My Eighth Month: April 2009 Monthly Assessment

By the Numbers

Pounds Lost: 3 (113 to 110)

Highest Weight: 114.5

Lowest Weight: 109.5

Pounds left to Lose: 0

Posts: 12

Days Worked out: 11

Miles of cardio: 52

Great Nutrition Days: 23

Low Nutrition Days: 0

High Nutrition Days: 7

Injuries: none!

Days out for injury: 0

Vacations: none… but we did take time off for house stuff.

Days out for vacation: If that counts… 5!

Day worked out during vacation: 0

Interesting Charts

April Weight

April Calories

Yay! I’m proud of my weight maintenance (under 115 and reaching 113!) and of not having too many ‘high days’ – especially with all of the convenience crap I ate! I’m a little disappointed that I didn’t walk more – it’s going to be hard to make up 30 miles! And that strength training really fell off the radar! But I know I’ll improve and May will be a great month!!

A Look Back: April Goals

1. Have 7 or less days over 1,700 calories. DONE I had exactly 7 – woo! Glad I upped my calories, too – 1,700 is definitely a good # for me!

2. Weigh 113 10 days this month. DONE I weighed 113 or less 24 days this month – VERY exciting! Staying under 115 seems doable – I just would like to be right under – not at 110….

3. Walk 84 miles AND do strength training 3 days/week (day 1 chest/tris; day 2: abs/legs; day 3: back, bis, shoulders) Didn’t happen at all. Was shy 32 miles and the ST was BAD. But that’s okay –May is another month!

4. Introduce 2 new recipes. DONE Thanks to Aggie’s kitchen we tried (and loved!) the chicken sausage pasta AND the artichoke lemon chicken – thanks!!

5. Update the home blog 4 days/week. DONE Sadly I didn’t update fittingbackin enough though!

6. Read 1 book and 3 home décor magazines. Didn’t happen! I will move this over to May!

7. Make a headboard for the guest bedroom (eeee!) DONE Kind of. I bought one instead.

8. Refinish TWO dressers and get new hardware. DONE kind of. I decided not to refinish them but DO still need to get hardware.

9. Decide once and for all which Ikea items I want for my scrapbook room! DONE I need to post pics- I got all of the Ikea items I need – but I do have some more work to do in that room!

10. Make a list of items I want for the house; prioritize them; SAVE money for them! DONE (still saving though - obvi!)

A Look Ahead: May Goals

1. Have 7 or less days over 1,700 calories.

2. Weigh 113 or less 20 days this month.

3. Walk 100 miles
4. Do strength training 3 days/week (day 1: chest/tris; day 2: abs/legs; day 3: back, bis, shoulders)

5. Introduce 4 new recipes.

6. Update the home blog 4 days/week AND fitting back in 5 days/week

7. Read 1 book and 3 home décor magazines.
8. Organize 2 weeks of meal plans; print them out and make grocery lists of each.
9. Finish both guest rooms and the scrapbook room (paint shutter; paint chair; get new hardware; hang stuff!)
10. Take measurements! I want to start taking measurements every Thursday morning. No Excuses! 1st and 15th just wasn’t working – I never know what the date is!

I'm a little worried about May… I just know I’m still pretty pumped about finishing the house… but at least we’re in town EVERY weekend! Yessss. Granted – we have a wedding weekend that we’re both in one weekend, and a lake trip another weekend – but we’re in Atlanta so I’m SO EXCITED! I’ve just got to stay focused on eating right and working out even when things get busy, you know? I think that’s why for this month I upped the goals – 100 miles AND 4 new recipes. And I really want to get those weeks of meal plans READY! I need to get organized in this new house!