 | 26 Dec 08 |
I don’t know about, y’all but I’m toast! I’m pigged out, burned out and shopped out. I am, officially ready for 2009!
I have a slew of resolutions: number one being: get healthy. I quit smoking, again. Not having a deadline hanging over my head has helped, a lot, and while I won’t blame the pressure I’ve been under as an excuse for lighting up again after years of not lighting up, I have to say, I really like to smoke! It’s damn hard to give up something you like! But it’s a slow kill and I don’t want to contribute to my early demise. So no mas cigarettes for Karin. And, I really need to shed this deadlines ass. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it gain, I feel like I’m being followed. Not good. So, with the beginning of getting back into shape, for me it’s walking five times a week and doing the medicine ball thingy a few days a week. I have another reason for the walks: my dog is getting fat. She’s getting old and doesn’t need the added weight on her hips. For her, I need to get out.
So that’s it for me, keep not smoking, walk five days a week, do the medicine ball thingy, oh, and cut out half the carbs I eat. I’m not going to diet. To me doing like the South Beach diet is telling myself I have write ten paged a day. Sometimes it ain’t gonna happen and damn if I’m going to beat myself up over it. So, no smoking, walk five times a week (at least 1 hour each walk), do the medicine ball thingy at least three times a week, cut carbs in half. That’s it. Oh, and read at least one book a week. And stop cussing. ïŠ
So, stop smoking, walk at least one hour, five times a week with my dog, and do the medicine ball thing, cut carbs in half, read at least one book a week, and stop cussing. No problem! Hah! I already know which one is so not going to happen! Can you guess which one?
And while you’re at it, tell me one or two or several of your 2009 resolutions!
Karin*
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Resolutions? I make them for hubby, not me. Never break them that way. But I do set Goals (Thanks, Rocki!).
I haven’t committed to upping my workouts. I’m so “happy” just doing the recumbent bike thing because I can read at the same time, killing two goals with one session. The elliptical is a better workout (which I need because everyone gave us FOOD for gifts), but I can’t read and keep my balance on that machine.
I’ve got a week to commit, right?
by Terry Odell December 26th, 2008 at 4:27 amI’m with you, girl! Get HEALTHY!
by Debra Webb December 26th, 2008 at 6:23 amHell, Karin, you can’t stop cussin’–that’s part of your effin’ charm!
by Margaret A. Golla December 26th, 2008 at 6:34 amHave a wonderful and prosperous new year!
. . . and if you need a beta reader for MOC, I’m all yours, baby!
I’m going to stop procrastinating and write, damn it!! I’m going to get to all those house projects I said I was going to finish BEFORE the holidays. LOL And I’m going to start walking this butt off. hahahaha
by Amanda December 26th, 2008 at 9:38 amI’m right there with ya Karin on the health issue! It is hard when our deadlines force us to plant our butts in the chair endlessly.
I have been walking steady now for two years. It helps. My walk only takes me about 25 minutes, but my thinking is that I will do that. If I tried an hour, I’d give up. I also go to the gym, or I did, until the gym burned down on Thanksgiving.
My guess is the cussing
My first real goal this year is to write the synopsis for a new contract then pray real hard. Publishers are really suffering in this economy so there are no more “sure things.”
by Jennifer Lyon December 26th, 2008 at 10:18 amKarin, I’m so proud of you for quitting smoking. I did years ago, and now, in retrospect, I can’t believe I ever smoked. As far as the healthiness, I went through what you’re going through last January, and I made a decision that every single time I had a choice, I would choose healthy. No more debating, counting, measuring, negotiating, arguing with food and lifestyle. I would have no choice — it was veggies over processed foods. One glass of wine, never skip breakfast, small amounts of protein every few hours. Period. And I wouldn’t miss a workout, ever. (Dog walking doesn’t count for me, because even though I do daily walks with Pepper, she cannot let a mailbox go unsniffed, so we *pause* a lot, and that doesn’t do what you HAVE to do: increase your heartrate. So I do a cardio/core class a few times a week.)
Karin, the change in every aspect of my life was remarkable. My writing improved, my memory sharpened, my patience increased, my sleep disorders disappeared, my moments-of-uncontrolled-temperature-increases-that-made-me-sweat-bullets (I won’t use the H word) stopped almost completely. I did lose weight, but that was one of many happy bi-products of choosing healthy. I did it for one year, and I plan to continue this for another year, because, honestly, I’ve never felt better.
You can do it, too!
by Roxanne St. Claire December 26th, 2008 at 10:30 amI give you five whole minutes on the cussin.
by toni mcgee causey December 26th, 2008 at 11:03 amTerry, I’ve learned to set the resolution bar very low. That way I usually succeed. Sometimes.
And yes, you have a week to commit.
Here’s to getting healthy, Debra!
Margaret, you know me sooo well. You have a fabo new year too, and while CRAVING is in the can so to speak, I’ll hit you up for the next Blood Sword book!
by Karin Tabke December 26th, 2008 at 12:37 pmAmanda, I have the same problem when it comes to procrastination. I’m surrounded by piles of things I should have done!
Jen, I’m really going to work on the cussing. But like smoking, I like to cuss. Not sure why, it’s not very ladylike, but sometimes a good eff bomb is the only proper punctuation!
Good luck with the synopsis, I’m working on a proposal myself and it’s killing me!
Rocki, right now I reeeeeeaaaly want a cigarette! Instead I’m going to go walk. Maybe. it’s kind of chilly out there. Grrr, but I hear my girl Brit barking at Chopper, the errant Rhodesian Ridgeback, and well, I will admit, once I have my iPod secured and a leash in each hand they take me for a walk and it’s a lot of fun, but it’s the getting my butt out of this chair and into sweats and into the tennis shoes…
by Karin Tabke December 26th, 2008 at 12:43 pmToni, I have not said one goddamn, fucking swear word all morning!
by Karin Tabke December 26th, 2008 at 12:44 pmHow the hell are you going to right hot romance without any cussing?
I quit smoking one month before I got pregnant w/ our first child. The “darling” is now 14 and there are days I still want one.
For 2009:
I’m going to send out queries for the first time. Keep writing no matter what. And try to take each new problem w/ a “the glass is half full, instead of half empty” attitude. Shit I don’t know how long that ones gonna last, but I’m gonna freakin’ try.
by HollyD December 26th, 2008 at 3:30 pmHolly I didn’t say my characters would quit swearing.
by Karin Tabke December 26th, 2008 at 5:57 pmI can’t wait for you to get those queries out. You’ve come a long way, baby! Good luck in ’09!
Woah, quit cussing, no way. Cut down yes, quit I’m thinking it’s impossible.
One good thing about your plan: you are giving up cigs at the same time you are stepping up the exercise. Good girl do them both together. Fingers crossed for you. I loved smoking, but had burned out on exercise a decade before. Bummer butt.
Last year I set two goals for myself. Write a poem a week, blog twice a week. I failed miserably by mid year. If I can’t even hit that goal I’m toast. If I come up with an interesting idea I have no time. If I have time I’m the most boring bitch on earth. Wait strike that if I was a bitch I wouldn’t be boring. I’d be able to blog bitch. Damn I’m screwed.
by Cele December 27th, 2008 at 9:54 amKarin,
I understand enjoying smoking. I enjoyed it for years and had no desire to quit. However, I quit smoking June 2005 and I’ve been smoke free since. It’s funny because sometimes I’ll walk by a smoker and I’ll think ‘how can they stand that smell’ and other times I think ‘oh my goodness that smells good’.
Best of luck to you on your resolutions.
by Erika December 29th, 2008 at 1:40 pmCele, I have to admit the quitting smoking part has been hard, and I um did have one or two Christmas Eve. I know, bad Karin, but on the other hand, I’ve walked every day since I posted this blog.
And let’s see you bitch blog! C’mon, you can do it!
Erika, I’m the same way! Yesterday I walked by a guy who was smoking and wanted to gag. But this morning, drinking my coffee, I really would have done just about anything for one.
by Karin Tabke December 29th, 2008 at 4:42 pmI’m really late commenting here, but I quit smoking 17 years ago and it’s the best thing I ever did for myself. I’m rooting for you! As for the cussing … hey, they’re just words.
My goals are losing weight, exercise, meditation, scheduling writing time and enjoying life more.
by Edie January 1st, 2009 at 6:24 pm