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Well I can’t seem to get it right! I posted march’s recap a few days early. And here it is May 3 and I am just getting around to posting the recap for April, so I’m a few days late. Maybe I will hit May spot on!!! April was a mixed bag of success and failure in my weight loss efforts! I took steps to be more healthy but I also struggled in a few areas! I learned more about myself during the month. But the most important thing, I never gave up!!!So let’s look at the monthly goals
1. Track every bite of food! I tracked my food. There were a few days that I was so tempted to not track, but I went back and tracked it each and every time!
2. Put money into my savings. Done
3. Weight less than I do now! I don't care if it's a measly ounce...I want to weigh less! I actually managed a 3.2 pound loss this month. Not spectacular. Not deserved. But appreciated!
4. Do something active (a walk suffices) at least 3 times a week. I did great with walking on my lunch breaks! I didn’t walk every day, but I hit a LOT of days! We also did some after work bike rides (not many but a few) and most weekends managed to be active both days.
2. Put money into my savings. Done
3. Weight less than I do now! I don't care if it's a measly ounce...I want to weigh less! I actually managed a 3.2 pound loss this month. Not spectacular. Not deserved. But appreciated!
4. Do something active (a walk suffices) at least 3 times a week. I did great with walking on my lunch breaks! I didn’t walk every day, but I hit a LOT of days! We also did some after work bike rides (not many but a few) and most weekends managed to be active both days.
5. Keep my eating in check for at least 6 days a week. I was over my goal range of calories 9 days of the month. Only one day did I go over 2000 calories. (And if I add in exercise that number goes down to only ) days did I eat over my goal range!). I had a week where I ate a bit more than I wanted...and a weekend of food feeding frenzy! I definitely need to bring this back into check and lower the amount of ‘over days’.
7. Walk at least an average of 5 k steps a day... I managed this! The lunch time walks really helped...and the hikes on the weekend made up for the days that I didn’t walk on my lunch! I’m aiming for the 5k again this month..but I may try to beef up that number in coming months!!!
Proof of lunchtime walks!
So while I managed most of my goals, I am not counting it as a stellar month of success. I had some slip ups with my eating and my exercise is still not where I want it. But all in all I am counting it as a success!
A while back I was interested in intermittent fasting, I explained it a bit in this post. I did it for a while and then just kind of fell off the bandwagon. I had a day or two that I was ravenous in the morning! So I started to eat breakfast and just never stopped again. Well, one morning this week I got to work and somehow forgot to eat my morning breakfast of a banana. (I typically don’t like to eat right after I wake up so I throw an extra piece of fruit in my lunch box and eat that when I get to work). I didn’t miss it! It made me start to think about why I’m eating that banana in the morning. I found that I’m eating it out of habit...not because I’m hungry! I have just naturally stopped eating that piece of fruit...I just don’t want it. I have packed a fig bar (Amazon affiliate link....I find the big boxes at Costco also!) in my lunch that I can eat should I get that ravenous feeling...because when I get like that, I tend to gorge on all sorts of things throughout the day! So I am back to intermittent fasting! I am aiming for the 16:8 method again. I’m not going to be religiously anal about it....but I am going to see how it goes! So far I feel great!
So there you have it. The recap for April AND the last epiphany in the month of April! I had some success in my weight loss journey. I had some failure in my weight loss journey. I had some revelations in my weight loss journey. I am still alive and kicking and I plan on making May a great month for my quest to get healthy and fit!!
