New Year

Every year for the past 18 years I have had the same New Year's Resolution: to lose weight and get healthy. I have been on pretty much every diet in existence in order to do this, with mixed results (my health and fitness are generally terrible, although I am still about 30-40 pounds lighter than I was in my teens)
My goal this year is to stop dieting (finally) and make some lifestyle changes in order to finally reach my goals. I bought the book "You Are What you Eat" by Gillian McKeith and it really was an eye-opener. I need to eat better. Period. I also need to exercise- every day.
Thus, my goals are twofold: eat better and exercise.
This is going to be difficult for me as I am lazy in nature and get bored easily. I also hate chopping fruits and veg, which is my major reason for not eating them.
My plan is as follows: implement the advice in the "You are What you Eat" book and work out. In order to eat better, I will be maintaining a food journal and will be making weekly shopping lists in order to establish more variety in my diet. I will also be doing nightly food prep for the following day in order to facilitate healthy eating throughout the day.
In order to enable my exercise goals I will be converting my garage into a gym by installing mirrors along the east wall, installing the punching bag that I acquired last year, and installing speakers, a dvd player, and a tv that I have laying around from various ventures. I also purchased several dance videos, as dance is one of the VERY few exercises I actually enjoy doing (as opposed to the millions of exercises that I hate doing, or at best can vaguely endure).
I will be doing weekly weigh-ins and measurements, and I have enlisted my sister Heather to be my long-distance work-out buddy (since she has very similar goals).
Anyway, this is something I've been mulling over for quite some time now and I feel that this is really important for me to follow through with. And, I must admit, I am actually kind of excited.