Tues Jan 4: Will I survive the 1st week??

I feel like I've been run over by a MAC truck but I am determined to get back on a schedule and stick to a routine. Cold still has me down but I'm feeling better this morning. Yesterday I was able to stick to the No S Diet and the Home Routine (aka Flylady). The home routine wasn't 100% success but I think I need to revise it some because I probably have too much scheduled in there. I'm still having a hard time with time management and 'zone' cleaning. I'm toying with the idea of spending 1-2 hours over the weekend in the zone and during the week focus on regular house chores.

I have a tendency to overestimate what I can do and want it all at one time. For example, I want to walk more, lose weight, do yoga daily, run (couch to 5 k), get my entire house in order, meditate, be positive, focus on my appearance more -- I want it all now. I peter out though. Before the holidays I had gotten into a groove with the diet and walking/exercise. I was following No S diet, walking / wearing pedometer and doing C25K 3 times a week. Well the holidays came (along with a nice winter cold) and all my routines went to the curb. Add into that a grouchy husband and that killed my 'positivity' goal.

I think if I want to be successful I need to reign in my goals and expectations yet strive for full success in lieu of 'partial success'. "a habit formation system needs to eliminate partial success reasoning". Set up systems that allow for 100% success instead of partial success. Trying to diet, walk 10,000 steps a day, run, get my house to look like a Good Housekeeping ad, be as enlightened as Eckhart Tolle and a yoga guru all in 1 month is not a system of success. It's like I beat myself up for not trying to do more then I beat myself up for when I can't follow through. It's a lose-lose situation.

Goals for 2011:

1. Lose weight (20 lbs I gained)
2. Be more active (walk 10,000 steps/day, virtual walk across America)
3. Get my house in order
4. Be positive & happy
5. Run 30 minutes straight
6. Yoga daily
7. Meditation/ reading daily
8. Have more experiences / activities outside of the house
9. Get really good at knitting
10. Focus on appearance (hair, makeup, clothes)

What are the most important things to me right now -- the absolute bare minimum??

1. Lose weight (I gained 20 lbs last year)
2. Be more active
3. Get my house in a condition where anyone can just pop over and not be embarrassed
4. Be positive. Yoga, meditation & reading spiritual books falls into this category

 Goals for Jan 2011:

1. Get back to pre-holiday weight (157) via No S Diet
2. Wear pedometer and walk daily (goal = 10,000 steps/day; Minimum = 5000) IE "Urban Ranger"
3. Follow the home routine in itouch (make it a reasonable list!)
4. 15 minutes of yoga per day ** New habit
5. 1 new activity / month  ** New habit

So let's start with that. I hope it's not too much to start with.