June 2021 Checkin

Well, this checkin is a little more timely than my last one!

In terms of exercise, I met my goal of being active for 150 minutes every week in June!  The majority of that was through walking to and from work, but there was some lawnmowing and gardening thrown in, too.  As I already mentioned in my last post, unfortunately I've pretty much completely stopped doing yoga and stretching though, so that's something I need to make more of an effort to include.  I think the stretching is particularly important, not only to keep my joints limber, but also because my calves are often hurting while walking to work because the walk is slightly uphill the whole way.  Unfortunately I've been feeling a bit overwhelmed by all the things I need to do right now, so it's been hard to find the time to fit that in.  I let a few important things slide over the last few weeks, so until I get back on track with them, I won't feel like I have the time and space to do yoga.  So that's got to be my #1 priority: get those tasks back under control, then start to add some yoga and stretching into my week.

I made two new recipes this month.  One was from Chef's Plate, and the second one was a pistachio cake for Father's Day.  I found the recipe in an old magazine, and thought of my dad right away because he loves pistachio!  Unfortunately neither of them were really healthy.  I'll need to think about making something healthier this month! 

I've kept up fairly well with my gratitude journal practice.  I missed a few days over the weekend, but got back to it, which is the main thing.  I really do feel like it's helping keep me overall in a more positive place mentally. :)

June is also my birthday month, so I spent some time catching up with friends (phone or video/voice chats) and family, which was nice. :)

So yeah, that was my June.  Overall it was really nice, but I did feel like I was eating too much junk food.  So as I said in yesterday's Weight Update post, for the rest of July I'm not going to eat any junk food (with the exception of treating lows).  I'm off to a fairly good start with it, so wish me luck for the remainder of the month!