As I say goodbye to September and welcome a new month it's time for me to create a new monthly goal/challenge. Before I create a new one for October and post it I like to reflect on the one I just completed.
This was last months goal
For September I challenged myself a few things. Some things I had big doubts about but said what the heck, go for it!
My first challenge on the list was on weight loss, this was particularly hard for me. With my Hashimoto, losing weight is especially hard and I don't like to put a number out there or one to commit to. Trying to meet this goal puts added pressure on me and not meeting it would only be a disappointment. I'm thrilled to say I met my challenge of losing 7.9 lbs this month, completely shocked! I did fixate on this part of the challenge the most, I worried if my body would cooperate and actually react to all the changes I had implemented or not. With autoimmune issues you just never know what you'll get in a response. This goes to show me Ive found the right mix at this point in time.
The next challenge I had was to exercise 3,000 minutes. I can't really recall where or how I came up with this number. I thought it was a doable number to acquire with my walking and fit camp times. I missed my mark but this doesn't disappointment me, I know I didn't make excuses and I stayed committed to my routine- it just wasn't an attainable number for me at this time.
Now with this next challenge I really worked hard to conquer, I think mostly because I notice small changes in my body and I need to be ready for 1/2 marathon in October. 115 miles walked in 30 days. When I first started the month out I was only walking 1 1/2- 21/2 miles most evenings. I knew I would have to step it up a bunch to meet my goal. I quickly upped my miles and was regularly walking 5 miles each evening with my neighbor. I walked a few times 6 miles at one shot and many times I walked twice in a day that totaled 8-9 miles. The last day of September I challenged myself personally to walk 9 miles in one shot, I did it! It took 2 1/2 hrs, not bad I think.
Now my last challenge was to weed my garden beds. This was a task that I kept putting off. I love to garden and my garden beds are really sad looking, mostly because my last Hashimoto flare up had caused lots of joint aches, depression & left me with no energy to do much. With all the diet changes I now have my energy back and my aches & depression is at bay too. Although I did not complete all my own garden beds I have put my energy to good use. I now volunteer in my walking partners second grade classroom. Her class also has a raised garden bed that was full of weeds. I took 2 days and with lots of little second grade helpers we fully weeded it. Once the gardening task was done I started to volunteer in the classroom. I'm thrilled I have the time, energy and a happy mood to be helpful to others.
Lessons Learned:
Setting goals is helpful to your success
Find the positive in any size victory
Self doubt isn't worth it
Just like my garden beds, I'm a work in process.
Octobers goals- keeping it simple but notice I still put weightloss on it with a number.
Bring it October, I'm ready!
I'd love for you to share your goals with me!
(((Hugs))), Prayers & Well Wishes,
Janine
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