Big Steps

Happy Monday Ya'll! 

I made the big decision this weekend to use a couple of Amazon gift cards that I got for Christmas to purchase a Fitbit. I've been really trying to find something to inspire my reintroduction to taking care of myself, and this seemed like the perfect excuse to feel a little fancy, and to get my ass back into shape. The beautiful Charge HR Fitbit arrived today, and as I type it is charging on my computer. I have my profile all set, (with my Dad as my only friend haha) and I'm ready to start really getting some steps in and tracking my sleep. I think I'm really interested the most in how I'm sleeping. I am also interested in seeing the scale go down, down, down. I was pleasantly surprised this morning when I weighed 7 lbs lighter than the last time I weighed myself. But I also know this isn't from doing all of the right things, it's probably from skipping breakfast everyday and only sometimes eating lunch at work. This is not the healthy way to lose weight, its just what's happening. So now the goal is to let the FitBit do some of the work for me, at least in the motivation dept. Onward and upward!

Until next time,

Elizabeth

Starting Something New

Welcome to my blog!

It's been quite a long time since I wrote on a blog. And it seemed like time for me to create a new one. My old blog did a lot of great things, but I utilized it mostly as a way to feel more "legit" about reading other bloggers. But I never really used it as a tool to help me create, cultivate, and dream of my best life, so that's what I'm looking to do here. I have been doing a great deal of thinking about the inspiration that I used to draw from some of my favorite bloggers. So many of their lives have changed, whether it's from work, having children, getting married, or just changing their own life focus. I found that there was this hefty void because I had drawn so much of my inspiration from them, even allowed myself to grow, learn, and love myself vicariously through their posts.

So I decided to create a new place for me, one where I'm not scared to share where I am in this life, and what I want to do. I want this to be a place that I keep track of my progress, my strength, and my incredible ability to work hard. I want a place to recognize that I'm not perfect, but that doesn't detract from who I am or what I want to accomplish. Part of all of this is stemming from the beginning of the New Year, part of it is stemming from my recognition that I need to change. I'm the unhealthiest that I've ever been, and this can't continue if I hope to life past 40 and to have a family. I am also the unhappiest that I've been in years, a great deal of that comes from my being 500 miles south of my family, friends, and home. I'm a New England girl living in a Mid Atlantic world, and I'm not a big fan. I am also currently battling some work issues that I won't go into detail about here, but I'm hoping can be solved with some of these changes that I'm looking at.

So I want to keep track, I'm not sure how I want to do it, whether I just want to track goals monthly, quarterly, every 6 months, or just yearly. But I want to see my progress. I want to take the time to recognize the change that is occurring, that I'm working towards. So here I start, day 1 on the blog. I'm going to attach my 101 in 1001 list, because I loved working hard to accomplish my last one and I think that has been a great metric for seeing progress, change, and positivity in my life.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you stick around.
Elizabeth