Daily Journal 3/27

I've really been slacking on keeping up with this.  So I've decided since I encourage others to journal their way to health (and I do keep an offline journal) that it's time to start keeping an online journal.  I'm hoping this will help me to stay on track, but I'm also hoping it will help others to get there.

I still haven't bought myself a scale, I know I need to, but I just can't seem to bite the bullet.

I was on a scale about a month ago and it read 242lbs.  Which when you think the time before that I was at 265lbs, I suppose that's not a bad thing. But it leaves a lot of room for improvement!

I've started Oil Pulling every morning and I'm already seeing a decent improvement in my dental health.  I haven't had bloody gums in a week now.  So YEA!

I completely lost track of my cycle and forgot to write down when it started this month, but I am fairly sure I'm right around day 11 or so.  I've been to exhausted to be interested in anything but sleep though.

The weather has been insane and I'm really feeling it.  It's really cold STILL, and it snowed yesterday.  So my hands are really sore and my joints feel achy and tired.  My back is hurting the worst.


DIET - What I ate today:

Breakfast: Juice (2 apples, 3 stalks of celery, 5 carrots, 1sm zucchini) & tea no honey
Lunch:  Smoothie (2 bananas, 2T Choc. PB, 2T Milk)
Dinner:  Beets, Dinner Salad, Ranch Pasta Salad, Roast Beef & Cheese Sandwich
Snack:  None
Snack:
Glasses of Water: --

WORKOUT:
I actually got in a full half hour run on my gazelle.  But I couldn't handle any more than that. I actually fell asleep while on the gazelle - unsure as to how that happens, but it did.

Starting My Journey - Goals

I define myself in a great many ways. But I don't ever feel as if any of those definitions truly fit me well. I am a Mother, but I not the mother I want to be. I am a Woman, but I look in the mirror and don't love what I see. I'm a Pagan Witch, but I have gotten side tracked from my path. And quite frankly, I could go on like this forever. So I have decided it's time for some changes! I'm hoping that creating a place where I can share this journey to finding me will help me to focus on that journey, as well as the destination.

So what are my goals? What do I want to be? Who do I want to be? I suppose I should really define those things which I hope to get here.  So here goes...

I sat down with a pen & paper and made a list of all my goals. Some may seem simple, others may seem like they need a 10 year plan, but they are all goals which I hope to fulfill over this journey.


Personal -

1. 75% Vegetarian Diet
2. Daily Workouts
3. Daily Meditation & Energy Work
4. Daily Devotional Ritual
5. Lose Weight - Goal 155-165lbs
6. Learn to Kickbox
7. Learn Tai-Chi
8. Learn Yoga
9. Earn a Ph.D. in Holistic Health & Wellness
10. Earn Degrees in Comparative Religion 
11. Earn Degree in Immunology
12. Learn Middle English
13. Learn Latin
14. "Master" Craft

Household -

1. Make a Meal Plan
2. "Perfect" and Use Household Notebook
3. Fully Clean & Organize House, Cupboards & Closets
4. Compost & Recycle Everything Possible
5. Grow & Preserve Our Fruits & Veggies 
6. Create a Diet that's 75% Fruit & Veggie
7. Plastic Free
8. Teflon Free
9. Chemical Free
10. GMO & Chemical Free Diet
11. NO MORE FAST FOOD
12. No Pre-Packaged Food - All From Scratch

Business -

1. Open Etsy Shop - DONE!!
2. Build Website
3. Become Yearly Vendor at Local Vendor Shows
   - Renaissance Festival
   - Pagan Pride Day
4. Open Local Storefront
5. Teach In-store "Classes"
   - Natural Living
   - Holistic Parenting
   - Holistic Health 101
   - Growing & Using Herbs
   - Religious Tolerance
6. Publish Books
   - Sabbat Celebration
   - Year & a Day Course
   - Daily Witchery
   - Herbs & Oils
   - Healthy Living Cookbooks
   - Vax Free Health & Children
7. Create & Market Wholesale Lines to Major Metaphysical & Holistic Retailers
   - Jewelry
   - Cosmetics
   - Cleaners
8. Earn an income of $5000/mo or more

Financial -

1. Pay off ALL debt.
2. Buy a House
3. Buy Burial Plots
4. Get Life Insurance ($750K for Jay, $150K for Me)
5. Vow Renewal Service & Reception (Dream Wedding)
6. College Funds for All Kids