Alright, so 2024's Goal #1, lose 5lbs by March 31st, failed miserably. I ended the period weighing 4lbs more than I started. In order to accomplish this goal, I planned to eat out once every two weeks or less, do a workout twice a week minimum, and avoid food in the break room at work. Unfortunately, for a variety of reasons, this proved more difficult than I expected: I ended up eating out probably on average once a week (there were a few weeks with more than once, but other weeks where we actually didn't eat out). I've hurt myself a few times, which has made working out consistently harder (the most recent one was hurting my foot after following some stretching advice I found on YouTube). And I've noticed that the higher my stress levels at work, the more likely I am to go looking in the breakroom for snacks.
I also think that a three month goal might be a little too long. I think I need to set shorter goals (maybe monthly) so I can readjust easier. I knew fairly early on that the way things were going, it didn't seem likely that I was going to succeed.
Finally, I may need to rethink the steps/key results that I set, if I continue to try using this method of goal setting. While I thought my goal #1 key results were reasonable, two of the three definitely were not. Eating out was dependent on circumstances and what was going on, and staying away from stuff in the breakroom wasn't super measurable.
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