Comments on: My New Year’s resolutions http://www.conversiondiary.com/2008/12/my-new-years-resolutions.html Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:43:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: a http://www.conversiondiary.com/2008/12/my-new-years-resolutions.html/comment-page-1#comment-26087 a Sun, 09 Jan 2011 09:29:50 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2008/12/my-new-years-resolutions.html#comment-26087 sale sale

]]> By: Aliocha http://www.conversiondiary.com/2008/12/my-new-years-resolutions.html/comment-page-1#comment-10731 Aliocha Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:20:00 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2008/12/my-new-years-resolutions.html#comment-10731 If your "mini new Year" resolutions are done in a regular basis, I think the traditional name for it is "examination of conscience". :-)<br/><br/>Thanks for sharing. If your “mini new Year” resolutions are done in a regular basis, I think the traditional name for it is “examination of conscience”. :-)

Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: funtohavefun http://www.conversiondiary.com/2008/12/my-new-years-resolutions.html/comment-page-1#comment-10494 funtohavefun Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:25:00 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2008/12/my-new-years-resolutions.html#comment-10494 Great post, Jennifer! I'm actually starting something on my blog in a similar vein, and I'm calling it "Project Sainthood." It's my New Year's Eve Resolution of sorts. My goal is to blog with as much honest humility about my own discernment and work in cooperating more fully with God's grace in the hopes that I can help other people even just a little bit in their walk with Christ.<br/><br/>I don't know if you'd be interested in doing this with me, but my plan is to write at least once a week about where I am and where I need to be going as a way to keep accountable. If you would like to share this blogging "initiative" with others, I'd be honored. <br/><br/>My first post is here, if you're interested:<br/><br/>http://funtohavefun.wordpress.com/2009/01/05/this-is-project-sainthood/<br/><br/>Thank you so much for all that you do in the Catholic blogosphere. I will be praying for your success with your resolutions!<br/><br/><br/>Johanna Holmes Great post, Jennifer! I’m actually starting something on my blog in a similar vein, and I’m calling it “Project Sainthood.” It’s my New Year’s Eve Resolution of sorts. My goal is to blog with as much honest humility about my own discernment and work in cooperating more fully with God’s grace in the hopes that I can help other people even just a little bit in their walk with Christ.

I don’t know if you’d be interested in doing this with me, but my plan is to write at least once a week about where I am and where I need to be going as a way to keep accountable. If you would like to share this blogging “initiative” with others, I’d be honored.

My first post is here, if you’re interested:

http://funtohavefun.wordpress.com/2009/01/05/this-is-project-sainthood/

Thank you so much for all that you do in the Catholic blogosphere. I will be praying for your success with your resolutions!

Johanna Holmes

]]> By: graceunbound http://www.conversiondiary.com/2008/12/my-new-years-resolutions.html/comment-page-1#comment-10428 graceunbound Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:31:00 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2008/12/my-new-years-resolutions.html#comment-10428 I love your resolutions, particularly the first. I too have a tendency to drift aimlessly through my days, especially if I don't have something concrete to anchor it around. I want to set aside time to pray, I thought I had established that habit firmly but it so quickly drifts away. "When will I pray?" That's a question I'm going to start asking myself. And then I'm going to DO it. I love your resolutions, particularly the first. I too have a tendency to drift aimlessly through my days, especially if I don’t have something concrete to anchor it around. I want to set aside time to pray, I thought I had established that habit firmly but it so quickly drifts away. “When will I pray?” That’s a question I’m going to start asking myself. And then I’m going to DO it.

]]> By: Skyraven http://www.conversiondiary.com/2008/12/my-new-years-resolutions.html/comment-page-1#comment-10390 Skyraven Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:42:00 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2008/12/my-new-years-resolutions.html#comment-10390 Jennifer, sounds like a great plan you have going for yourself with your resolutions. You already know where you have to tweak certain things and know what works for you as well as what doesn't. A planner was my best friend last year and helped me be accountable to myself. I put work and personal goals in there on a daily basis and for the most part I was able to get it done. But, I need to plan for the back-sliding to help me get back on track. So, I've enlisted the help of a former classmate and colleague to help keep me on my toes. :) Thanks for letting me share. Heiddi Jennifer, sounds like a great plan you have going for yourself with your resolutions. You already know where you have to tweak certain things and know what works for you as well as what doesn’t. A planner was my best friend last year and helped me be accountable to myself. I put work and personal goals in there on a daily basis and for the most part I was able to get it done. But, I need to plan for the back-sliding to help me get back on track. So, I’ve enlisted the help of a former classmate and colleague to help keep me on my toes. :) Thanks for letting me share. Heiddi

]]> By: Rachel Gray http://www.conversiondiary.com/2008/12/my-new-years-resolutions.html/comment-page-1#comment-10385 Rachel Gray Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:12:00 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2008/12/my-new-years-resolutions.html#comment-10385 I LOVE your three questions for before going to bed. I may adopt them myself. Great post! I LOVE your three questions for before going to bed. I may adopt them myself. Great post!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.conversiondiary.com/2008/12/my-new-years-resolutions.html/comment-page-1#comment-10380 Anonymous Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:07:00 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2008/12/my-new-years-resolutions.html#comment-10380 Happy New Year! I have been thinking about you and your eating. I am pregnant (due Easter Sunday) with my 6th. I have a 10, 8, 6, 3 and 1 1/2 year old. I think that I have some of the same eating things as you, especially with this pregnancy. This is something that has been helpful to me in the past, and I am considering doing it again (now that I'm suggesting it to you:) On the weekend, with my husband around to share the work with the kids, I make an egg bake for breakfast and a crock pot meal for lunch. The egg bake can be low-carb (I like a mix of sausage, eggs and cottage cheese, cauliflower, onions and garlic and parmesan) and the lunch can be something low-carb like turkey chili or (and I know this sounds gross, but it's delicious) meatballs, brussels sprouts and pasta sauce. Anyway, you can eat those all week and never have to think about what you're going to do for breakfast or lunch. That way you can focus on getting food ready for your kids (after you've eaten and are full) and you won't be tempted to pick your way through their lunch. <br/><br/>Thanks for all that you share with us; I always love reading your blog. Happy New Year! I have been thinking about you and your eating. I am pregnant (due Easter Sunday) with my 6th. I have a 10, 8, 6, 3 and 1 1/2 year old. I think that I have some of the same eating things as you, especially with this pregnancy. This is something that has been helpful to me in the past, and I am considering doing it again (now that I’m suggesting it to you:) On the weekend, with my husband around to share the work with the kids, I make an egg bake for breakfast and a crock pot meal for lunch. The egg bake can be low-carb (I like a mix of sausage, eggs and cottage cheese, cauliflower, onions and garlic and parmesan) and the lunch can be something low-carb like turkey chili or (and I know this sounds gross, but it’s delicious) meatballs, brussels sprouts and pasta sauce. Anyway, you can eat those all week and never have to think about what you’re going to do for breakfast or lunch. That way you can focus on getting food ready for your kids (after you’ve eaten and are full) and you won’t be tempted to pick your way through their lunch.

Thanks for all that you share with us; I always love reading your blog.

]]> By: bearing http://www.conversiondiary.com/2008/12/my-new-years-resolutions.html/comment-page-1#comment-10379 bearing Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:24:00 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2008/12/my-new-years-resolutions.html#comment-10379 Jen, I love your first resolution. I may copy it. And the third one is great too. <br/><br/>I'll continue to follow your posts on diet and eating, and trying to figure it all out. <br/><br/> I'm trying to tease out how gluttony and biochemistry are interrelated in myself. Just as you started to notice how what you eat affects how charitable you are, which doesn't let you off the hook because all it means is that charity requires you to pay attention to what you eat; it's beginning to occur to me that what I eat affects how gluttonous I am, which is an even more insidious feedback loop for obvious reasons. <br/><br/>I posted on this <a HREF="http://arlinghaus.typepad.com/blog/2009/01/insulin-and-my-weight-loss-did-the-hard-work-begin-or-end-the-day-i-started-to-lose-weight.html" REL="nofollow" rel="nofollow">today</a> and so it's on my mind, but the conclusion I'm coming to and am thinking through in this comment is that the more successful my efforts to resist gluttony, the less gluttonous I became, for pedestrian chemical reasons, which fits better with my experience that my weight loss didn't coincide with harder work or better virtue. Some people might think this sort of thing proves that it's all chemistry, but if you ask me it just goes to show that this whole development-of-virtue thing is not just spiritual, but pervades our whole being, body and spirit too. As it should, because that's what being a human person means. Jen, I love your first resolution. I may copy it. And the third one is great too.

I’ll continue to follow your posts on diet and eating, and trying to figure it all out.

I’m trying to tease out how gluttony and biochemistry are interrelated in myself. Just as you started to notice how what you eat affects how charitable you are, which doesn’t let you off the hook because all it means is that charity requires you to pay attention to what you eat; it’s beginning to occur to me that what I eat affects how gluttonous I am, which is an even more insidious feedback loop for obvious reasons.

I posted on this today and so it’s on my mind, but the conclusion I’m coming to and am thinking through in this comment is that the more successful my efforts to resist gluttony, the less gluttonous I became, for pedestrian chemical reasons, which fits better with my experience that my weight loss didn’t coincide with harder work or better virtue. Some people might think this sort of thing proves that it’s all chemistry, but if you ask me it just goes to show that this whole development-of-virtue thing is not just spiritual, but pervades our whole being, body and spirit too. As it should, because that’s what being a human person means.

]]> By: Kelly the Kitchen Kop http://www.conversiondiary.com/2008/12/my-new-years-resolutions.html/comment-page-1#comment-10377 Kelly the Kitchen Kop Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:40:00 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2008/12/my-new-years-resolutions.html#comment-10377 I tell everyone about your blog these days!<br/><br/>To help you begin to eat healthier, check out these Rookie Tips:<br/><br/>http://kellythekitchenkop.com/2008/04/rookie-tips.html<br/><br/>Kelly I tell everyone about your blog these days!

To help you begin to eat healthier, check out these Rookie Tips:

http://kellythekitchenkop.com/2008/04/rookie-tips.html

Kelly

]]> By: Heather http://www.conversiondiary.com/2008/12/my-new-years-resolutions.html/comment-page-1#comment-10376 Heather Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:15:00 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2008/12/my-new-years-resolutions.html#comment-10376 I only made 1 resolution this year - to have daily devotions, with a plan on studying what the Bible has to say regarding self-discipline. I plan on putting into practice what I learn, which will take care of any areas I could have a resolution about. This year, I am trying to focus more on "what God can enable me to do," instead of "what I can do through sheer will-power." I hope to blog about what I learn and do throughout the year. I only made 1 resolution this year – to have daily devotions, with a plan on studying what the Bible has to say regarding self-discipline. I plan on putting into practice what I learn, which will take care of any areas I could have a resolution about. This year, I am trying to focus more on “what God can enable me to do,” instead of “what I can do through sheer will-power.” I hope to blog about what I learn and do throughout the year.

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