Happy Healthy New Year

"Do not remember the former things; neither consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing!" Isaiah 43:18-19

I think I've already said my husband and I have decided that 2016 needs to be the year of health.  We have many medical situations and pending problems to put them off any longer.  While I am not the biggest fan of New Years Resolutions because 9/10 people give them up in just a few weeks. But there is that 1, that 1 out of 10 that does it.  Why can't I be the 1? One of the definitions of resolution is "The Action of solving a problem."  Well my health is a problem and I am working on a solution to fix this problem so here it is I am making a resolution to get healthy.

My health issues are as follows: Anxiety, Depression, High blood pressure, acid reflux/ulcer, high risk of type 2 diabetes(not pre diabetic yet).  These are reason enough to get healthy. My husbands Mom's side of the family has major history of heart problems. His grandpa had a heart transplant, grandma's heart is always in a-fib, his Mom's heart goes in and out of a-fib & she has high blood pressure.  His younger brother has had high blood pressure for years and had a heart attack scare when he was only 26!  He had chest pains and fell down the stairs and the called 911.  They found that his body had released the hormone your body releases after you have a heart attack. So they went up to investigate his heart and said they found no damage.  Then they said he might have thither condition that would require a pace maker and had him wear a heart monitor for a month. After all this when we asked he said well I guess every thing was fine.  It's been 7 years since this happened and I can't help but think that maybe he really did have a heart attack but his heart was strong enough to not take on any damage. And the thought of that is terrifying. My MIL is going through all kinds of tests right now because of her heart going into a-fib more.  All this makes my hubby really want to focus on keeping his heart as healthy as possible. And he worries about me getting Type 2 Diabetes because it EVERYONE on my Dad's side has it.

So what is the plan?  I have rejoined Weight Watchers to try out their new plan and my MIL & Mom are going to join too! I am thrilled because it is always better to have buddies to change your diet with. My MIL and I will be going to the meetings while my mom is just joining the online but we'll all be doing the program. I did the math and I need to lose 58.4 pounds that is just over 32% of my body weight basically 1/3 of myself.  My number one goal is health and a side effect of eating better and working out is weight loss. Our first WW meeting is 1/6 and that is also the day I am finally meeting me new personal trainer.  I am looking forward to blogging updates and I will have Weigh in Wednesday's plus My fitness plans for next year is not long distance runs but I want to be able to run a while 5K with out stopping. So to start I am hoping to run a mile with out stopping. So I am going back to my trusty C25K program and after my body is ready to actual run again I'll start some speed drills maybe. I am looking forward to see what this year will bring!