My 2009 Resolutions

So I’m flipping through my notebook and I found my 2007 New Year’s Resolutions.
They are as follows:
1. Get Certification
2. Join Weight Watchers, Lose 20lbs
3. No Candy or Soda except for Valentine’s Day, Halloween, Christmas and New Years Eve
4. Retake Swimming Lessons
5. Take up Cycling

I’ve only been able to manage #2 - No Candy/Soda.

I’m flipping through the same notebook and I can not find my 2008 New Year’s Resolutions. Probably because I never stuck to any of them except for the candy/soda thing. I think I had something about not buying any alcohol. No eating at restaurants that had a drive-thru window. Lose weight, Blah, Blah, Blah. I don’t know where I posted that stuff. It’s a moot point because I know I didn’t stick to any of it. So like everyone else, now I’m trying to come up with 2009 New Year’s Resolutions.
Here are the obvious ones.

1 - No Candy, Soda or Fruit snacks except on the following days: Valentine’s Day, Halloween, Christmas and New Years Eve.
I call these dates my Candy Binge Days. I added fruit snacks this year because I like eating fruit snacks and let’s face it - fruit snacks are candy. I want to add stuff like no cookies, donuts or cakes. But I’ve tried that just for Lent and I end up finding some substitute like Apple Jacks Cereal or Graham Crackers w/ Honey and Whip Cream. Plus I love the 100 calorie cookie packs. If only I can limit myself to one a day that would be great.

2 - Lose 20lbs.
It’s like a yearly tradition. One year I’ll actually figure out how to accomplish this. I’m content in the fact that I haven’t really gained a lot of weight, but losing it seems to be the real challenge.

3 - Take up cycling.
I think this is the right step towards doing a triathlon; buy a bike and get into cycling. I started bike shopping this year. I’m hoping to actually get a bike for my birthday (February) and start cycling by the spring.

Now for the new stuff that I think I can manage.
4 - Limit alcohol purchase to 2 bottles a month.
You should know that I am a big fan of wine. I like sampling different wines. But I’ve been known to finish off a bottle on my own within 2-3 days. So that’s like 4-5 bottles of wine a month and that can get kind of expensive. I’m in the process of stocking up before the first, but after that I’m limiting myself to 2 bottles a month.

5- Take a real vacation.
This year all of my trips were really short ones (usually the over the weekend) that had something to do with a running a marathon or visiting family. I really want to take another cruise or go away to some place nice for a week and not have to run a marathon or visit family.

Now for the hard ones…
6 - Eat 2-3 servings of fruits and veggies each day.
This is tough because I may not have 2-3 servings of fruits or veggies available for consumption. This is a new thing that will require more planning on my part. I’m not a fan of grocery shopping and fruits and vegetables don’t last long.

No Personal Growth
As you can see, ALL of my resolutions are related to either a diet, health or fitness goal. You look at other people’s blogs and they’ll have things like… "read the bible", "be a better mother, wife, sister, girlfriend, etc.", "spend more time with friends and family", "stick to a budget", "get promoted at work", "reduce carbon footprint", "learn French, the guitar and non-linear mathematics".

Resolutions like these are all about personal growth. I guess I have no ambition to grow personally, spiritually or environmentally until I’ve achieved my outstanding physical health goals. That alone is plenty to work on in one year. I’d love to add more resolutions, but if this year is any indication of what can happen in life, I don’t want to over commit my time to several accomplishments instead of focusing on a specific few.