It's a new year so it is time for a new goal.  I'm sad to say I did not reach my previous goal.  I do however think my new goal is very attainable!  You my dear blog are going to keep me company over the next five years while I lose 40 pounds.  That is less than 10 pounds per year!  I think I can manage it!  I weigh 170 right now so that will put me at 130.  Then I am going to celebrate the big 4-0 by eating my way through a birthday trip in one of my favorite places on the planet...New Orleans!  I plan on eating both lemon and chocolate doberge cake, drinking hurricanes, and working in helpings of oysters, shrimp, crawfish, gumbo, beignets, and all the other ridiculously good food down there!  If I gain 5-10 pounds back that is okay (I'm working that into my figures, ha!).  And yes, I packed on several holiday pounds in case you were wondering how I was at 170 again. 

I made a New Year's resolution too--one new fruit or veggie per month.  I feel like I get stuck in a rut: apples, bananas, grapes, stawberries, oranges, peaches, pineapple, pears, kiwis and lettuce, tomatoes, celery, corn, soybeans, okra, onions, garlic, carrots, bell peppers, spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, peas, artichokes, olives, mushrooms, and rarely squash and zucchini.  Maybe I'm leaving a few out, but seriously--that is about it!  So onward new fruits and veggies!  Time to join my diet.  Haven't tried out a January pick--will be on the hunt this week!