Okay, I confess that I don’t like to make New Year’s Resolutions…because I tend to fail them before the end of January. BUT…I do like the idea of a fresh start and a chance to make goals for myself. This year I have a very big goal…one that is a long time coming…and just happens to fall at the beginning of January. I want to reclaim my body in 2009.

In the past 6 years I have had three children and survived cancer. And I am tired of the toll it has taken on my body…I am tired of considering myself to be “heavy”. This is a very difficult thing for me to openly write about in a blog…but I have a long way to go in my plan to reclaim my body…and thought blogging about it might help me stay motivated.

What do I mean when I say I want to “reclaim my body”? I would like to lose 60 pounds. I know some of you are gasping and saying “you don’t need to lose that much”…but I do. I am still carrying a lot of pregnancy weight so that needs to go, but I also had a lot of weight to lose before getting pregnant. Most importantly, I would like to lose the weight in a healthy way and keep it off. I am good at “dieting” for a few months and then finding an excuse to stop and putting the weight back on.

Don’t worry…this won’t be a dieting journal or anything. I just thought it would be motivating to blog about this goal. I’ll let you know how I am doing…but I won’t bore you with the details!

So…here’s to a healthy, happy, thinner 2009.