365 NEW Days for a Change

Happy New Year! I'm SO excited for this year, 2011, a year of new beginnings and changes. However, I want to give a little flashback of what happened for me in 2010

Last year as of midnight: I started this blog; finished my first year in high school; got my permit; found a way to express myself through clothes; made tons of new friends of different cliques; found a passion for the stage; lettered in Academics (yeah I'm a dork like that); won a student body election that was actually competition (Sophomore class Treasurer); went absolutely nowhere for summer break, but did summer assignments instead; started Sophomore year with a rocky academic start; went to my first homecoming; started a relationship; and dump a guy (I'm going to be honest with you I felt so guilty afterwards).

I can't believe all of these things have happened to me, but I want to honestly say I spent the year covering my true feelings up. I was a cynical and jealous 15 year old that envied people, kids at school who were better at everything than me, and other girls my age. I wanted what they had, but last night I realized that I needed to change a lot of things about myself. So I made some New Year's Resolutions; my honest Resolutions that I want to share with you.

1. Try not to be so CYNICAL/SARCASTIC.
2. Take better and much more needed care for my body.
3. Be more friendly and open to other people.
4. Appreciate the things that I have.
5. Work harder on my grades.
6. Learn to love the finer things in life (like turning 16).
7. Save more and spend LESS.
8. Sew more and learn how to style the pieces I already have.
9. Pay attention to detail.
10. Learn how to love myself and think of myself then being better than average.

A lot of these goals intertwine with each other. However, I really want to talk about my 2nd goal to take better care of my body. You may not know this, but I went to go see the doctor over break for a check-up and I found out that I'm 30 pounds overweight. Now I didn't believe it (my mom didn't either) because I never looked overweight since I'm 5'6. But the doctor said I was 150 lbs, a bit overweight, and advised my to eat lesser portions, watch my calorie intake, and exercise a little more than just dance. Let me make this clear: even though I'm still growing and my body is changing I'm not going to honestly depict every single thing I eat and hate myself afterwards for being so big in the first place. I'm going to think of it as a way to a better me. I'm going to watch what I eat and go on a Weight Watcher's plan that my mom and I created. It will be an at home plan and I'm committing myself to this because I know it will lead to a better, more self-confident, and kinder person. I have foods to try, plans and advise to keep me motivated, and new exercise routines to do. My goal is to get down to 125 lbs by the end of the year. I'll try to keep you guys posted about how I'm doing as I go. I won't start until Monday because I'm stalking up on foods to eat and figuring out a schedule of less surfing the web and more exercising/studying. With luck this will be the start of a better me.

On a happier note I did draw my resolutions out, but I tried to take a picture and it didn't come out well so I'm waiting until my mom gets home to take one with her camera. Until then I'm sending you lots of love for 2011. I hope this year will bring you 365 New Days for a Change!