Hi folks!

Just a quick note to let you know I’m back and will be blogging regularly again after a great holiday break spent enjoying having my husband home for a blissfully long and well-deserved few weeks off.

I don’t know about you, but my 2009 was challenging. We moved into a new house (our first), which was fraught with miscellaneous construction and heating problems right from the start. A couple days before 2009 began, I fell down a flight of stairs in my new basement and spent a couple weeks recovering (but had literally zero lasting damage from it, thankfully). My husband traveled almost constantly for over 3/4 of the year. My son had a severe allergic reaction that required us to change our already healthy lifestyle to be even more careful to accommodate his food allergies. And yet, after all that, the last couple months of 2009 were almost — dare I say it? — relaxed, unchaotic and full of good things.

And yet despite the year seeming to be complex and frustrating, which it certainly was at times, I feel like it was a triumph. I got to help women around the world take charge of their weight and their health. I got clear on how I can reach out and help many more moms than I already do (lots of exciting stuff in the works that I’ll share soon, promise!). I am thrilled to have my family together again every day and appreciate every moment even more. And while I know this blog isn’t reaching as many moms as I want it to in the future, I get enough comments from many of you that I feel like I’ve had at least a small role in helping you achieve your own triumphs this year. And lest I forget, my son went from just barely getting around on his own to becoming quite the acrobat :) and speaking complete sentences — that alone is no small feat!

So it seems that even if 2009 was tough, it was also amazing and a pivotal year for me and my family.

How about you? Did you do everything you hoped to in 2009?

If not, now’s the time to think about what you can do in 2010 so that you’re happy with how it ends, so that you can look back at the end of the year and say, “Wow, look at what I managed to accomplish.” And “Wow, I never thought I’d do … [fill in the black with your personal big dream].” If it’s losing the weight for good, eating healthfully, working on the mindset issues that may be holding you back and getting physically active WILL get you where you want to go. If it’s finding more time to reconnect with a part of yourself you haven’t expressed in too long (say, your artistic side), taking small actions now to get set up can make all the difference.

But do something. Take any action. Why not make 2010 your year!

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