My new rule is if it sucks I'm not doing it

I haven't written in quite a while. I think I've been too caught up in the holidays, and honestly that's a good problem to have. We did have a really fantastic Christmas and New Year. The girls absolutely loved it. It took  Priya a little while to figure out what was going on Christmas morning, but after a few presents she got the hang of it and had the time of her life. It was so fun to see Mirinda and Priya together on Christmas morning. Mirinda is so terrified of Santa Clause coming into her room that she would not fall asleep until about midnight. Usually kids can't fall asleep cause they're excited. It made for a long night. But they both had a fantastic Christmas day. I just can't imagine what life would be like without those two.
The girls are now excited because we're going to Disneyland in about 3 weeks. I can't wait. I love to travel with them, because they make everything funny. They have a way of making the most mundane things fun. Priya has never been anywhere like this. Mirinda has been before, but she doesn't really remember it. We're going to Universal too, which means I can geek out at Harry Potter world, and last time we were in Disneyland Mirinda and I made our own light sabers, so Priya wants to make one of her own.
The brace that Priya has been wearing on her hand is starting to help. She's starting to be able to use her index finger more, which means less of her giving everyone the bird. Two positives in a row. She doesn't really like to wear it, but she tends to take things stoically for such a young kid.
With the new year, it was time for my usual this is the year I'm going to lose weight, but here's the issue. Every year I go crazy and just eat salad (which is so depressing) and say I'm going to wake up at 5 am to run every day. Two weeks later I'm not exercising and all and eating whatever I want. So this year my rule is if it sucks I'm not doing it. The idea behind it is to pick something realistic I can do that is a step in the right direction. Since the new year I have been on the elliptical for 30 minutes each week day. I use the gym at my work, there's a tv there, and I watch something while I run. That's something realistic I can do, and I plan to keep it up from now on. I've also started to drink more water, even though Coke Zero has water in it. I like vegetables, and I like to eat a lot of different kinds of foods, but I'm focusing on smaller portions, but not so small that it sucks. Refer back to the rule. The idea is that I'm not on a diet. I'm making a lifestyle change, because I've become ridiculously overweight, and I'm pretty tired of it.
I haven't had a recommendation in a while, but I have one this week. It's called Billy B's Hash House. It's on 700 West and about 7000 South, and it is really amazing. A lot of comfort food. I had the salmon hash, and it was good, but the poutine was absolutely amazing. They bring you a donut when you are seated. I say that knowing full well that I just wrote about getting healthier, but you still have to enjoy life or it sucks. Refer to the rule.
Thanks for reading, and I'm going to push to write more often in the next year.