New Year. New You.

So every year we all think up a great resolution that will improve our lives and get up closer to an ultimate goal. Most of us look into being more physically fit but fail to realize that we need to ensure we are eating the right amount of calories to reach that goal. The majority of us hate counting calories, myself included, but having a general idea is a great way to start your path to a new you if you desire a better body image. You can get that general idea by taking maybe 15 minutes out of your spare time to do an online assessment of where you are, where you want to be, and how much or little you need to eat to get there. From there try to watch what you eat as best you can and cook more so you can control the calories that we hate to count. It does get easier though especially once you generally know how many calories are in certain key foods you always eat.

I challenge everyone to stick to their goals this year longer than you stuck to your last year's goal. My goal is to become a person who loves to workout and another goal is to keep up with this blog. The ironic thing is, working out has thus far proven to be the easier of my two goals. I am working on gathering some creativity that I have lost over time to make this blog an exciting and interesting read for all.

This week, and for the remainder of January, I will focus on my cookbook and blog. More specifically, I am trying to go section by section picking and choosing recipes and then testing them out to finalize them.

So far in my "Soup, Stews, and the Like" Section of my future cookbook I have:

Chicken Tortilla Soup
Classic Chicken Noodle
Chili
Cheesy Potato
Beef Stew
Gumbo
Clam Chowder
Veggie Soup
Miso Soup
French Onion Soup
Mushroom Soup
Spicy Thai Soup
Lobster Bisque
She Crab Soup

I will probably be adding to and taking from this recipe title list as I determine the direction I want to go as far as food point of view. I think I will try to experiment with chicken and soup this week since I just bought chicken breasts. I will post the results.  :)

Happy Eating and don't forget to try and stick to your goals this year no matter how hard. We can do it!!