A New Start

Tomorrow is Monday, it's a new week, a new beginning, a new start. I have some goals that I'm starting on...again. It seems like things are starting again, or that I'm getting a new start. I start my new job, with my new career, next Monday and I'm stoked. I'm so ready to move on with this next chapter of my life. 


Since I'm starting a new job, I think I need to have a new me. I'm going to hop on the change bandwagon and stay on this time. Obviously, I'm not perfect and I know that I'll fall off the wagon but I am determined to change for real this time. I want to make it permanent, I want to be better than who I am now. I am determined to make these changes stick...I know it won't be easy but I'm determined to do it.


First of all, I am determined to get healthy. This involves a diet change, weight loss, and an attitude makeover. I think that I am going to do the HCG diet for one cycle to jump start my weight loss. Then I am going to make good food choices and work out. I want to do this the right way, not the easy way. I realize that the HCG might be considered the "easy" way but I only get 500 calories a day so I don't think that will be easy!!! I want to figure out a sort of healthy way to do it, if I can. I'm not 100% sold on it though, I just don't know if I have that kind of will power. I'm going to consult a dietician first to see about how to do it and make the "most" of it...if there is such a thing.


The attitude makeover has to do with the way I handle stress. I'm not great at it. I tend to lose it sometimes. Those who know me well, know how I am. It's something I want to change though, I need to be able to handle stress a little more gracefully. I tend to get angry about things that I have no control over and it's something that I need to work on. I don't let things get to me at work, I tend to take it home with me and deal with it there, which isn't the way to do it. I need to have the courage to handle things as they are thrown at me. If someone is irritating me, then I need to handle it with them, instead of waiting until I get home or yelling at someone as I'm driving home. That doesn't solve anything. I'm not afraid of confrontation, unless I'm at work. I tend to "defer" to other people at work, which is not how I am at home...so I want to be the same person, just better. It's something that will take work everyday. However, I have made up my mind and that makes it somewhat easier. I will have to make a conscious effort to do this and I am determined to make it happen.


So, as I start this new chapter of my life, I am essentially starting new. I am chalking up all my past "mistakes" to learning experiences and I am moving forward. I am excited for this new beginning.