Wendy in Japan

It`s hard to believe that we`re already 11 days into 2013. I`ve been doing New Year`s Resolutions worksheets with my students here and decided I would make one with them. I found a great template on pinterest that has different sections. Here`s a recap of my Resolution worksheet: Me in 2013 : HAPPY My Top 5 Resolutions 1. Go to the gym 4 times a week 2. Keep my apartment clean 3. Plan meals each week 4. Stay organized at work 5. Be careful about wasting time and money *So far the only one I will accomplish this week is #1. My place is an absolute mess because we got back from LA on January 5 and both went back to work on January 7. Thanks to a combination of jet lag and trying to get back in the routine of work I haven`t had much energy to do housework and have therefore wasted a lot of my free time! In 2013 I will... learn how to use a sewing machine get better at   keeping my apartment clean try to pass level 1 of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test make...

Breakfast - 4 points+ Workout - done! I'm preparing my lunch to take to work with me: salad w/ tuna, peach and blueberries, hummus and crackers. It's a 3 day weekend here as Monday is Marine Day. Koichi and I are going to visit his parents since next month we're going to Texas during the week we'd normally go there. It's our first trip there since we got married. His parents are really sweet. His dad is pretty quiet, but if I get him talking about the right stuff he gets excited. His mom likes to talk and laugh, just like Koichi! One of my favorite parts about visiting them is that I come home with tons of homegrown veggies! His dad has an impressive garden and he plants through all the seasons so there's always something. Tomorrow morning I want to get up and either do my workout video before we leave or go walking when we wake up. I'm trying to not only get myself to a healthier me, but I'm working on Koichi as well. OK, time to clean the kitc...

*I wrote this on another site (fathellninjas) and copied it here too. I weighed on Tuesday this week and was shocked to see I was back up to 90kg (198lbs). Last year on April 2 I started trying to track my weight weekly and my starting weight was 92.2kg. When I realized that I'm slowly creeping back to that starting weight it shocked me! Since April of last year my lowest weight was 85.7kg (188lbs) in November of last year. That means that in just over 6 months I have put 10lbs of weight back on...disgusting! I started Weight Watchers in late May thinking it would help me and I used it casually for the first month or so. After seeing that 90.0 on the scale this week I've gotten back to it and I'm slowly but surely coming to terms with the idea that this won't be a fast process and that I have to make changes for good, not just for a quick solution!  On Tuesday I did fairly well. I stayed within my points and I worked out! Yesterday was a different story. I was off ...