1) Given up Facebook. Not so difficult there. (It's like my husband's effort a few years ago. He gave up beer... but it was just replaced with wine or a casual rum-and-coke. So now he goes for the gold and gives up alcohol all together.) Well, Facebook is pretty easy in the grand scheme of things, when there are other things to keep me connected to the computer: email, etc.
2) Dairy restriction. Given up trying. The whole purpose of this was I was nursing and we thought my 5 month old son had some type of milk allergy or intolerance. So, I thought there was a connection between my diary intake and his miserable-ness. I went for a second opinion, and thank God, it was just reflux. Remedied by a change in formula.
Giving up diary is NOT a practical move for me. Yes, once I went back on dairy I was again tempted by desserts, I love yogurt, ice cream, etc.
However, I have 30 days of Lent left... and 30 days of my strict diet that my doctor had given me. 30 days: no fried foods, no desserts, only 5 "meals" per day... I will follow the diet to the letter.
3) I continue to tell a Joke-A-Day to my family. And it really does seem to set a happy mood in the morning. (usually short-lived due to sibling squabbles, which I still don't deal well with)
4) 30 days of exercise. I have some wonderful friends who have started going to the pool Monday, Wed and Friday mornings. And I asked to tag along. I started today. It felt great to get back in the water.
I am continuing my Couch-2-5K trek. Although I'm only on Week 3, I had planned on having been finished and had signed up for a 5K on Wednesday. Well, I did it anyway. I COMPLETED a 5K. I came in dead LAST. But it wasn't demoralizing at all! I went there with a goal: to run 2 min and walk 1 min to the finish. The running splits I wanted to keep below 6:30 min/km and walking below 10:00 min/km. Which I completed for the most part.
I plan on running on my non-swim days and rest on Sundays. When I can fit it in after my run, I would like to do my 30-day-shred video, too.
5) My THESIS. Can I write my thesis in 30 days?
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