Ringing in 2012

 This year I rang in the New Year in Southern California. The weather was warm, there was a great deal of laughter, and new memories were created with some of my closest college friends. My very last day I spent some time in Santa Monica. As I walked barefoot on the beach by the Santa Monica Pier, I reflected on all the changes that happened in 2011 and years prior.  I have grown immensely thankful for the friends and family who have stood by me on this journey of health and fitness. It will be 7 years in June that I started on my weight loss journey. In that time I have changed my eating habits, learned to cook healthy and great tasting food, learned to love exercise, become a Pilates Teacher, and can now shop in almost any store I want without crying (most of the time) :). Most of all, I have learned to become flexible with my life. You can't always plan out each moment of your life, but you can learn to accept those moments of serendipity when they do come your direction. 


  So here are my New Years Resolutions:

1. To learn to consistently create my own adventure. Even if it means going alone. 
2. To continue to pursue greater levels of fitness, because I know that it makes me feel stronger and happier. 
3. To remind myself that I am a work in progress. That means I can cut myself some slack and pick myself up when I trip and fall.
4. To continue to seek out those things that make me feel happy, healthy, and strong. If I have given myself the tools to become physically healthy, mentally healthy, emotionally healthy and spiritually healthy, then I will be able to better give to others. I will be able to give to others more effectively because I will be a more whole person.