 120). While it wasn't a reason to panic, it did make me panic because a few months before that my FBS was 95. Talk about a big leap! I came from a family with bad health history - diabetes, hypertension... and being a fat person I already saw my future coming. I still am "clean," but unless I don't control what I eat, I would pretty much end up like some of the members in the family. I resolve to eat as much vegetables and fish as I can, and if we are to eat meat dishes, I'd really try to cut the fat or add some vegetables to the dish to balance it out.
- Exercise. Reading books about health and fitness, losing weight is a combination of good diet and exercise. Some say people can eat whatever they want, but they have to know that they should exercise more than they eat; meaning, if one ate a whole lot of fast food, one should be prepared to exercise longer or harder. I don't see exercising as a problem, in fact I do like to exercise, it's just that I am too lazy to do it - maybe because I am doing it alone. There is something boring about doing it alone, but yes, I have to adjust to my situation and not let situation adjust with me. For this year, I resolve to exercise an hour a day upon waking up. I know this is a very tough rule for myself, but I have to be hard on myself sometimes because if I say I'd do it at a convenient time for me, I might not be able to do it.
- Sleep Early. Since the Christmas season started, I always find myself sleeping late, and one some days I am still awake at 1AM! What happens is that if I sleep late, I'd wake up late, too, and it f*cks up my schedule! Imagine waking up as early as 9AM then I'd eat breakfast, then lunch at 2 or 3PM... and dinnertime at 7PM! I am a morning person, and if I wake up late, I feel as if I have already been robbed of my day. It destroys my plans - exercising, eating proper breakfast... and since I am already "late," I sometimes decide to not do the things I needed to do because I already have to do something else. I resolve to sleep (or get to bed) at 11PM, and adjust my body clock to wake up at 5:30AM, so I can do my exercises and I can eat proper breakfast.
- Stop Being a Worrywart. I don't always voice out my concerns and fears into details, but I do worry all the time. It's really deadly - keeping all my worries for myself, which adds more stress in my body. My head process thoughts all the time that I sometimes get headaches. I don't want to end up at the psych ward (haha, I am being too exaggerated), so I really have to stop it. I resolve to believe to leave things to God and not get carried away with thoughts running in my head.
I have so many this to resolve this year, but for the health reasons, these are my top resolutions. Next year, I will take a look back and see how much I progress. :)
*** Jenn ***
