Here to share my own little adventures in day to day life. I’m married to a USAF Firefighter, have a new baby girl, & live overseas in the UK. For now I'm going to enjoy this 3rd and last year living in England with my beautiful family & we'll see where the world takes us!
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
2012
I kind of feel bad for New Years Resolutions. I feel that phrase has gotten a bad rap over the years and been labeled things like "flaky" and "wishy-washy" because most of them are apparently abandoned by February.
However, I came across this awesome article in Fit & Firm's online issue XVII ( Found Here: http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4dfd7ae3?page=104&p9865=9985#/4dfd7ae3/22 )about how it only takes 30 days to break a bad habit or develop a new one. So with that in mind, I think New Years Resolutions deserve another shot in the Merritt household this year. FYI, I think you should take a few minutes to read the article, because like I said, its awesome. The focus is on healthy eating, but I feel the general theory could be branched out and molded into whatever "resolution" you are going with.
So with that said, 2012 will be awesome. Personally, I have been waiting for 2012 for a couple years, and I am super excited it is finally here! PCS year, my best friends wedding year, visit Colorado year...election year...anyways...
So yes, first, we move from England.
Our tour has been 3 years and while it has been a wonderful and memorable experience, I am thankful we are in the home stretch. Come June, we will be heading to the tropical island of Okinawa Japan and we could not be more excited! The 67 mile long island will be our home for the next 4 years, (or 3, not quite sure of that small detail.) where we will enjoy sunshine, beaches, and more sunshine and beaches. And...the occasional typhoon, but that's ok =) We are excited about the opportunity to experience the life and culture the Asia/Pacific have to offer. Can. Not. Wait.
Second, my best friend in the whole wide world is getting married in Cozumel Mexico this March. She is absolutely the most amazingly awesome woman I've ever met and I can not wait to stand up with her and witness the day she marries the man of her dreams. How lucky am I? Pretty lucky to have a best friend like her.
Furthermore, I have some of my own 2012 resolutions, or lifestyle adaptations I'd like to implement into daily, or weekly, or monthly life.
1, LOOSE THAT BABY WEIGHT!
Grace is now 8 months old and I am still retaining 20 of the 30lbs gained during pregnancy. Absolutely ready to say "peace out" to that. So this last commissary trip I loaded up with uber good foods and I've loaded my Pinterest.com Health & Fitness board with lots of challenging, but fast (yes with my munchkin, fast is an absolute must!) at home workouts to get my butt into shape. Through Pinterest.com I have come across this fantastic website,bodyrock.tv that is not only super motivational, it is cram packed with fast, intense at home workouts. I've been doing a couple of their workouts for the past few days, and that combined with 4 days of yummy Green Smoothies (2 bananas, 1/2 bag of frozen pineapple, 2 big handfuls of spinach, and almond milk to blend) the numbers on the scale have begun lowering. I've decided to do their newest 30 day challenge, beginning yesterday. So the scale is going away for the next 30 days, and I'm super excited to see where I'm at come February 1st! I say I'm going to try and post something daily about how its going, partially to keep myself accountable and motivated to not look like such a slacker.
2, Start school again
I was planning on going back to school while we were living here in England, and well, here we are 2.5 years later, no school started. Things like a full time job and baby #1 ended up being big focuses, and with funding for military spouses being so "yo-yo" the past couple years. Plans didn't go, well, as planned. But that's ok, I'm super excited to get started, even if it is just with 1 or 2 classes this semester. I think it will make it easier to get focused in the fall once we are settled in Japan if I begin now. And with our visit to Colorado coming up in February, timing is kind of perfect with the abundance of babysitters that will be chomping at the bit to spend a much time with their grandbaby Grace as possible!
So yes, there you have it, my two main goals for 2012. Here's hoping I can look back 351 days from now a few pounds lower and a few knotches smarter =) Happy New Year Everyone.
Oh yes, and of course, a few recent pictures of our wonderful little girl who is now 8 months old and just days away from taking those first steps!
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