Another year, and another set of resolutions to start off the year. I quit making new year’s resolutions, since it feels like most people don’t follow through with them. Well, this year, I’m making a change and using them. Well, to be more specific, I made one resolution for this year: to get healthy. And to get healthy means all three aspects: physical, mental, and spiritual. In a way, it would be three resolutions; however, they are all together under the “fitness” umbrella.
For physical, I am establishing a routine, a ritual, in a way, where I start exercising daily. This includes both cardiovascular and resistance training. While my goal is not to build muscle, as that looks very unladylike, I do want to reduce the amount of fat in my sedentary lifestyle. Sitting at a desk all day does not do much for trying to get a feminine figure, especially considering that my typical day involves working eight or more hours a day then sitting at my desk at home while I do college homework.
To help me with this goal, I purchased an Xbox 360 with Kinect and Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2012 in addition to my exercise bike and weight set. I found that Your Shape actually utilizes the weights in its workouts. It also is significantly harder to defeat than Wii Fit, my previous example. Now, the goal is to start my workouts when I get up in the morning and in the evenings. Yes, that’s twice a day, with a primary focus on cardiovascular workouts, secondary on balance and coordination (using the martial arts and dance features of Your Shape), and tertiary on muscle building and toning.
My mental health is focused on my transition. And I’ve said before that I need to “get serious about my transition”, this time it is serious. This is not “getting serious”, this already is serious. I’ve been on hormones since the end of July, and I’ve seen the beginnings of changes that they are making to my body. I feel that these changes are right…They are significant and have done wonders for my mood and attitude. Now, I feel that I’m not doing enough. My goal is to be completely part time by July and full time by the end of the year, just in time for the cycling of the long Mayan calendar.
I spent all day yesterday as a girl in my apartment, and it was very nice and liberating. And all I was doing was my normal house stuff, just as a girl. And, what made it better is that it felt natural. I had some makeup on, a t-shirt, and jeans, but it felt right. And that is why I feel that that my transition is serious, why this is beyond “getting serious”. So my new plan with my transition is to build up my wardrobe for everyday clothes, work on my makeup application, my presentation, and my voice. My wardrobe is all budgeting and working to figure out sizes and styles. My makeup is purely practice, and just practice. Presentation is more about getting comfortable and declaring that everyone else doesn’t matter, that I need to be me. And my voice is something I’m working on. I can’t seem to get anyone on the phone or e-mail for voice therapy, so I’m working the best that I can. I hope that the CDs and DVDs that I have will help me…combined with the spectrum analyzers and voice recorders.
Spiritual health is the vaguest of the health. I am not a Christian, so going to church isn’t really a viable option at the moment. Thus, it’s my plan to start doing my rituals and such to secure and protect myself, as well as focusing on the celebrations and festivals.
