2019 Goals

Happy New Year everyone!!!!

I've put a lot of thought into what goals to set for the next year.  As I said last year, I do better with goals that are broken down and measured in some way.  But I think I need more of a plan in place than I've had because last year I failed to keep track of my eating out goal, and I just didn't have motivation in place to get myself out walking (or to workout during the summer months when my place got too hot for the workout I did during the spring).

I also decided that I don't want to focus on my weight as much this year.  Instead I'd prefer to focus on living a healthier life.  So with that in mind, here are the goals I decided to work towards for 2019:

1. Eat out only once a week or less. 

I'm going to track this in my new planner.  I'm also going to buy a better white board for my fridge (the one I have doesn't erase very well) and I'm going to write when I eat out on it to help remind me (and hopefully help me say no to going out more often).

I'm a little worried about this one because I have a hard time saying no to people that I want to be hanging out with. I'm really hoping that committing to keeping better track will help!


2. Try 1 new recipe every two weeks. 

I have a lot of cookbooks with healthy recipes that I've never tried making.  So this year I'm going to actually try some of them!  I was thinking of making a new one every week, but that felt a bit daunting, so I'll give one every second week a try and see how it goes!


3. Exercise 60+ minutes (not counting walking) every week. 

I like this goal because it gets me doing things other than just walking.  Plus right now this will work out to being one Ten Minute Solution workout a day (with one rest day a week).  That doesn't sound too hard!  But I know I've had trouble staying on track with this goal (especially during the summer months) so I'd like to see if I can get through the whole year this time!

So that's the plan for 2019.  Like last year, I'm going to aim for 100%, but count success as meeting these goals 80% of the time (which is going to be important for the first goal because there are certain times of the year when eating out happens more often, like around the holidays and birthdays).  Hopefully I'll have more success with my goals this year than I did in 2018!