2020 Year in Review

 My 2020 goals for the year were: 

1. Workout for 150 minutes a week.
2. No eating chips, chocolate, and other treats at work (with the caveat that I can eat some sweets if I go low).
3. Make a new recipe every month.

Remember, for the purposes of these goals, a success means I met the goal 80% of the time.  So let's see how I did:

Goal #1 was a fail.  I started out really strong last winter (I went snowshoeing and skiing every weekend, often skiing both Friday and Sunday, with snowshoeing on Saturday!) But then the Covid-19 pandemic hit and derailed this completely.  I spent about 4 months basically staying home with very little activity (except gardening and the occasional walk).  I picked up my activity by the end of the year (walking to and from work, on a week where I work all 5 days, nets me the 150 minutes right there).  So thanks to the pandemic, I only hit this goal 52% of the year.  

I honestly forgot that Goal #2 was a thing.  But thanks to the Pandemic, this was successful.  I wasn't at work for a few months, and when I got back, for the most part I had no intention of touching anything people brought in.  I even grabbed a donut one time, walked home with it, thought about it, and threw it out.  I felt bad for wasting the donut, but I still stand by my choice.  The only time I ate a few things was around the Christmas season, where I ate a few things that were individually wrapped and thought it was okay.  I also tried to make a point of bringing good snacks with me (this fell apart near Christmas though because I wasn't taking the time to bake anymore - I'll have to get back into making healthier muffins again!)  

Goal #3 was technically a failure, because I only made a new recipe in 9 months out of 12 (75% of the time).  But I actually made a total of 19 new recipes throughout the year, so it doesn't really feel like a failure at all (and I'm going to call it a partial success). :)  

I also can't blame covid-19 for this partial success because the months I didn't make anything new were scattered throughout the year (May, July, and October).

So that was 2020.  Tomorrow I'll set some new goals for 2021. :)