Last week was a busy week for me. I wish my body didn’t require sleep so I could get a lot more done with everything!

The highlight of the week was that I went to a Zumba class on Tuesday night. A friend of mine went with me and we had so much fun! I went again on Thursday and definitely will be going 2 times a week now. I’m not a dancer and not an expert but what makes it great is that I know I’m not the only one in the room that doesn’t get some of the moves. But I’m determined to get there and be shakin’ my booty the right way!

My mom went to Zumba with me on Thursday and she told me afterwards that she didn’t do Zumba, Zumba did her. Whatever! She would rather exercise in front of the TV at home in private anyways. I have some more girlfriends who are interested in going to class and even my sister too so it’ll be fun!

I know Missa Lee is going to comment and say, “I told you!!” because she’s been trying to get me to try Zumba for months. Pffft.

I love the idea that Stephany & Katherine came up with for wanting to make 12 changes and make a change each month for 12 months.

So when I was thinking of the 12 changes that I want to do, I couldn’t decide which one I wanted to do for each month since I want to pretty much start some of them this month at the same time. So this month I might focus on 2 changes and if I feel ready for another change then I’ll add another change instead of waiting until the next month to change.

So with that said, here are my 12 changes (not in order):

Eat healthier. I want to learn to like new vegetables & fruits that I don’t like now.

Bring lunch to work. I’m so bad at this one! I don’t think a day ahead. This means I would need to prepare my lunch the night before. It helps that the girls at work are totally in on this goal so we can’t go eat out.

Stop eating out! There are so many times where Tyler and I come home from work and not in the mood to make dinner so we eat out. I want to start planning for the week on Sundays.

Exercise for 21 days! It takes 21 days to form a habit so why not?! Plus I already did this last year and I felt amazing! Not that I’m going to stop after 21 days but focusing on small goals here and forming a habit out of this.

Drink water every day. I seriously need to work on this and drink water every day. There are times where I get a headache because I’m definitely dehydrated. I want to make it a habit to carry a water bottle around with me everywhere I go like my iPhone!

New hobby…Zumba? I’ve heard a lot of great things about Zumba from Missa Lee who has lost 60 pounds so far. There are plenty of Zumba classes here where I live so I have no excuse to go try it. I don’t want to get bored with just going to the gym to exercise on my own so this would be a great thing to add to my plate.

Save money! Clearly I should be saving tons of money every month but we’re not. We recently signed up for an American Express card with Costco so we can get cash back for using our money. So far we like it and it seems to be working in terms to sticking to our budget. I want to build up our savings AND pay off our credit cards. I want to be debt-free before 2013!

Take vitamins every day. I keep forgetting to take vitamins every day so Tyler and I decided that we will take them every night at dinner time. We have them out in the kitchen so it’s in our sight. If we seem to be struggling then we’ll invest into vitamin organizers but seriously I don’t want to get to that point. It shouldn’t be that hard to remember to take them!

Quality time with Tyler. I’m so busy with designing blogs that we don’t really have quality time together. So what I mean by this change is eat dinner together without the TV on, walk the dog together, exercise/cook together. Tyler agreed to this in addition to ignoring his iPhone when we have quality time together. I don’t want him walking behind me in the grocery store because he’s busy looking to see who won what game or whatever.

Clean house daily for 15-20 minutes. I hate that Tyler and I have to spend an entire day out of the weekend to clean the entire house because it wasn’t kept clean during the week. The house can stay clean if we spend 15-20 minutes cleaning every day so that we can have the weekend to enjoy ourselves and do things we want to do.

Keep my emails organized. I want to keep my emails organized and not let it get out of control. This means labeling them more often and archiving them. Unsubscribing from emails that I don’t want to get emails from instead of deleting them.

Create more pre-made blog templates. I’m pleased that Yellow & Savvy Design has been keeping me happily busy! I want to unleash my style into pre-made templates that I can add to my Etsy shop.

I’m so ready to rock it this year and accomplish these goals. Bring it on, 2012!

After our first day at Sweat

So I joined Sweat* again. I actually emailed the owner and told him I was interested in doing it again because obviously I didn’t get anywhere in losing weight. Obviously I had a mid-year crisis – I can’t believe it’s almost July already!? Anyways, he was determined to help me out and had Tyler and I come in to meet with him. He gave us a big discount so we could afford it and stick to it. That was really nice of him! The catch was that he wanted Tyler to do it too because he believes it’s important for us both to do the same thing and have the same goals so we can help each other out.

So we signed up and did the depressing stuff – taking our measurements & weighing in. Then we went over the diet stuff. He expects me to lose 20 pounds in 3 weeks!!! It’s possible but dang… I BETTER lose 20 pounds!

Our first day in the gym was no joke. We didn’t even warm up. He had Tyler do the Jacob’s ladder for 15 minutes while I was on the elliptical bike then switched over to the stairmaster. We were literally sweaty at the end of the hour.

It feels good and I can tell I feel so much better but I’ve been having a few headaches….probably due to the fact that I haven’t had Diet Coke in a while. Overall, I’m looking forward to seeing the results and making lifestyle changes!

*Sweat is the name of the gym. It definitely lives up to its name for sure! People can’t just use the gym anytime. There are many different programs: weight loss, sweat cheer/wrestling, toning, personal training, etc. The way it works is you sign up for the hour you want to go for small group training and there will be a personal trainer working with you individually with about 7 other people. Everyone has different goals. There are also personal training for 1 on 1 but of course those sessions are way too expensive!