January Report/February Goal

 My January goal went well. I am happy to report that I had one salad for lunch each week. I know it was a small goal, but it helped me realize I can reach a goal other than passing classes. 

My February goal is to run or walk at least 10 miles a week. I know this is a small goal, but I need to motivate myself while it is cold. Since I will be running a half marathon this summer no matter if it is canceled or not, I need to get/keep my miles up. I will make sure to report at the end of the month. Wish me luck!

January Goal

This month, I will have at least one salad for lunch per week. This should help me get more vegetables in my diet without the daunting task of doing something like this every day. I know I need to find other ways to get more veggies in my life. This is a start. As with my other main dietary goal (intermittent fasting), I will track this in the Simple app. 

Resolution Time

My resolutions went very off track last year, but I am not too upset about that. The time I have spent working from home was getting to me for a while. I even ended up in therapy for about a month. Now, I can see what a blessing it has been for me to be home with my kids since March. I have a closer relationship with my daughter which is HUGE because we had been struggling for a while. I have been here for Sean whenever he needs a hug. I will never wish these things did not happen. 

Now, we are headed into a new year. I need a goal. That is what I am told anyway. I get it. Having a goal with a deadline is best. I need to find a way to not lose sight of the goal. I need a focus for the year that I can break up monthly, weekly, and daily. 

I would love to be closer to Eric like I was a few months ago, but I think I need to back off a bit and let him grow up more and make his own mistakes. Plus, I can't make resolutions that depend on someone else's choices. I will keep praying for him and doing what I can to show him love when he is home.

I really want to make my health a priority this year. I have made some good changes over the last few months, and I want to continue to do this. In November, I started intermittent fasting with the help of an app called Simple. Within a few weeks, I was able to lower my thyroid medicine and officially had my first good liver enzyme test since my fatty liver disease diagnosis These are great indications that I am on the right track to being healthier even though I am not really seeing a difference on the scale. I really believe that if I can get my eating more on track, I will start seeing that difference. At the same time, I know I need to make sure I am exercising regularly. That is another thing that I have been doing for the past few months. I go to the gym about 4 times a week. I can see the difference in my strength and endurance because of this. I, also, know that it will help me have a body shaped how I want it to be. (I'm not ashamed to admit that I have a vision of how I would like to look.)

This is a long way of saying that I want to be healthier in 2021. They way that I will measure this is by looking at my weight and blood test results which I have to do regularly because of my medical problems. My goal is to weigh 160 by next Christmas and continually have good blood test results (I don't think I can go lower in my meds because my thyroid will never fully function properly). This will be almost 40 pounds of weight loss. I think I can do this because it is about what I weighed when Chad and I got married 9 years ago. To accomplish this, I will decide on a monthly habit to work on that compliments the habits that I have in place. 

To keep myself honest, I will post my monthly goals on my blog and track my weekly progress on a blog I share with a friend. I can do this!