Today is January 7th, Orthodox Christmas: a holiday my mother's side of the family celebrated in days of old; a holiday God graciously reminded me of in the nick of time. You see, my New Year pretty much stunk as I came down with the stomach flu right in time for the 1st. I was vacationing (which adds a whole new level of miserable to being sick, wouldn't you say?) and I was very frustrated that I could not have a fresh start to the year; I could not begin my resolutions as effectively as I'd imagined.
So I'm starting over today. This is the day the Orthodox church celebrates the birth of Christ and since I already had a great Christmas, I'm taking another shot at the new year. Appropriately, I treated last night as my New Year's Eve and feasted on pasta and frozen yogurt. My resolutions are not really life-changers, more just life-get-back-on-trackers. I'm planning to:
-Eat really clean for the next 90 days, which means: only whole grains and natural sugars, as well as only organic animal products and organic produce from the dirty dozen list.
-Work out 6 days a week for the next 30 days.
After my 30 and 90 day periods, I will continue to eat well and exercise, but I find that giving myself a specific time frame for these stricter rules makes them both more manageable and purposeful. Its sort of a boot camp healthy cleanse for my body, without making myself feel like I am forever deprived. I most certainly believe in feasting and I believe there is a healthy way to do it!
I have a whole list of ideas floating around in my head about other resolutions I would like to pursue...like blogging once a week, going to 2 services every Sunday, recycling more consistently, and taking cod liver oil...but I think these are things I will just do, rather than resolve to punish myself for not doing. Does that make sense? It's like: being ambitious is ok, as long as it's backed by reality-groundedness, hehe.
So Happy New Year, everyone! If you fell off the horse already, get back on today!
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