Satiable Goal for 2011 - Nutrition - Topic 2

When I think of accomplishing goals I think of needing the energy to get going.  When I think of needing energy I think of nutrition.  I am a firm believer that nutrition is the cure for EVERYTHING so of course proper nutrition has to be a 2011 goal.  Now don't get me wrong I really do try however I can often fall short.  Discipline is absolutely essential here so I really will need to focus.  I have what I considered to be an all star team on my side for this goal.  I am a person who loves blogs and I am really loyal to the blogs that I love so my first all star will be a blogger, and that blog will be:
Kimberly Snyder's Health and Beauty Blog.  I LOOVVEEE her blog.   Kimberly Snyder is a clinical nutritionist whose approach to nutrition is holistic.    Traveling the world, teaching yoga, being a guest contributor to several morning shows and magazines and being a major film set on site nutritionist is nothing to sneeze at not to mention she has a new book coming out in the next couple of months which you know I have already pre-ordered on Amazon.com. Because Kimberly Snyder is a raw tion foodist I thought that I could never follow her but the more I continued to read  her blog the more I knew that I could never NOT follow her.  I have learned so much about nutrition through her and consider her to be my own personal nutritionist, at least in my mind.  I have really been inspired by her approach and have even invested in a Vitamix to make her great tasting healthy smoothies.  OK. Sidenote: Guess what I saw last night?  A new smaller version on QVC, which is where I bought my Vitamix, for $363 with 5 easy payments $72.60!  OK so anyway she inspired me to get my Vitamix and I love it.  It's one of the best investments that I have ever made.  I'll do a complete post on the Vitamix soon. My goal here is to learn to memory and in depth 1 nutritional fact per week from this site.  There are so many and at least once a week should be very doable.
 My second all star is the book "Food Rules" by Michael Pollan.   Seeing the documentary Food Inc.really changed my life and eating habits so when my attention was called to his book "Food Rules" I knew I had to give it a chance and I did not regret it.  Actually I wanted to buy 10 more copies and give them to friends and family.  This book is so good that my doctor put the name of this book on a prescription pad and tried to give it to me, at least until I told him that I already had it and yes it was good.  My goal with this book is to read a rule everyday until I have memorized all the rules.  This book is a very very quick read so my problem will never be reading through it but having the discipline to live by it.  It's practical, reasonable and just plain common sense.
My third goal is water.  Getting enough water is the goal.  More specifically I'll increase my intake to at least 6 cups a day for the first 6 months of the year and move to 8 cups by July.  One thing that I know for sure is that I'm not getting enough water and that will definitely change for 2011.  My one new trick is that I add a little Simply Lemonade or Simply Limeade to my water to add a little flavor.  I've tried this so many different times with several different pieces of fruit but I couldn't taste enough flavor, however the Lemonade and Limeade is working perfectly for now.  Eventually I'll ween myself off of the flavors and strictly drink the water.
So those are my three major nutrition goals for 2011.  I'm sure that I will add more as the year progress, however I did not want to overwhelm myself so I'll start strong but slow.  Do you have any nutritional goals for the new year?  Have you already started?  Let me know.