March is in the books! How, because this year is just FLYING by! But irregardless, March is over and we are now 10 days into the next month! I have been remiss! I haven't shared my progress report for the month of March for my weight loss (and life journey). So before more time passes, lets review March and talk about April.
Purge Project
I have been working on this project. It is more a sporadic effort. I am not vowing to do one item per day or anything like that. I am aiming for 5 big items or 5 collections! In this way, I can't purge a single book and say "One down!" NO, I have to purge a collection of books. (For example, I have some photography books that are just collecting dust. Getting rid of ONE of them does not count! However, if I purge the collecction, then it counts!) I made it to about 4 big items. So while it was not hitting my goal, I feel as if I was somewhat successful!
For the month of April I will be continuing with my purge goal of 5 big items or collections!
Books to Edify the mind
In February I decided that I wanted to make sure that each month I am reading at least one book that is good for my mind, and betters me along the path to health and fitness. I started out with a book called Thinsanity (you can read my review here) And in March I read the book Built To Move, which I loved (you can read that review here., even though it went live in April, it was read in March!) I actually read two books in March, and the review will be written eventually!) I have also already started on my April book!
Exercise and Movement
This was a mixed bag of success and failure! I was so successful with getting my miles in! I didn't actually bank a lot of extra mile toward my 2024 miles in 2024 Challenge, but I held my own! Beyond the miles, I did not do any formal exercise! Ok, maybe once or twice, but that is a big maybe! So that is also a big fail! The other success for the month was that I actually bought a stand up desk! I typically stand for about 2-3 hours a day at this point. I'm building my time standing! (it's crazy how much my hips and feet hurt from standing!)
Food and Weigh In
I actually did pretty good with my food. I ate quite nutritiously! I feel like I ate good for my health! My calories were right in line most days! I was doing good. I would have expeccted my weight to drop quite a bit! But it didn't! I lost a whole whopping 4 pounds! Ok, that was a bit condescending! I lost 4 pounds! YAY! Every pound gone is a good pound! (But I still wanted it to be more!)
Overall, it was a good month. I had my successes and I had my failures. But my failures were smaller and they did not derail me from the overall goals of losing weight, being healthy and being happy!
