Fitness Friday: Setting Goals

I totally dropped the ball last week.  I did not participate in the challenge proposed by Brenda of The Family Revised.  For one, I have few articles of clothing with which I'm able to part, even if completely despised or tattered.  Secondly, I am in no way ready to post photographs of myself in said ugly and worn-out clothes.  I am so happy to see y'all wearing your old and new duds, but I'm just. not. there.  And, finally, I have no room in my budget for anything new, or even new-for-you.  

But, this week...this week I can handle.  It's about setting goals, which, as the planner of all planners, I can do.  

Food Goals:  I am trying to eat fewer simple carbs, and, let me tell you, it is not easy.  My kids are learning to bake, and I'm an over-achieving teacher, who recommends baking only with 100% real butter for real down-home-to-goodness flav-ah.  But, unfortunately, I know my body and the effect long-term binging-and-purging has had upon it, namely, a very slow metabolism.  Basically, I can look at something de-lish and gain a couple of pounds.  Worse yet, it takes me several discouraging weeks of consistent exercise to shed those undeserved pounds.  Note to body: Let me at least taste the food!

Exercise Goals:  Consistency.  Period ((or comma, since I'll probably say something else about it)).  My biggest problem is consistency.  I might work out every day in one week, and then perhaps once during the following.  My goal this coming week is to get on my treadmill four times in the wee hours of the morning and pump the iron thrice.  Leaving exercise to the end of my day just doesn't work anymore.  Now, I have a hubby who wants my attention when he gets home from work; now, the kids' bedtime no longer means my free-time; now, my time is not my own.  

Spiritual Goals:  I need to carve out time in my day to get snuggly into my prayer close ALONE.  During the course of my day, I pray with the kids in the morning, we pray as a family in the evening, and my husband prays over the two of us at night.  I miss my Me-and-Abba time, and need to figure out how to get it back.

There are many wonderful things about the reconciliation of a family and the rebirth of a heart for God, but I really miss being the Master of My Minutes: I read fewer books, watch fewer movies, pray less, and get less done when I share my life and time with another adult.  Just something I'm struggling with right now...

So, what goals can you set for the week, month, year?  Could you eat differently to His glory?  Could you exercise differently the only body you have for His work?  Are there spiritual goals you would like to add?  Are you as selfish as I with your time and feel convicted about it, too?  What color are your eyes?