New Year's Resolution

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.

~Oprah Winfrey

Has anyone else watched OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network) yet? It looks like it will be so good!

Whenever I get the time to sit down and watch an episode of Oprah, it always inspires me to better myself in some way. I was disappointed to hear that she was ending her show, but thrilled to see she would have her OWN network. Oprah's commitment to self-improvement brings me to my New Year's Resolution. Last year's resolution was to watch my portions and exercise more. I am proud to say that I really stuck with it last year! I cut down on portion sizes, I played a lot of soccer in the winter, and I ran in the summer and fall. I felt so good!

This year, I have a slightly different resolution in mind. I started reading a book called Anticancer: A New Way of Life by David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PhD.

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I started thinking about all the toxins I am probably putting into my body daily. I can't even begin to list all the habits (having to do with foods I eat and my lifestyle) that put me at a higher risk for cancer. So, I've decided that I will take baby steps to make positive changes according to the rules from the Anticancer website. I posted the rules under a new page so they could be more easily referred to.

Anticancer Goals for January:

1. Seriously limit soda. The plastic lining inside the cans contain BPA. I am not going to say that I will have none because that would be like asking a pack-a-day smoker to quit cold-turkey. No more than 1 a week.

2. I will swap out coffee every morning for green tea and my afternoon soda will be swapped out for a second cup of green tea. I didn't think I liked green tea, but I tried Tazo and it is excellent!

3. Buy more organic foods.