For New Years Eve, I spent some time with Jassen's family. We decided weeks before to do a meal of it to bring in the New Year. I figured I would try my hand at preparing ham(or gammon, as it is known as here in the UK and Ireland) and alllll the fixings!
Also for the first time in my life, I made scalloped potatoes, green bean casserole, AND a special orange sauce that complimented the ham oh-so perfectly!:-) That really made me happy.:-p
For the salad, I had brought over shrimp and a homemade cocktail sauce to go with it. So, with combined brainpower, my mum-in-law, Devi suggested a shrimp salad. I took her advice from there and it ended up being rather tasty.
We had some wine with the meal and then crowded around Jassen's dad's tele with Brut Champagne to bring in the New Year. I had my parents on iChat, as so they could be somewhat a part of the festivities.
To be honest, I could care less about another digit or two changing on the calender, but I like the idea of starting afresh, anew, with the best of intentions of not only becoming a better person on an individual basis, but as a human being on a whole.
So, shall i share what my resolutions are for this year and so on? I'm not one to be superstitions in dispelling any truth on the matter.
Here goes:
Although it might seem like an obvious choice, I am on a regime of diet and exercise at the moment. I am on DAY 4 and so far so good. It has been suggested that when people DO take on such a resolution in the beginnings of winter, they find it almost impossible to resist the temptations of winter aka fatty foods. On average we give up on diet and exercise between the first 2 to 6(my opinion about the 6 weeks) weeks.
I was told by a friend of mine recently that for every 500 calories you omit from your daily intake times that by 7 days of the week, that is 3500 calories less or 1 pound lost.
500 less per day x 7 days = 3500 calories or 1 pound lost
Really, that is not a bad deal. On top of that sort of conscious dieting, if exercise is involved, that helps to aid in the simple fact of NOT just losing any old weight, like from muscle mass, but fat as well. If you lose from the muscle and not the fact, you probably get something like the Oprah effect(Sorry O), in which it rubber bands right back atcha as soon as you slip off the wagon.:-S
ULTIMATELY, my goal is to rid myself of the weight of 30 pounds(more like 25) to reach the ideal weight of 140. OH-My-gosh. To be at an ideal weight, it would be wonderful, especially that since being the UK, people CAN be big or overweight, but whilst commuting into the city, ALOT of people are thin and lean due to all the walking they have probably done all of their lives since they could first walk.
But really it isn't so much of a vain motivation, but for when Jassen and I do finally decide to set up the JJ Camp, and start a little posse, I will be(and hopefully him too) in good shape, and good health to make the process not only smoother, but super healthy for any little creature we create, comes into this world.:-) Big enough motivation, if you ask me.
So, yes....that is my personal deal.
As for on a more human level....
I aim to be a bit less sensitive than the past year,
less cynical(as it ages you and wears on your heart and others around you)
more positive(because it definitely pays forward),
take on new challenges(like for me at the moment, getting a new job)
and overall, just be a better, stronger peg in the spokes of life.
Hope you all reach your goals of happiness.;-)
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