March Goal Recap & April Goals

March Goals
Health/Wellness Goals

• Do pilates video 3 times per week: Partial Check. I kept up with this really well until our vacation by getting up 15 minutes earlier and doing the video before work..it is hard to keep up a workout routine while traveling. We did walk a lot but I only did this goal 3/4 weeks in March. Not bad though and I did notice results!
• Strength training 3 times per week: Partial Check. I met this goal the first two weeks in March, then I only lifted weights once in the third week and not at all during our Ireland trip.
• Continue with cleaner eating and also cut down on soda, coffee, sugar intake, and chocolate. FAIL! Try again?!My co-worker got me a case of real Diet Coke, I enjoyed LOTS of Irish coffee and sweets in Ireland. I am obviously having a really hard time with this one!

Personal Goals

• I am still loving the To Do lists, so I am going to continue with that. Let's see if I can do better than 68% success this time. I didn't write To Do lists on vacation, so I had 21 for the month of March and didn't leave more than one item left undone on 16 of them. That is 72% success, which is better than last month! I guess I have been quite productive. :0)
• Plan/Organize for our trip to Ireland. I would like to create a written itinerary (which I have already started) so that we are really organized when we travel.  I did the itinerary and felt organized, but I would definitely make a better one for our next trip. On most of the sites, the hotel/B&B addresses were not complete, which made entering them into the navigation in our car.
• Try two new healthy recipes. Check! I made Wagon Wheel Soup and Sweet Potato Smash. Both came out really good and I would make them both again. 
• Also, even though it was not a monthly goal, I did read two books for pleasure (reading at least one book a month for pleasure was a New Year's Resolution). I read Three Cups of Tea which I thought was okay and also a book about Differentiated Instruction. I was happy to finally get to the end of Three Cups of Tea because I had started it and put it down at least twice before. 

April Goals

Health/Wellness Goals

• Trying the weight lifting again. I am already almost a week in, but starting this week I'd like to make sure I am lifting weights at least three times per week. Last month I alternated weight and cardio days, but this month I am thinking of trying to do a little bit of lifting everyday and alternating upper body with abs and lower body. Maybe that will work better?
• Pilates. I did good with this goal but since it got interruped for our travel, I want to stick with it. 
• Cut out sugar. A few years ago, I went over 100 days without having any sweets. Surely I had sugar in some forms, but I made a conscious effort not to indulge in cookies, chocolate, cake and all those goodies. I am going to try that again. I have a grand love of baking cookies, which always bites me in the butt because it goes along with a sweet tooth and love of eating cookie dough. No cookies this month! I like to keep a tally of days that I don't have sweets so I can see the number increasing...that helps me stick with it and not give in to temptations.

Personal Goals 

•  To Do lists! I love them too much to stop. I like being able to look back and see how much I have gotten accomplished. 
• Use Rosetta Stone at least three times per week so I can finally start speaking German!
  

Husband Goals  

• Help JT stretch at least 3 times per week.
• On Sundays prepare healthy snacks for JT to take to work. 

I feel like I always have SO many goals, but that is just how I am. I need something to work on, something to focus on, and something that keeps me motivated. Often my workout goals stay the same, but I am ready to actually start seeing some results and experiencing real changes! After 8 days of eating and relaxing in Ireland, I am ready to get fit for summer!