Healthy Twists

You know that song, “it’s a new dawn, it’s a new day…”? I think it’s from Dreamgirls but I haven’t actually seen the movie so I could be wrong.

2009 was a pretty good year for me, everything sort of stayed status quo but a few noteworthy events did take place (hope so, right!?!)

Looking back over my blog, I think more happened this year then I even realized:

• I finally started this blog after thinking about it for maybe a year.
• I cooked tofu for the first time…now I LOVE it (tempeh still scares me, though).
• Mitch’s grandfather unexpectedly passed away…we miss you, Walt!
• I rocked a “real” two piece swimsuit in Palm Springs (and at the beach, once, over the summer) for the first time. Big step for me!
• I ran over the Coronado Bridge at the Bay Bridge Run and subsequently made a fool out of myself when I thought my car got towed but in reality I just forgot where I had parked.
• I signed up for a 10k and met some awesome bloggers in town for the Rock and Roll Marathon.

• My dog had a grand ole party going through our trash. I’m still paying off the vet bills. She’s lucky she’s pretty.
• I learned how to make fresh spring rolls. Good stuff, I tell ya.

• A group of us went to LA to watch a taping the The Soup. Over three hours of driving for a 30-minute taping, but SO worth it.
• Mitch and I camped and hiked around the Grand Canyon (in August, I might add)
• I hosted a blogger giveaway (that was fun! more to come I promise!) and self-hosted my blog.
• I decided to put things out into the universe to see what might come back.
• I tested the limits of what I could do with diet and fitness in a 12-week bootcamp program
• I ran my first 10k (automatic PR baby!).
• AND I on a blogger giveaway hosted by Oikos Greek yogurt! Yoga retreat in Massachusetts and Boston vacation, here we come! I can’t wait to start planning this trip in more detail.
• Mitch and I hosted out second-annual Holiday party. Where we served the best holiday drink ever, hot chocolate with spiced rum and whipped cream.

I’m determined to make 2010 a great year. I’m realizing more than ever before that I can control my surroundings (to a certain extent, of course) and it’s up to me to make the best choices I can for my health and happiness. I have a few goals/resolutions for the upcoming year, but I don’t think they will be too difficult to accomplish:

1. Complete a 1/2 marathon. The plan is to do the Disneyland 1/2 in September. I’ve roped two girlfriends into doing this race as well, so I’m pretty sure it’ll happen, barring some freak injury or something (knock on wood!)
2. Re-apply to grad school. AND assuming that goes well and I don’t chicken out, complete my first semester. (I want to get my master’s in nonprofit management).
3. Try one new restaurant a month. I want to have more “out of the house” date nights, and I also want to explore some of the new restaurants that have opened in San Diego the last few years. This goal will help with both. First up: one of the participating eateries of San Diego Restaurant Week!
4. Find my “happy weight” and stay there. I’m not 100% sure what that is, or maybe I’m already there, but I want to get to a place where I feel comfortable in my skin and body, where I feel strong and healthy, but where I also get to enjoy cake and Mexican food and wine once in a while…and not all at once (unless it’s my birthday maybe…)
5. Improve my photography skills, including maybe getting a new camera (I’m SO indecisive when it comes to spending money, especially since I have a vacation to save for!). I’m taking a nature-photography class in a few weeks and I’m hoping I’ll learn some things that will help my overall skillz as well.

I actually have a few other ones too that are a little too personal to post on the blog. But I think I’m in a really good place right now where I know the aspects of my life that I want to improve, and I also know the aspects that I am happy with the way they are. Does that make sense?

I hope all of you out there have the best year you can have! It’s a new year…a fresh start on things, for many things. Let’s take advantage of it, ok?

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