Yuccccch!

I came down with a cold on Thursday. In the 3 years since I began this Journey, this is the first significant cold I have had. It knocked the crap out of me on Friday,and has absolutely put a damper on every thing for me through the holiday weekend. My head is stuffed up. I'm breathing through my mouth. Now It's working itself into a cough as well.Food has no taste and at times keeping my head up is a challenge.
So today started with an hour of cardio at 7 and after I send off this email , I will head back to the gym for a lower body workout with my trainer.
What's the old adage.....Feed a fever,ignore a cold?
Yesterday was Christmas Day which came with the annual trek to South Jersey. My niece Jill offered up her new house for us all to gather. They finished construction just about 10 months ago so this served as both a Holiday gathering and house warming.
It was very nice that she stepped up and I am sure every one appreciated it.
This year as part of our Holiday gift giving I included what I am calling the Live 2 XL 2017 Goals Challenge. It's and idea that my brother launched at the Why Weight Christmas party. Inside of every one's gift was an envelope. The envelope contained a card and a stamped envelope addressed to me. On the card you were to write your 5 goals for 2017,send the card back to me and in December I will mail it back to you so you can see how you did.I thought it would be fun.
We'll see how many cards I actually get back. One person actually walked me aside and said "I don't make goals.....I hate knowing that I failed or gave up".
Well that's exactly the point of this exercise. The accountability factor. Once you put it out there and know that it will be appearing in your mail box sometime later in the year, Maybe just maybe you will pay attention to achieving your goals instead of it becoming another hollow New Years resolution.
I know the first thing that came to my mind when I started to fill out the card. 
Finish my book!
I didn't write it down yet. That's one hell of a commitment to make to myself. I could hedge my goal and say continue with my book or work diligently on my book, but finish my book> Whew ....that's another whole ball of wax!
I have a week to fill out my dance card .....
my 5 goals for 2017.
Commitment is doing today and tomorrow what I set to do yesterday now that the mood has left me.
This will take some thought.....and then a whole boat load of commitment!