Jessie!!
Happy New Year!!
Im definately going to live a healthier lifestyle which for me means making smarter choices. Looking and feeling better starts by making conscious choices every day that may be small, but will add up in the end.
My big New Years resolution is to add a fruit or vegetable to every meal. Im going to make adjustments on my grocery list to achieve a better me!!
I want to thank you for taking your time out to help me and everyone else by answering our questions on your site and I also want to thank you for all your expertise and advice you have given me at the gym.
Looking forward to the New Year!!
God Bless & Take Care
Christi

Hey Jessie-Happy New Year to you and thanks for this challenging question. I haven't put everything I've been reflecting on this week into words yet, but a lot of it has to do with leaving behind all negative energy and working on a new and improved sense of self worth. Having lost lots of weight and adapted a healthy lifestyle, it is often difficult to see myself now how others see me. Work in progress!! Anyway, hope you're well and look forward to your continued advice and good energy on this website! Thanks, Jessie!
Clay 

Happy New Year everyone !   I think Christi and Clay both have the right idea...I finished 2009 on such a positive/strong note that my goal is to carry that momentum into 2010.  Since joining this forum I've already made BIG changes in my lifestyle....so I guess my new year started a little early thanks to this forum.  Like Christi I too need to add more fruits/veggies into my diet but my committment to my new exercise program will be my biggest challenge...I have the equipment, now I must continue and make sure I don't get bored with my routine...need to vary it ......so I guess I need to look for samples of different exercise routines to mix it up!  I'll be back here to help I'm sure.  Thanks again Jessie and I wish you continued success and health in 2010.  Looking forward to Dietribe 2010 !

PJ

This is actually a much harder question to answer than I first thought... My short answer has to be to continue doing my best to make healthy choices in my life. Diet and exercise are important of course but I need to be healthy in all aspects of my life. It's not always easy to do what's best for yourself but in the end - and maybe especially when those choices are hard - it IS always good. I really feel like I'm on the right track and my goal is to stay on that track in the coming decade. What to leave behind should be easier - I'm no longer going to sacrifice my health or happiness for anyone else.    Jessie - thanks for this forum and for your help and inspiration. And everyone else who participates here - thanks for making this the friendly supportive place that it is. I hope you all have a safe, healthy, and happy 2010!

Hi jessie! was looking for info on diet tribe and found this site so just joined yesterday! i love the posts you make and the tips. this new year and new decade, I'm gonna leave behind a decade of unhealthy choices and welcome a healthier lifestye. I've only made one resolution and one focus for this year and it is to get my health back. I've been spreading myself thin since i moved home after graduation in 2000 trying to please everyone and taking care of ppl that i've let myself go and had turned to food to relieve my stress and calm my emotions. and becuz of that ive physically hit rock bottom to the point of thinking surgery was my only solution. But it's watching you on diet tribe and being introduced to the Biggest Loser show last mth by a friend(heard about it but didn't pay attention)i see that there are more paths ahead of me. This past mth in prep for 2010 i've been reading and researching ways to improve myself and still learning as i put it all into action. I'm enrolling into a water aerobics class which will help burn cals and gain strength despite my arthritic knees, carpal tunnel and bad rotator cuff. I'm learning about stress and emo eating and discovering what are my triggers and how to deal with them.  I've got a lot to do in order to clean up years of neglect and abuse that has been done to me by other and myself, but being introduced to all this inspiration has to be a sign that this is the year. Better Year, Better Me is my motto this year! i look forward to you tips and your notes!

Happy New Year, J-man! Happy New Year, friends of the forum!! Hope everyone had a fun and safe one!

and Man! Debi said it, this IS a very hard question to answer!!  Jessie is apparently never going to go easy on us. For ANYTHING!  LOL! okay, what to leave behind? All the junk. i just really want to dump it all. the junk of the food nature, of course. and the physical. but the junk of the mental nature as well. It's entirely too easy to fall into negativity ruts, so i'm going to try to focus my sights more on the "silver linings,"  i guess you could say. since, realistically speaking, there's no way to avoid the rain clouds in life. they just happen, true? so yeah, i'm gonna try to look up more than down this year. and that will include my confidence levels.  i figure by "just doing it - every damn day"   *winks at Debi*   i'm hoping my self-esteem will improve in the process.
but i am also honestly hoping to discipline my eating habits. i have already lessoned myself somewhat on what i should and shouldn't be putting into my body, so now with this knowledge i want to really try to implement the information into my life and the lives of my family. this should be interesting...
and of course, i want to tone up. that is the physical part i'm striving for. i need to move more. but if i'm gonna be moving, its gonna be to get me more toned. just need to find the motivation. first things first, right? 

Well I am going to start with the inside. I mean I can look as great as I want on the outside but the inside counts too right?? I am going to be more positive! I will not let the little things get to me. I know I'm good for it. I need to focus more on me. I've spent too much time carrying the weight of others and the stress of others and it took a toll on me. I need to know how to find peace within myself and how to make the right (healthy) choices both inside and out, before I can help others. I am also going to do more walkN and less talkN. My son is my world and I need to lead by example. I hope every one has a great new year. and I want to thank everyone for being so positive and suppotive on here. Thanks Jessie for all your help too. You have no Idea how you have kept me motivated!!! So thank you from the bottom of my litlte heart thank you! 

My goal this year get off my diabetes medication. I have been diabetic going on eight years but I loose weight and then gain it back. But this year I am going to change that my goal is to loose 100 pounds. So far I have been trying to eat more vegetables and drink more water. No more diet soda every day and I have been trying to build up to exercise every day.