The holiday season is almost over for me. I say almost because there are still remnants of the holidays in my house even as we speak. Today is the last day for the life of our Christmas tree standing up and proud in my living room. Tomorrow is trash day and tonight I will drag it outside and leave it by the bins as if it meant nothing, kind of sad. Last night I made a pumpkin pie that I had in my freezer and it felt like Thanksgiving all over again, at least the smell did. And finally, my teenagers are still on their oh so long Christmas break. When the date first approached for them to be out of school only my son was happy about it and my daughter was sad. Now it seems like my daughter has joined his bandwagon and is wishing for a miracle of some kind that will prolong their vacation even more-not going to happen.
As for me I am barely getting back into the swing of things and trying to start the New Year right. I have one big resolution that I am trying to be good at, but so far it is just not happening. My goal is to lose about 30 pounds this year, hopefully by the summer. So far it has not been a success. I started out on a good foot by actually buying fruits and vegetables. I even actually mixed it up in a salad. My problem is that I forgot not to just eat those and I added in all my regular junk too…okay, I didn’t forget. At work we have exercise equipment and I have made it a point to go on each break I have and work out in some way, usually on the treadmill. It’s something I need to do but I dread to do. The problem is that along one wall of the workout room is nothing but a mirror. I can’t help but to glance over once in a while and see my short stubby self trying hard to not be stubby. Oh well, at least I am making some kind of an effort.
I go places like the mall and I see these pretty girls all dressed up in their cute heels and long hair and I think…”Oh there’s what I want to look like”. No I don’t mean I want to be their twin, but I want to be cute and have flowing long locks of hair with a perfect figure. Add to it the fact that usually when I go out to the mall I throw on some jeans, flip flops and a cute t-shirt and call it a day, oh yeah and I can’t forget some hoop earrings. I once read an article that said even if you go out looking all raggedy some mascara, lip gloss and hoop earrings will make you look fabulous. I don’t know what that author was smoking that day, because hoop earrings do not work all the time!
I guess I should not be too hard on myself. Even though I do not weigh less than 100 pounds, I think I am still not entirely a dog either, I think I am cute enough to get by (ok, I think I’m cuter than that!) My hair may not extend much lower than my shoulders, but at least they are not extensions. Everything on me is real…except an occasional hair color change!
So as the first week of January is slowly fading away, so I hope my pounds will be also. As much as I love the holidays, I can’t deal with all the food from turkey to tamales to sweet baked goods. Who can resist all that food and what’s the point of trying to resist or begin a diet then, now that’s just crazy! I will write in the coming months on the progress of my main 2011 resolution and hope it’s all good news…mmm doesn’t pumpkin pie sound good right now?
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