December Goals Reviewed

I set several goal for myself for December in the hopes of easing back into the "project" and getting a jump-start. Here are the goals and my reflection:

Weight: Lose 5 pounds this month
PARTIAL SUCCESS: I lost 4 pounds this month. Not sure how that happened.

Exercise: 20 minutes 3x a week
FAIL: I only exercised ONE time this entire month. I should say, purposefully exercised.

Eating: Prepare 4 meals at home each week; focus on water intake; clean out pantry
PARTIAL SUCCESS: I did clean out the pantry. I prepared 14 meals of 16 at home this month. I didn't keep track of my water intake, so I have no idea how to rate this goal.

House Management: Full house clean once
COMPLETED! YAY!

Faith: Go to Christmas mass
FAIL: I was not feeling well, so I left my family party early and came home to bed. I did not make it to mass.

2010 in Review

I started the year with the best of intentions. If you look back at this blog, you'll see how THAT went. I started off raring to go, and about 3 weeks in, I fizzled. No excuses. I just gave up. I had little bouts of energy occasionally as the year progressed, but never fully recommitted. I would get the eating together and not exercise. Or I would exercise and eat like crap. overall, not a success.

However, I love the idea of the "project" and I have recently restructured it to include long-term goals and small monthly goals that will help me reach those long-term goals. I am recommitting at the start of 2011 and I will post my January goals tomorrow.

On a positive, and "I-have-no-idea-how-this-happened" note... I did lose 10 pounds over the course of the year.

December Goals

While setting December goals for myself, I am thinking of all the craziness that happens this month. Since I am entirely starting over, I am going to take things slow this month.

Goals:

Weight: Lose 5 pounds this month

Exercise: 20 minutes 3x a week

Eating: Prepare 4 meals at home each week; focus on water intake; clean out pantry

House Management: Full house clean once

Faith: Go to Christmas mass

The "Best Me " Project v 2.0

The Project: Strive to be the "Best Me" that I can over the next year, ending December 31, 2011

The Project Specifics Revised:


Weight:  Begin my weight loss journey to lose 105 pounds. Track this in 5 pound increments complete with rewards at every 5 pounds. Breaking this into smaller goals will make it seems more manageable. Hopefully by the end of 2011, I'll have made a dent in the overall amount.

Exercise: The ultimate goal is to jog/run a 5K, so my exercise goals over this year will lead up to that. The monthly goals I assign myself will be geared toward training.

Eating: Return to the same goal as last year, to prepare 4 meals a week at home. This would be a total of 224 meals. Monthly goals will focus on eating healthier and recording food to keep track of calories and fat, etc.

House Management: Keep my house neat and tidy by cleaning and organizing. I will not set a goal for how often I will clean my house, but I hope to better keep up with it this year.

Faith: Actually return to church consistently this year.