The thing that gets the worst rep imaginable is the New Year's resolution that includes anything have to do with one's health.

It boggles my mind that everyone feels badly about the desire to make good use of the clean slate that a new year brings. Oh, sure, it's all relative and the sins of the previous year - or years - really aren't wiped clean; I noticed on Christmas that I don't think my hips have ever been as curvy as they seem to be right now.

Or that we should make apologizes for making a resolution that everyone else seems to make and, perhaps, fail at miserably. Is it because it seems incredibly vain to say that I want to focus on myself in a fashion that will make my ass look, perhaps, better in a pair of jeans? Is it because we so desperately want to be original?

I have no frickin' idea but I love this time of year so much. I always have. If I took the time to look, I'm willing to bet I've said before that I see nothing wrong with shouting from the rooftops - or maybe just your blog - that this is your year. This is the year that you're going to try to make your body just a little better, or maybe even a ton. We've all earned that right, if for nothing other than still being around - breathing, laughing, eating.

Being alive still is reason enough.

I've been doing some research on Intutitive Eating, as suggested by several of you over the past month or so. In fact, I broke down and bought the book - it just arrived today. I will tell you that I've made a very deliberate practice of being, well, very deliberate about how I'm eating and ... well. It's been eye-opening in many respects. Currently I have more food issues than I care to admit, or at least admit without sarcasm, and that's pretty apparent. I've always said this will be something I struggle with from time to time and I'm right in the thick of it now. I'm mostly concerned with examining those things right now. More than anything else.

Anyway, I guess all I wanted to say is that if you're holding back from resolving to lose weight, gain it, walk more, eat more apples, quit smoking, whatever, solely because it seems like a cliche and if you fail, God, you don't want to fail at that again, stop it right now. It's cool. It's cool if today is the first day of you taking a stab at doing better by yourself because I am too, and I'm so not embarrassed about saying that to you.

Not a bit.

More on what I'm resolving and the like tomorrow. Happy New Year everyone!

Posted by Erin at 12:38 PM | filed under: Random

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