Tuesday, 31 December 2019

2019 in Review



My 2019 goals were:
  1. Eat out only once a week or less.
  2. Try 1 new recipe every two weeks.
  3. Exercise 60+ minutes (not counting walking) every week.
Don't forget, a success meant meeting the goal 80% of the time.  How'd I do?

Goal #1 was a fail.  Out of 50 weeks (I reviewed this goal in the middle of last week, and since I'd already failed by too much it didn't matter how I did for the rest of the week or this week), I successfully ate out only once or less for 33 weeks, which gave me a 66% success rate.  

Goal #2 is a weird one.  Strictly speaking, I failed because I didn't make a new recipe every two weeks.  But through math, I made a new recipe on 20 weeks of the year, which was super close to a success (77%!)  And if we go by new recipes I made through the year, which was 26, I actually succeeded 100%!  So even though I failed at the goal the way it was written, I'm still quite happy with what I did through the year with it - I made a lot of new recipes. :)

And that brings us to goal #3. I started the year out really strong.  I stumbled a bit in the spring, but got back to it, until everything fell apart in the summer.  I don't think I really wrote about it, but in July my doctor didn't like the number of basals I had programmed in my pump and wanted me to change them.  Due to that, and my diabetes care team wanting me to try the doctor's suggestions for far longer than I wanted to, I was scarily low for several weeks.  By the time I got everything back under control to the point that I could function without being terrified of going low, I had lost my exercise habit.  :(  I've been really struggling to get back to it in the aftermath of my terrible (diabetes-wise) summer. :(  

So due to everything that happened, I only worked out for 60+ minutes (not counting walking) for 22/50 weeks (I reviewed this in the middle of the week last week, and since I'd already failed the goal I decided to just post the results from the incomplete year), or 44%.  :(

So that was 2019.  Tomorrow I'll set some new goals for 2020!

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