A Good Start: 01-02-12

Did you expect anything less? The first day of resolutions is generally pretty good. Here is what I accomplished:

* Against all of my better instincts, I weighed myself today. It could have been much worse: 186.5.

* I started the day exercising to Just Dance 3 and thoroughly would have embarrassed myself if someone had been watching or, God forbid, video recording. My fav so far: Cee Lo Green's "Forget You."

* I researched my next Bible study and found two things that I will be starting soon. 

1) The Clutter Free Challenge - this doesn't require me buying a book or anything. This is a three-week program that Glynnis Whitwer will be leading based on her book, I Used to be So Organized. However all of the advice and tips and projects will be given in her blog. Check it out. 

2) Made to Crave - This is a 6-week Bible study. It is supposed to be about how we crave food and we really should be craving God. The book costs $14.95 at Family Christian (there's a coupon for 25-30% off on their website). However, I found it as an eBook for my Nook for $3.95. I'm so excited that I found it so cheap that I am taking this as a sign from God to do this study!! You can sign up for this study at the above link. Hope you can join me!

* I also spent some time today doing laundry and I even washed my sheets. NEWS FLASH: I hate changing the sheets! So it was a big deal when I decided to wash the sheets and put clean sheets on my bed. So I deserve a huge round of applause

* I cleaned my kitchen which was relatively clean already but just needed some sprucing up.

* I worked on my Spanish.

* I made a schedule for music at church for the next season.

* I tried to control my portions today and did pretty well. By dinner time, my brain was telling my stomach that I was really hungry. Therefore, my leftovers from Saturday night seemed pretty meager. As a consequence, I was still hungry after I ate and unfortunately had a bowl of cereal to tide me over. I don't feel like I overate but I still felt guilty. My goal for this first week is just to control my portions and be more aware of what I eat. Next week I am going to try to start changing my diet but I thought for this week, I would just try to get in the mode of "being aware." 

* I threw away all of the Christmas cookies! 

Give it up for me! Pray for me that I can do it even better tomorrow.

Jenn