O/S Goals/Life changes for 2007

Callisto

Me and my boyfriend are moving into our own house in April (I'm so excited....:j), at the moment we're living with his mum, so can't wait to start going OS from spring-time!

So my goals for 2007 are:

1) - Lose weight, aiming for two stone by this time next year.
2) - Achieve weight loss by cooking healthy meals and not buying junk food for snacks
3) - Exercise more, especially go cycling as I was bought a bike last year and have barely used it
4) - Meal plan and do grocery challenge
5) - Before we move, have a ruthless sort out of stuff to sell on Ebay, freecycle or give to charity as I don't want to drag all of the useless clutter into my lovely new house!
6) - Grow own herbs on windowsill - this will be my first effort at gardening!

The_Dragon

Callisto wrote:

Me and my boyfriend are moving into our own house in April (I'm so excited....:j), at the moment we're living with his mum, so can't wait to start going OS from spring-time!

Congratulations on the new house!

The Dragon (do not meddle in the affairs of dragon's for thou art crunchy and good with catsup)

JustKeepSwimming_2

My resolutions are similar to many of yours, but hopefully posting them will kick start me:rotfl:

1. Lose weight - aiming for 2 stone by Aug 14th (AGAIN):rotfl:

2. Menu plan & storecupboard challenges. Also aiming to keep to grocery/cleaning budget of £200 for January. (Am hopefully moving house at the end of Jan so this one may drift slightly...)

3. Spend more time doing enjoyable things - I'm getting out my sewing machine, & have shelves of books to read:j

4. Aiming to study for at least 2 hours each week & this year actually complete study packs that I've had for ages!:eek:

5. Considering jumping back on the flylady bandwagon as far as home organising is concerned. Need someone to tell me what to do & when to do it!

Good luck everyone:beer:

Caterina

1 - Finalise my divorce from 1st husband (I have divorced him in the UK in 1994 but still technically married in Italy, where I - naively - registered our marriage, then remarried in the UK but not registered in Italy but never did the proper divorce procedures to finalise my 1st divorce in Italy! I am GOING TO BE DIVORCED in 2007, come what may!)

2 - In August 2007 I am going to hit the big 5-0 and getting dangerously near the menopause. I want to get fit and lose some weight before hitting the round number!

3 - Learn to read a knitting pattern!

4 - Drink more water and less tea

5 - Say NO more often

6 - Create a routine to keep the house in a semi-decent state of tidiness and cleanliness

7 - Be nicer to my husband, even when he irritates the **** out of me! He is a really good guy, after all!!!

8 - Ah, I was forgetting this one! Finish the Breastfeeding Counselor course that I started 3 years ago and should have finished 2 years ago!
Caterina

soba

Drink more water

Try and do a little bit of tidying each day, instead of letting it build up

Attend to paperwork promptly instead of sticking it on the 'to-do' pile

Spend more time with DH and especially the kids while they're still young

Carry on with my reflexology appointments - it's good for my blood pressure!!

pavlovs_dog

soba wrote:

Attend to paperwork promptly instead of sticking it on the 'to-do' pile

im adopting a "one touch" system - read it, then action it, file it or dispose of it.. dont let it build up

the_optimist

My resolutions are similar to those already said. They are also similar to those of last year and the year before and before and before.....:o
...except, this time it's going to be different!
Thanks to this website I have already lost a little weight (and NOT put it on over Chritmas), I already cook a lot healthier and have reduced my spending. So this year I will lose that excess weight.
I will cook form scratch instead of using ready made meals.
I will spend less.
I will use supermarkets less and support local shops more.
I will not waste so much food.
I will get fit!
And my business will take off!!!
:j :j :j
And I wll have a drink tonight :beer: Happy New Year everybody
2007 will be great :wave:

moggins

I have finally decided what my true resolution is going to be. In 2007 I will not buy anything unless it is completely and absolutely necessary. I will also drag DH kicking and screaming into frugal living. I want to get every single debt paid off in 2007 so that we can start overpaying the mortgage in 2008.

Quasar

soba wrote:

Drink more water

Try and do a little bit of tidying each day, instead of letting it build up

Attend to paperwork promptly instead of sticking it on the 'to-do' pile

These could have been posted by me!

Also, I need to be more careful with all this spending on lunches when I'm out on surveys. Much of my expenses are paid, but most lunches are not, and I tend to go into cafes in Central London where a coffee/tea and a sandwich can cost £5. So I MUST discipline myself and make my own snacks, or, better still, have a good breakfast at home, a piece of fruit for lunch, and then dinner at home... OK sometimes I'm working thorugh the evening, but I'm sure I can do better that spending that money.

Oh another thing: Start again with my long stiff walks. So what am I doing sitting in front of a computer? :rolleye:

Happy new year to all!

peony40

There are so many things, but the ones I have decided that I need to concentrate on the most are:

Menu planning
Cooking from scratch
Making packed lunches for DH
Get stuck into clearing out the clutter that has invaded our house, especially the bedrooms
Start playing my keyboard once I have bought some sheet music from the local Hospice Shop