Monday, 6 March 2023

2023 Goals Update

Now that we're into March, I thought it would be a good time to revisit my goals for the year.  I've gotten off to a really rotten start to the year, thanks to some injuries and some bad dietary choices (as I mentioned last time, I've been eating out a whole lot more than normal and have made some bad choices while doing so). I've also almost completely failed to use the checklist I made to track stuff (I was using it for the first week, then forgot to for awhile, and then forgot where I put it).  So I'm going to need to decide on a better way to track things (and now am not able to judge a success for my sleeping and stretching goals based on tracking them for the year).

I'm going to have to think about this for a bit though.  Looking back at my goals for the last several years, I haven't had a lot of luck with them.  I think I'll need to figure out both a better method for tracking them, and perhaps come up with a better method for setting goals in general.  My general thought at the moment is to maybe set smaller goals for shorter periods of time?  I know that in the past I often forgot about the goals I had set as life changed and things got busier (one of my biggest complaints all the time is that I don't have enough time to do everything). Perhaps setting a seasonal or monthly goal would be more manageable (and I could build off of a success or failure for the following season or month)? Like I said, I'm going to think about this for a bit before I commit to anything new. 

Sunday, 5 March 2023

Weight Updates for February and Mar 5

I've got some weight updates for the last month:

Feb 6

weight: 213.8 lbs
fat percentage: 48.6%
hydration: 35.3%
muscle: 25.2%
bone: 11.0%
cal: 2342

Feb 13

weight: 214.2 lbs
fat percentage: 47.4%
hydration: 36.1%
muscle: 25.8%
bone: 11.0%
cal: 2345

Feb 26

weight: 214.8 lbs
fat percentage: 47.4%
hydration: 36.1%
muscle: 25.8%
bone: 11.0%
cal: 2349

and Mar 5

weight: 218.4 lbs
fat percentage: 49.8%
hydration: 34.5%
muscle: 24.7%
bone: 10.9%
cal: 2369

I knew today's weight would be high - I'm actually pleased it's a little lower than I feared! 

These last few weeks have been tough in terms of healthy living.  I had a relative visiting, so that equated to eating out a lot more than normal (and I definitely made some unhealthy choices, too, which I regret - this weekend in particular my stomach has felt really crappy because I didn't have enough fruit and vegetables - I'm actually fasting right now to help my stomach feel a bit better).  I also was a bit of a wreck physically, having hurt my knee while skiing (it was just bruised - it's healing nicely, but it hurts if I put weight on it, so kneeling is completely out right now), and my wrist at work (I am working on strengthening it using an NSD Spinner, which a friend gave me a long time ago and I should have been using long before now).  But on the plus side, I have done a few snowshoes and skis over the last few weeks, which is great.  (I also had a super delicious salad the other day with sweet potato, tofu, and hummus; I'll definitely need to make that again!)  Now that things are healing up (and that relative is heading home), I will definitely be working on getting my health back on track!