1. Put more time and effort into blogging.
This isn't going so well. Obviously. I'm only posting about twice a week it seems. I haven't taken the time to commit to this goal. I need to plan ahead at least a day in advance or things fall to pieces. Since I'm posting this update midweek already it's going to be tough to show progress by the beginning of next week already but I will do what I can. Some progress is better than none.
2. Wake up and get out of bed by 7am at least three times a week.
Again, not doing so well. Going to bed at a decent time and being able to get up when the alarm goes off go hand in hand for me. I am not the type to spring out of bed when the alarm goes off every morning {obvs} but I do know it is easier for me when I get enough rest. In theory, I should be getting enough rest since I'm sleeping about 8 hours a night. But that doesn't seem to be the case since I'm still always snuggling deeper into my flannel penguin sheets when the alarm goes off. I'm going to try my hand at getting to bed earlier than 11pm the rest of this week to see if that helps my mornings. Maybe I need more than 8 hours of sleep every night?
3. Clean my bathroom and room, then keep it that way.
I haven't touched either room yet. I still have over a week left of November to get this completed. Cleaning is never fun but it definitely needs to be done. Maybe I can try tackling one smaller project {packing summer clothes away} at a time rather than looking at the daunting task of organizing and cleaning both rooms in one session?
4. Read four books.
I'm over 60% done reading The Book Thief {November's BBC book choice} so I'm not completely failing at this goal. But I do have another three books to go. I'm hoping I can breeze through The Single Woman's Survival Guide once The Book Thief is finished. I have my third book, Serena, waiting on my Kindle as well but I don't have a fourth book even picked out yet. I guess I'm hoping when I finish the first three I'll be able to find something fairly quick and something I can dive into and finish quickly. It might be a struggle to read four books by the end of the month but I will try my best. The fact that this goal is challenging me is surprising. I love to read and thought this would be an easy one to complete.
5. Get my healthy lifestyle on track.
Failing big time at this. I even had quantifiable sub goals that would help me achieve the big goal but lack of effort to plan has lead to failure. It's true what they say, failure to plan is planning to fail. I succeed when I plan my meals and mentally plan to go to the gym at least a day in advance. I fail when I decide to wing it with my meals and go to the gym if I get up early enough. I'm even losing the mental battle to drink water and avoid my beloved Mountain Dew. Why? Because I have the poor mindset that if I'm failing at meal planning and going to the gym then why bother. But I'm not giving up. I will succeed. I can do this.
Stats
Starting Weight {highest weight recorded}: 207.7
Today's weigh in, Nov. 20: 207.2
Gain: 0.2
Overall loss: 0.5
And with that I'm going to blow this Popsicle stand. Enjoy your Wednesday! Be happy we're at the half way point!
Sorry about the slight gain! You'll be back on track in no time!
ReplyDeleteYou CAN and you WILL do this!
ReplyDeletegood luck with your goals! i think they're all perfectly attainable for you! and don't let the teeny gain get to you. scales are stupid.
ReplyDeleteBummer to see a slight gain this week-- but at least you're being accountable enough to not make excuses for it. You know WHY you gained-- which means even more reason to stop sliding into old/bad habits (spoken by someone who totally caved and ordered hungover Jimmy Johns on Sunday... oops!)
ReplyDeleteHave you tried planning out your meals/workouts for an entire week? I do a weekly goals linkup on Mondays, and some people just literally put up their workout calander for the entire week! When I was half marathon training, I was SUPER regimented about my runs and off-days, which helped me stick to the plan because I knew, come hell or high water, I had XX miles on the agenda for XX day. It really helped me stay focused for each week!