April was a complete whirlwind! Am I the only one? I feel like no sooner did I sit down to write my April goals than the month was over and done with. To be honest, April was the worst month of 2017 so far (for me anyway). Most days I felt completely out of balance and let the stresses of life take over. Realizing that, April wasn’t a successful month for reaching goals. But! I still think there’s value in looking back and learning from the experience.
ONE // Drink 100 oz. of water daily
Grade: B-
Most days I did pretty well at this, but there’s definitely room for improvement. Weekends are always when I seem to be less hydrated.
TWO // Run 2x/week to keep my running base up between now and half marathon training time
Grade: A-
This I accomplished! Although I didn’t keep up with the mileage per runs that I was hoping for, I still got in regular runs. I will work on keeping my mileage up better in May!
THREE // Track meals in MyFitnessPal at least four days a week
Grade: F
I did fantastic with this in March, so I thought it would be a great goal to set for April… And then stress hit like a ton of bricks and suddenly, keeping track of every single bite wasn’t as important. For the last few weeks, I’ve been eating more intuitively as opposed to counting every calorie and gram and actually feeling great.
FOUR // Send off the thredUp bag
Grade: F
Didn’t happen. The bag is still sitting in my kitchen chair where it’s been since it arrived.
FIVE // Read. A. Book.
Grade: F
I read one chapter in the pedicure chair one Saturday afternoon. Does that count?! 😉
ONE // Run 2x/week and begin to increase my mileage again
This is a repeat from last month, as you can see above. Additionally, I want to complete 100 “miles” of cardio by the first day of summer! I don’t anticipate running every single one of those miles, so I’m counting HIIT towards it as well. 10 minutes of intense cardio = 1 mile
TWO // Leave work most days by 4:15
I had my LAST day of tutorials for the school year yesterday, and hopefully my last day of leaving at 5 p.m. I go off duty at 3:45, so there’s really no reason for me to keep hanging around much longer. 😉
THREE // Eat clean 90% of the time
In the next couple of months, I want to clean up my diet quite a bit and work on losing some fat. In the last couple of weeks I’ve had some of the most consistently clean days I can remember having and I’m so proud of myself! When you build up momentum and see little successes, it makes sticking with something a lot easier.
FOUR // Lose 3 pounds
This goes hand-in-hand with goal #3 and is part of a long(er) term goal. Honestly… I know numbers don’t mean that much, but sometimes a particular number on the scale is still nice to see.
FIVE // Catch up on house cleaning
Since I want to be leaving work earlier this month, I want to use that time to get caught up on some house cleaning! I’m not a weekend cleaner. I’d rather do a few small tasks each day than everything all in one day. This week has been successful thus far — I swept the floors on Monday and vacuumed the carpets yesterday. But the true test will be whether or not the dishwasher gets unloaded this afternoon. 😉
Are you setting any specific goals for the month of May? I’m linking up for Wild Workout Wednesday with Nicole, Annemarie, and Jen!
Oh I like that 100 by summer and including 10 minutes of HITT as 1 mile. And as for food tracking, I’ve tried it so many times and can never get in the routine, it’s HARD!
It’s very hard and I don’t really see any more success when I’m consistent. I’m really bad about logging “almost” everything, but sneaking bites of things here and there without tracking.
I think you have some great goals for the month – I wish I could say I ate clean 50% of the time, LOL! I’ve wanted to read more books this year but I’m far behind my goal too.
My summer break is coming up soon, so I’m really hoping to get some good reads in then!
Awesome goals! Can I leave work by 4:15 with you? haha
Sure! I’d love to bring you along!! haha