Look at my blogs and YouTube channel. I start them and don't finish them. I vlog but don't edit and upload or forget to finish vlogging for the day so I figure it's just pointless. I'm a quitter. At this point in my life the only thing I haven't quit doing is being a mother. I've got plans for this year though friends. Not big plans, but plans just the same.
For starters, I want to grow my TikTok. I've done pretty well over the last few months and I've grown a lot. But I want to do more. I want to continue posting at minimum five days a week, right now all I seem to be posting is shopping vlogs but eventually I'd like to start doing cleaning vlogs too. That's what my YouTube channel was and I feel like it helps to keep me on top of my cleaning.
Speaking of YouTube, I'd love to start vlogging again. My hang up with this has been that it's hard to vlog with both babies. I know my videos were few and far between even with just Maggie but with both of them it's almost impossible. I also tend to start vlogging while we're out and don't continue when we're home. Something I also need to work on in the coming year. I need to carve time out of my day to actually edit also.
That's something I'm really going to be working on this year, taking time for my hobbies. I've gotten into such a slump with just taking care of the babies that I'm not taking care of me and I'm making zero time for the things I enjoy. It's really starting to weigh on me and you can tell. I need to get back to things that I enjoy.
Aside from the social media side of my life, there's also my body.
It's no secret that I've struggled with my weight for many years. Ever since I had Owen I think I've fluctuated my weight, slowly gaining more and more until I've reached my highest weight, 240lb. I'm nowhere near proud of that. I am not happy with my size, I'm not happy with my body. I'm tired all the time, I'm irritable, and I'm constantly out of breath. My knees hurt, my feet hurt, my back hurts. I'm getting eczema all over my face and I know it's my diet and my weight that are contributing to it.
So, I made a change. I had great success in 2014 on Weight Watchers and I've been debating about going back to it again. But the price tag is something I can't justify and the plan they switched to since 2014 just doesn't work for me. It's too many zero point foods and I just don't lose weight with that kind of freedom. So instead I paid for a year of Healthi Pro (formerly iTrackBites). With this app I can count calories (it does it for you automatically) and I can switch between plans. So I chose the one that is closest to Points Plus (which is what I had success on) and I've been tracking for a few days now. I think it's going pretty well! I haven't seen a loss, but I also haven't seen a gain. So I'll take it! It's $40 (for the whole year) right now if you want to take advantage of the New Year sale, or it's regular $99 for the whole year.
I don't want to give myself an insane goal. I'm a slow loser so I fully believe it will take me the full year to lose a real amount of weight. I lost 20lb last time, obviously I'm looking to lose quite a bit more than that this time around. I would like to be near goal by February 2025. That's when we intend on going to Disney World with the babies. I want to take those cute pictures in front of the castle and wear the cute Disney fits I'm pinning on my Pinterest. Not to mention I don't want to be huffing and puffing and having to take frequent breaks while chasing two toddlers around my happy place.
So, I'm going to try really hard to keep up with this weight loss journey.
Those are my intentions for 2024. They're not huge, not unattainable, but they are things I'm going to have to put in the work for.
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