July in Review

Today was a great morning. I was up early, hit dunkin and met the fitness group before 8:30. We hiked the blue skyline trail at Blue Hills, well, half of it. I guess the whole trail is 7 miles. We did about 3 or 4. Some spots were pretty steep and it was more like climbing down a cliff! But I'm really proud of myself. I'm counting that for the one fitness thing I've never done before (June was play a round of golf and May the golf lessons). I know tomorrow I'm going to be beat, but in a good way.

After we were done, I went shopping for mom's bday that was a few days ago. I'll see her tomorrow. Spent some time at Derby Street... love shopping there. Found a bunch of stuff I wanted for me, but not the time! :) I ended up getting her a couple of cute nightgowns, a Mom bracelet and a really cute Red Sox hat. I think she'll like all of it. I have it all wrapped up and ready to go for tomorrow.

More trouble with the modem today. Had to unplug it at least 5 times and got extremely frustrated with it. I was supposed to work from home a bit this weekend. Not sure if that'll end up happening or not. I'm afraid to start cuz it will boot me off line again! VERY annoying when I'm in the middle of something.

Well for July I made 8 goals for myself. I did 3.
Fitness/health goals:
1. Run 3 miles 3 times a week for 2 weeks. Nope. That most likely would have happened if I didn't pull out my back twice in row and completely stopped running for a couple of weeks. When the new session of 5K training started back up, with the timer and whistle, it was too hard to do my own thing, so I started the training again, but this time I was pushing myself for speed. I've NEVER run this fast before. I even lapped people. SO, yeah, I didn't make the goal, but I'm ok with it.

2. Golf at least 3 times. Nope again. I golfed twice in July. Strawberry Valley and then last Sunday with mom and dad. I was supposed to golf this past Tuesday in Braintree but I was in a psycho mood and cranky and I knew it was not the right frame of mind to try to golf when I was already nervous about the course anyway. I would have been miserable and just ended up more frustrated. SO... tomorrow I'm hitting the driving range with mom and dad and then Tuesday I'm golfing in Rockland.

3. Make a decision on ADD treatment. Yup. Taking meds for it has really helped me stay focused, be better organized in what I'm doing and how I think and also curbed my procrastination (also something associated with ADD). I think it is a really big deal how well I have responded to it. I want to give it another month and really see the changes in everything at that point.

4. Make an eye doctor appointment. Yup. Not until September 10th, but that's ok,the goal was to make the appointment, right?

5. Take a yoga class. Nope. I really did look on line for a class I could take, but I haven't been able to find anywhere that is closer than 20 minutes away. Most of the places have power yoga or hot yoga. That's not what I want to do. I want more of a gentle yoga or just Kripalu yoga. I'm still working on this one.

6. Only weight myself on the July 2nd and 12th. Nope, but for a reason. Well, I did weigh myself those two days for the first half of the month. Then I went on the ADD medication which causes appetite suppression. So I've been weighing myself more often watching it and checking it. So, that one sort of changed.

7. Make plans outside of meetup to spend time with a friend on the south shore. Nope. I tried! I really did. I'm with meetup 3-4 times a week already. I see people with that so much. I tried to get together with a couple of people... even called one of my friends today. Just didn't work out, outside of meetup. We'll see for next month how that one plays out.

8. Get along with my family down the Cape. No blow outs. Yup. That was a big one. Minor bickering a little bit, but nothing big, so that was really good. I have to say, I'm really getting along with my mom so much better lately. I don't really know what has changed with that. But its a good thing.


So looking back, I'm ok with only making 3 of 8 goals. I did parts of all and tried on all and I'm ok with where it is.

Now looking forward to August?? I think my list will be even longer with a couple of repeats or close to it! :)

Fitness/Health Goals:
1. Run 2 miles, 3 times a week
2. Take a yoga class
3. Golf at least 3 times
4. Take Alex's bootcamp at least twice
5. Take a Zumba class
6. Write in my food/fitness journal (I need this especially with the appetite suppression... I need to make sure I am eating right and enough).

Other Goals:
1. Go through all of the clothes in my closet in the living room to downsize and donate.
2. Shop at the Farmer's Market at least once
3. Go out with a friend on the south shore, outside of meetup.

SO I up-ed my goals to 9 for August. I have a lot on my plate for the month already, but I think I can do it. Granted I thought I could accomplish all in July, but I'm positive with it and I feel good about the goals I set for the month.

I do like the directions things are going in, so I'm feeling good about that. July was a good month. Lots of changes, lots of growth, lots of reflection. But I like where I am better now than where I was on the 1st! I'm hoping I say the same thing about August! :)