Resolutions

I do resolutions.  I know a lot of people don't.  A lot of people think resolutions are a waste of time, etc., etc.  Sure, I don't keep some of my resolutions BUT many great things in my life started as a new years resolution.  Becoming a nurse, running, triathlons.  All goals that started with the new year.  Last year I had 1 resolution.  Have a healthy baby (preferably an unmedicated water birth).  Mission accomplished.  This year my list is MUCH longer. 

I started to do a 2011 wrap up.  For me it was a pretty great year- and I know I haven't been keeping up with this so I kinda need to do a race recap- but for the first post of the new year I wanted to look ahead. 

2012 Resolutions

-Take more pictures. Of the family, of life.  Its all flying by and I know the girls will be graduating high school before I know it.  I need to take pictures of the everyday. 

-Plan meals. Sit down to dinner as a family at least once a week. This is SO hard for me.  I am such a bad meal planner and the girls are so flipping picky BUT I'm going to make an effort. 

-Pay off debt; save more money (doesn't everyone have this one!)

-Grow a garden.  I try this almost every year but never quite make it.  Or I start it and it falls apart.  But this year I'm really going to try. 

-Lose baby weight.  I have 15-20 lbs to lose before I am at my pre-pregnancy weight.  I'd like to lose it by 3/31.  baby's 1st birthday.  This encompasses many other things.  I plan to do Turbofire, run, go to the gym, eat better, drink more water. 

I have been going back and forth about training for a race.  I'd like something specific to train for, I feel like it helps me to stay focused on a goal, however, I am having trouble committing to something with as crazy as life is right now. Plus, I feel like training can sometimes interfere with losing weight and I really want to get the weight off right now.  I would like to do a late spring 1/2 marathon and also OUC next year.  I think other than that I am not going to train for anything specific.  Next year I feel like I will be able to start getting back into tri-training.  And I really want to but its easier (and more enjoyable) for me to focus on running this year.  

Anyone else do resolutions?  What does everyone have planned for this year? 

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

I really did fall down on this blogging thing, didn't I??  I suppose I owe everyone a race recap.  I did finsih my race but December is just a really crazy month around here.  So many birthdays plus holidays and then it happens to be one of the busiest times at work.  Life with a new baby is so crazy and as he has gotten more active I have gotten less and less time that I can sit and write.  Or really even just sit. 

2011 was amazing for me.  One year ago I was going into my 3rd trimester of pregnancy and had just started a new job.  I was tired all the time and had pretty much lost a regular workout schedule over the holidays.  I was looking forward to meeting my new little man and had one resolution: Have a baby!  I spent my days that I didn't work getting ready for the baby, taking naps, eating cake and daydreaming about the baby. When will his birthday be?  What will he look like? 

Turns out his day was March 31st.  And unlike his big sisters, he had a head full of hair.  He was 8 minutes away from being an April Fool!  Although I still say he was my hardest labor, I guess maybe it wasn't so bad after all. I had an amazing midwife and doula to help me through. His big sisters got to see him right away and help his daddy cut the umbilical cord.  His Grandma, Aunt Laura and cousin Ella, and 2 of mommy's best friends were there to meet him right away.  He was born into so much love. 

The plan was to get back to working out/running right away and I tried, really I did.  Then I went back to work.  Still I managed to hit the gym and to run.  I wanted to do a sprint tri.  The same race that  I had done the previous year when I was newly pregnant but I just couldn't seem to get time on my bike or in the pool so I decided against it.  My only goal now was to finish the year with a 1/2 marathon.

It's not easy to find time to train. A baby is a lot of work and the 2 big kids are a lot of work, too.  Work is a lot of work!  I managed to complete my 1/2 marathon in December.  My time was 2:25 something.  Definitely not a PR but better than I thought I would do.  I felt good about it and I am really glad I had that goal to push myself to get back into it.  I love running but life is so crazy lately that without a goal I'm just not getting out there. 

 I never really hit my weight loss goal either but my priorities definitely shifted and I'm okay with it.  Now I'm hoping I can get the weight off by his first b-day.  Thats a pretty reasonable goal, I think. 
 I am trying to get motivated to start this year.  I am taking the first few weeks of January to formulate a plan.  I really need to focus on nutrition this year.  I would like to plan to do a bunch of fun races but my reality is that I still am working weekends and I still have a young baby at home. Maybe next year I can do more racing, but I think this year is going to be more about learning some good habits. 

2011 was great.  I can't imagine life without my little man but I'm excited for 2012.