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New Year... New Me

First off, I am typing this on my iPad and its terrible.  My desktop is being a punk and my laptop is too.

Anyways....

One year ago today I started going to the gym. It has been 365 days of exercising, clean eating, and struggling.

I have put my healthy habits aside for the holidays. I decided that I had deprived myself all year and I wasn't going to do that during the holidays. I said that I knew I would gain weight, and I'd be ok with it as long as it was less an 10 pounds.

I went to the gym for the first time in a while today. I weighed before I got started. I gained weight. It was less than ten pounds, but I was not ok with it.

I worked hard to get that weight off and carelessly put it back on. I did realize that I probably would have but on that weight anyway drying the holidays (you know like if I didn't lose the weight) and it would be a lot worse.

I don't believe in Resolutions. They always fall apart.  I believe in goals. I do have goals for 2014. Here are some of my goals.  I am sure they will change throughout the year, but as of today here they are.

*Lose 50 pounds
*Do a half marathon
*Complete more 5Ks
*Exercise 3-5 times a week
*Save money.

I know that's not an extensive list or anything, but that's the five important things to me right now. It helps me be accountable sharing them


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