January Review

A quick re-cap of the goals I set for January:

.build consistency by working out a minimum of 3 times per week.
I blew this one out of the water! The minimum number of workouts I had in one week was 4, all other weeks I had 6! Altogether, from 12/31 - 2/3, I worked out 24 times!


.lose at least half of what I gained back. (goal for Feb. 1, 2013 is 170.3)
This is the most disappointing. I worked my butt off, and when I weighed in on Feb 1, I was either 3 or 5 pounds over what I was when the month started. I say either 3 or 5 because I was jumping back and forth a lot when the month started. I am sure a big part of it has to do with less cardio, which is why I am really working to increase that.

In a bit of better news, I took my measurements again. In just two or three weeks, I saw a couple of measurements come down!

Bust: from 36" to 35.5"
Waist: same at 35.25"
Stomach: down a whole inch from 42" to 41"
Hips: same at 38"
Thigh: down a whole inch from 24" to 23"
Calf: same at 14.5"
Bicep: same at 11"
Neck: same at 13"
Wrist: from 6" to 5.5"

Doesn't make me forget what the scale is saying, but helps me remember there is more than one way to track progress.


.clean up my diet. Over the last two months, a lot of the food I was eating regularly when I lost the weight had become boring. I switched a lot of things up, but I don't think they were all the best substitutes, especially when my exercise had become scarce at the same time.
Work was stressful and there was more snacking at my desk than I care to admit; however, I did reign in my lunches. I tracked specifically what I packed one day each week, and plan to write a separate post soon!


2013; you're off to a great start, but we need to keep going!