The Winds of Change are Here For Me (New Year's Resolutions)

Member Name: arnoldhenryrufus

Product:	New Year's Resolutions
Date:	03/01/09 (592 review reads)
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Advantages: Better Health and Happiness

Disadvantages: No Mom and Dad to see it

New Year Resolutions
During my few years of writing reviews I have often thought of writing one on the year just past or my New Year Resolutions, as 2008 was not a brilliant year with the death of my mother and my mother in law having her cancerous kidney removed it was a little bit traumatic to say the least. Over the year I let my weight get out of hand and put a few stone in weight on and I also let my health go down hill, to the extent that my daily intake of tablets to keep me going hit a record 30 per day.

I don't normally make new years resolutions, normally I decide to do something and stick to it, 3 years ago when I lost my darling father, I was diagnosed with various illnesses, COPD, Diabetes and high colestrial, I was advised to give up smoking which after setting my self a target of November 30th I gave up on that day and have never touched once since. So resolutions don't normally come into it, I don't need January 1st to be the day to make changes. Saying that I do understand that people need a landmark to make changes in their lives and what better landmark than the New Year. But what a challenge ones gives oneself after over indulging during the festive period. Surely leaving it a few weeks to you get back to normal would be the ideal time to make those resolutions, you may stand a better chance of succeeding. Also don't go around telling everyone, (ha, ha which is what am I about to do). The reason I say this, is because that also puts a load of pressure on you, so if you slip up instead of getting back on track you feel a failure and simply give up.
Anyway, back on track my health got worse over 2008 giving me High Blood Pressure and Gastric Reflux and I also spend a week in hospital being tested for a possible stroke which was negative thank goodness and after a weeks rest I was fine again. I just could not get around to looking after myself with the constant worry over mom, over the last 12-18mths moms health had detoriated and we were often called to her bedside thinking this is going to be it, then she would continue on for a few more months and we would all get concerned again and the circle continued until we lost her in October.

Since then and over christmas I have had a lot of soul searching, my work were extremely kind to me and provided councilling for me to help me come to terms with both moms death and my own health. This has been a godsend to be honest, after the first couple of sessions where I cried all over the lady I was talking to, I finally got to me and what I really needed and wanted out of life. Loosing mom brought back many priorities; so here are my resolutions for 2009 and beyond.
These are on going resolutions they are life changes, drastic changes, that will make me better, this is not just for a season it is for life a bit like that cute puppy.

My first one is to get myself better, this will mean that I promise to try and walk further, and go out with my dogs at least once a day.
I also promise myself to eat healthy and not over indulge, to gently loose my weight by a simple healthy eating plan that I can live with. I am not joining a slimming group, but I know that I simply over eat, so when I get depressed I will find an alternative to keep me occupied and learn to read my body and eat when I'm hungry and not just for the sake of eating.

I want to spend more family time; life takes over especially with me being a shift worker, quality time is extremely rare, so I want to make more of an effort to see our wonderful children and grandchildren more often. I want to spend more time with my hubby, where we actually talk, rather than just be in the same room as each other, me on the computer and him watching the television.
I also plan to have a games evening hopefully once a month, or once every two months depending what can be arranged, this will be a night where my daughters and I can get together and play board games.

There we are not too many resolutions, but to me they will be life changing and maybe next year I can write about the past year and say yes I had a good year, I did this mainly for me, but also for my family so that I will live a lot longer, I would hate them to go through the pain of loosing a parent like I have.
Thank you for reading. Wish me luck, I am determined.

Summary: Better Health and Happiness