Today guest blogger Dorothy Skarles talks about New Year’s Resolutions.
Sound familiar?
New Year’s Resolution
Have you ever made a quick resolution at the end of a New Years Eve dinner while everyone else drank a tiny-bit more champagne and blew party favors?
Then as the waitress came to serve dessert, you quickly waved her away, smiled at your special someone, and said, “No more ice cream for me, I’m going on a diet!”
I can’t even begin to guess, how many times I have made a diet resolution at the beginning of a New Year, one that always seems to bring with it a firm determination to take action and do more physical exercise and loose ten pounds.
But the question is, do I do it?
Well, my jeans are getting a tiny-bit tight.
And it is a big commitment!
I turn myself sideways to look in the mirror and think of long hours of dieting as January 5, 6, 7, 8 go by?
And I ask. Will losing five or ten pounds really help?
It probably would, but life-health issues about “what’s good for me” often fly right out the window when a hot fudge Sunday with whip cream and a cherry on top sits in front of me.
As I drool, I get weaker.
I practically froth at the mouth.
“Hey, one little Sunday won’t hurt. I haven’t had any sugar in several days. I’ll be more careful tomorrow.”
The pitfall of being enticed to eat my favorite dessert, became my downfall.
The taste of sweets got harder to resist from that one little chocolate slip.
Really…it didn’t seem all that wrong or unwise at the time. I just couldn’t…couldn’t say “No!”
My determination to achieve my New Years resolution for no desserts was a complete meltdown. The slips just kept coming to the end of a meal like a tornado.
And then it began—“It’s too late to exercise now. I’ll start again tomorrow?”
Still, I know the sun orbits the earth, and months fly into a lot of tomorrows, and sooner than later another New Year will arrive to make a new resolution.
This time, I’ll stick with it.
Unless it’s chocolate.
Any suggestions?
Dorothy
Thanks Dorothy.
Dear Dorothy,
Your meltdown was also mine. This year my only resolution is to add exercise to the chocolate.
Enjoyed the blog!
Sincerely,
your fellow failed chocoholic
I'll be joining weight watchers this week, I want to lose 30lbs by April. I don't eat deserts, I just eat, everything else that isn't good for me. I'm also a stress eater. If I'm under any stress I eat anything and everything within reach, it doesn't matter if I like it, it goes down.
I'm not big on resolutions, my belief they are made to be broken, so on New Years eve I make some ridiculous resolution and forget, and move on to more realistic smaller goals, that are in reach. Happy New Years gal pals.
Cath, you make my day. I like your idea best of all. chocolate with exercise, might just work for me. Have a good New Year.
Margaret, Weight Watches !!! Where they watch your weight so close and they are so good at it!!! Gee, dear friend, what is fun about that? We have to have a little chocolate when we critique. You know the good stuff with whip cream and good coffee. Have a wonderful day.
Weight Watchers new program is 'awesome'. It is all the 'free fruit & most free vegetables'. Some starch points are higher, but some protein is lower in points. I've been on w.w. for over 35 year (mosty mantaining my weight – with a few ups and downs) but by far, I think the 'PointsPlus' program is the best ever! Do all try it – you will be pleasantly surprised. bernadine
Hey, Lee, Dorothry and Bernadine. January 6. And Weight Watchers here I come. Mainly to be shamed (at the weigh scale) into taking better care of myself and eating right. Fruits and veggies are the way to go. A few months (10 lbs and lots of exercise?) and it'll just be a matter of maintaining after that. Okay, Dorothy, a little whipping cream on my coffee when we meet to critique. But only if I've been good.
Oh my, you girls are putting me to shame. Right now I don't want to think about the Weight Watchers program. But good luck to all of you.
I really don't have a sweet tooth, I like salt, and that is bad for the blood pressure. But anyhow, I don't usually make definite commitments when it is something I love. I just approach it slowly. Waving goodbye a little more each time.
Self, I know where you are coming from with salt. The salt along with a few allergies have me reading labels on everything. It is even hard to cook without salt. I try, like you, to use less and less. Good luck to that for both of us. Thanks for writing.