New Year's Resolutions

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I know its a little late but I was a vacation (that's a good excuse right?) and not a huge fan of New Year's resolutions. I make them and break them. This year I decided to make practical ones I really want to accomplish and have already started accomplishing them.

1. Be cleaner and more organized- I must admit I am really good at making messes and really bad at cleaning up. Neil is super clean and well I'm pretty darn messy. So to help him out at make life a little less stressful my goal is to stay on top of the cleaning at our house. (More on my cleaning schedule to come)

2. Lose weight and workout more- Don't want to sound cliche and technically this was my goal before the new year started (I've already lost 5 lbs). Since last January I have gained about 25 lbs so my real goal is to loose the weight and fit into my pants again. To accomplish this goal I will be eating more healthfully, which seems hard since we do that now, and working out more. Kaia will appreciate it since I want to walk/run her most days of the week and lift weights 3 times a week. Hopefully I will loose all the weight by October I'm standing up in my friend Sarah's wedding (she has a great blog Becoming a Proverbs 31 Woman). That's 10 months to loose 25 lbs which is very practical.

3. Plan meals for each week- I'm super terrible at this. Every week we buy the same things and make random quick meals and then run to the grocery store a couple times because we need something. Which then costs us more in the long run since we don't live that close to a grocery store. This weeks meal plan includes:

Monday- lemon & herb chicken breast with roasted veggies (made extra chicken to use the rest of the week)
Tuesday- Everything but the kitchen sink healthy turkey chili (recipe to come)
Wednesday- Chicken salad- made with romaine lettuce, veggies, and leftover chicken)
Thursday- turkey chili with quinoa
Friday- Church=free food and bring an appetizer
Saturday- Chicken tacos
Sunday- Finish up the turkey chili

4. Stop Procrastinating- This is a huge problem! I wait till the last minute to do everything and then I'm really stressed out. So when I get a paper or project I am going to try to get it done right away! Whether I like it or not.

That's it! Hopefully this year I will accomplish them! Tell me about some of your New Year's resolutions.