{"id":1481,"date":"2015-02-17T11:59:23","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T19:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/?p=1481"},"modified":"2015-02-17T11:59:23","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T19:59:23","slug":"what-im-doing-for-lent-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2015\/02\/17\/what-im-doing-for-lent-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"What I’m doing for Lent 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy Fat Tuesday everyone! This year for Lent I’m going to focus on 2 things:<\/p>\n

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  1. Not yelling at the kids<\/strong> – This has been a bad trend lately… Luka is being a pain in the ass. Amelia is acting like she’s six months old at times. And all I want to do is get out the door, and start my day. But the truth is, I don’t. I want to stay at home just as much they do. I want to play one more game of Family<\/i> just like Amelia does, or one more round of baseball like Luka does. But I just can’t. Morning meetings. Long nights because I’m not getting stuff done during the day. And so when I just need shoes on, and coats picked up, and bags carried, it’s too easy to freak out.\n

    But for the next 40 days, I’m not going to let myself do it because it’s not fair to the kids, and it’s not what I want to teach them to do either.<\/p>\n

    It’s going to be hard…<\/li>\n

  2. Not cheating on my weight loss<\/strong> – I’m exercising every day of the week for about 30 minutes. And I’m losing no weight. The culprit HAS to be food. At work, I cheat too many chocolates or chips. On the weekends, I have too many big meals.\n

    I’m going to really focus on what I eat, how much I exercise, and make sure that both are aligned towards my goal of losing weight. I think if I do it right, I’ll be down to 187 by Easter.<\/p>\n

    That would be really wonderful.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So there you have it. My two big goals. I always share publicly to get help from others. If you need help, then let me know yours, and I’ll be there \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Happy Fat Tuesday everyone! This year for Lent I’m going to focus on 2 things: Not yelling at the kids – This has been a bad trend lately… Luka is being a pain in the ass. Amelia is acting like she’s six months old at times. 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