no more repeats

I was going to do a mini resolution a week and then post about my office organizing updates in between.

But I haven’t got any updates to the office yet (too busy with work) and I did decide on a new mini resolution. No more repeats.

I like to watch tv. I won’t give up tv. There are a few shows on this year that I really enjoy watching and would be upset to miss. There are a few that I like to watch but am not upset to miss. And there is a WHOLE lot of other. This is about all three.

From now on I will make a concerted effort to choose sleep (or anything else really) over tv if the following applies:

1. It is a episode I have already watched, whether a favourite or not. (sorry old episodes of Friends, we will always have the 90′s!)
2. It is something I found on tv because the show I wanted was a repeat and not something I would have sat down to watch in the first place. (no more housewives, bachelors or overly tanned people.)
3. It is a movie I have seen or, worse, that I own the DVD to. (Yup, I do that! Damn the W network and their RomComs!)
4. It is on after 10pm. (I will PVR it.)

At the end of the day I will often find myself just chilling in front of the boob tube, tired from the day. And that’s probably going to keep happening. But if I find myself staying up for one of the above four scenarios (which happens more often than I like to admit), I will drag my butt to bed.

Because that is probably the best place for me anyway.

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yes I would.

So the water drinking has been going awesome. I have to admit (sadly) that I am amazed at how easy it has become to down 10-16 ounces of water before I drink my morning cup of joe. The last few days actually, the minute my foot hits the bottom step of our house, I am thirsty. Like Pavlov’s dog I am now conditioned to WANT the water.

So I thought about what item to add to my mini resolution list. I had many ideas that were too big, or I didn’t feel quite ready for. But there was something I have been slowly trying to do and would be willing to do more consistently.

Avoid fake food.

Last year we as a family gave up margarine for butter. I just felt better about eating butter (something my grandmother ate daily) over margarine. I want to continue to make those types of small changes and allow my food to be what it is.

May my sour cream be creamy and my yoghurt have fat. Bacon shall be porky. And let coffee dance once again with cream.

When I have the chance to purchase something that hasn’t been modified over something that has, I will ignore the hype. The low fat, no calorie disguise of “healthy-ness” and go back to the beginning. To where the food began and pick THAT option.

I don’t expect to only eat whole & healthy foods ALL the time. Who are we kidding? This is not a I shall “only eat fruit that falls off trees” kind of thing (name that movie). I know our lifestyle will have some cans and boxes and bags. And I am o.k. with that. As I mentioned last week. This is a small change. Something easily adopted into a habit.

And see where we go to from here.

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