let's make some goals!

i don't know about y'all, but i'm not really a resolution maker.  i like to make goals, i feel like they stick around longer.  plus, they seem more long term than resolutions.  :)

i came into beachbody because i felt like it was the absolute best fit for rme: a way to help others improve their lives, through their health, diet, fitness, and nutrition which is something that i'm truly passionate about.  it also happened to fit one of my biggest goals of this year: step out of my comfort zone and make a difference.  

another goal that more or less fell into my lap was to eat clean: our daughter was diagnosed with a milk/soy protein intolerance at 6 weeks old.  if you've never had to deal with this, good for you! it wasn't so much the huge lifestyle change that we've had to make with our eating habits, it was watching our daughter suffer and we had no idea why.  the lifestyle change has actually proven to be one of the best thing i've ever done.  not only do i feel better, i've lost the baby weight faster {and so has my hubby, haha!}, but i'm not putting ridiculous amounts of processed food in my body.  have you ever taken the time to read the labels of the food you're ingesting? i had occasionally, but i had no idea what most of it meant.  i'm still educating myself but y'all, it's scary stuff.

if you haven't sat down and made a list of goals for yourself, you should.  you can always add to it throughout the year as well.  in fact, take a moment to do that right now and then leave a comment at the end of this post.  i can't wait to read what you want to accomplish in 2014 and beyond!

i'll share mine:
- step out of my comfort zone and make a difference
- workout regularly
- eat clean {with the occasional indulgence of course, we love our southern food here}
- set a healthy example for our kids
- reach out and meet new people {this is a super tough one for me!}
- find a church home
- participate in whole family physical activities {like the 5k i already signed us up for!}
- find a job i can be passionate about while also relieving some of the financial stress on my husband and continuing to stay at home with our children

i'm going to keep adding to this list as i think of things, but this is where i sit today!

what are yours??