Goals report - August

Things are not back to normal.

1. Lose two pounds each month.Absolutely not.
2. Work out at least 20 days a month.
   0
3. Hit my 10,000 steps a day average over the month.
   OMFG no.  4,900 average
4. Cook one new (and healthy!) recipe a month.
   Nope.

Life is still nowhere close to normal after the accident last month.  I am so deeply frustrated and in so much pain still, and currently wearing one of those awesome ankle boot casts.  I miss my workouts so very very much - I miss teaching my class, going for walks, being able to DO things.  I follow up with my doctor next week to hopefully get more insight.  I hurt a lot, and emotionally all of this is taking a toll as well.  

Goals report - July

This month has not gone as planned.

1. Lose two pounds each month.
   Nope.
2. Work out at least 20 days a month.
   Nope. 6.
3. Hit my 10,000 steps a day average over the month.
   Nope.  214k total.
4. Cook one new (and healthy!) recipe a month.
   Nope.

Started off well - 12k steps average for the first nine days.

Then on July 10, another driver ran a red light and totaled my car.  Thank goodness I was alone in the car, but I suffered numerous injuries and haven't been able to dance since then - walking hurts, driving hurts, lots of things hurt.  I start physical therapy tomorrow, so hopefully that will help me get back on track.  This sucks, a lot.

Goals report - May & June

Ack!  Again with skipping a month with the blog.  Sorry about that.  Here we go.

1. Lose two pounds each month.
   What a shocker - I am absolutely failing on this front. :(
2. Work out at least 20 days a month.
   21 in May and 21 again in June.  One goal met at least! ;)
3. Hit my 10,000 steps a day average over the month.
   357k in May - 11,530 average!
   325k in June - 10,848 average!
   Halfway through the year and I've done 2,044,904 steps (averaging over 11k a day) - awesome!  Yippee!
4. Cook one new (and healthy!) recipe a month.
   I think so but I don't remember exactly what I made.  I know my cooking new recipes has slowed down and I need to pick that back up again.

I'm struggling a lot with my fibromyalgia flaring up often lately, and battling the fatigue and pain that comes with that.  Again hoping that things will start moving in the right direction this month...

Goals report - February, March, April

Oy.  So I'm way, way behind on updating this blog.  Here we go though:

1. Lose two pounds each month.Big huge super massive fail.  
2. Work out at least 20 days a month.
   Failed in February (15) but met in March (21) and April (24).  Glad to be moving more often.
3. Hit my 10,000 steps a day average over the month.
   February was 296,634 total (10,594 average), March was 353,706 total (11,409 average), and April was 339,748 total (11,324 average).  I'm happy that I have been able to keep up the steps even with various issues and last-minute travel these past few months.
4. Cook one new (and healthy!) recipe a month.
   Yep!  One or two each month, including a fantastic lentil and chicken dish in the Instant Pot that I've made four times already.  Love it. ;)

Hopefully the scale will move in the right direction this month! ;)

Goals report - January

January's done, let's look at those goals:

1. Lose two pounds each month.
   Well, let's just call this a fail and leave it at that.  I don't even want to post a graph because this month didn't go well in the dieting department, plus I re-injured my back a few days ago and my weight spiked up dramatically because of that.
2. Work out at least 20 days a month.
   21!  Several days with two workouts, and a few with the workouts lasting over an hour.  Whee.
3. Hit my 10,000 steps a day average over the month.
   Yep!  I had two days of over 20k steps, so that helped a lot.  Nearly averaged 12k!
4. Cook one new (and healthy!) recipe a month.
   Yep!  I got an Instant Pot for Christmas so I've been trying a bunch of recipes.  Favorite recipe so far is this chicken and quinoa dish.

My side goal of increasing my "hours with 250+ steps" average is going well too - averaged 7.8 of 9 hours daily, so yay for that.  Will keep hoping that this will eventually reflect on the scale, too...

2018 Goals

Ahhh.  The struggle continues.  Frustrated to look back at my 2016 goal summary and see that in 2017, I basically gained back the weight I had lost in 2016.  Grrr.  So now I look at the blank slate that is 2018 and throw some goals on paper.

1. Lose two pounds each month.
   OK.  Enough, right?  Two pounds a month would get me back to where I ended 2016 - and honestly, I have 66 pounds to get to a "normal" BMI.  Baby steps though.  Let's reverse this trend from 2017, please.
2. Work out at least 20 days a month.
   I like this goal from last year.  Though it's fun to get in some 2-workout-days, I think it's more important to move my body more often, so let's track this again.
3. Hit my 10,000 steps a day average over the month.
   Yes, please.  I know this is a good indicator of my overall daily movement so let's keep it going.  I 'finished' my 3.65million steps on November 18, 2017 - can I do it earlier this year? ;)
4. Cook one new (and healthy!) recipe a month.
   I know this is a silly one, but I like that it keeps me accountable for trying new recipes. 

I'm still doing my daily gratitude journal, but I don't feel like I need to make that a goal here.  I am also hoping to increase my "hours with 250+ steps" average too - fitbit tracks this, and I can't figure out how to get this to a monthly average but they do it weekly for my chosen 9am-5pm timeframe.  I think my goal is 7+ hours for those 9 hours, so we'll see how it goes.  

Here's to a healthy 2018!