August Update

Well, here we are, in August. Whee! This summer is flying by. Though, if I'm honest, I'm ok with it being Fall (and not 90° every stinking day).

Anyway, here's my update on my goals for the last month.

Eat a salad every day.
So, I've decided to alter this one slightly; turns out, salads get boring. Instead of specifically going for salad, I'm going to say "Eat veggies every day." This month I've been expanding my veggie intake - I remembered I *really* like roasted broccoli and cauliflower! Even still do! Mmmmm. We even had some roasted carrots too.

I can't say I've eaten veggies *every* day, but there has been a definite improvement this month. So, I'll give myself a B+ for eating veggies.

Don't eat dessert every day.
The first two weeks of July I did not do well with this goal. I was only sort of half trying.. but by the end of the month, I determined to get a hold of myself; I'm in charge of me. I really appreciate Emmily's post about being aware of what food one has in the house. I very often feel like I don't have time to do any self-care and may or may not use indulging in yummy foods as my self-care, but this is quite possibly the worst choice for that. It's not even that I always eat "dessert" per se, but snacks. Oh, the snacks. And while I consciously strive to not talk about gaining or losing weight or "fat" and stuff in front of my kids, I'd like to pass on better eating habits to them.

So, Hubby and I chatted and we're going to stop bringing in the Costco sized packages of ALL THE THINGS and focus on finding more healthy snacks. Also, I gotta find a more healthy outlet for my 3-in-the-afternoon-and-i'm-stuck-in-the-house-cuz-babies-cabin-fever cuz right now I frequently find solace in baking sweet sweet things and then eating way too many of them.

Here I'd say this month I earned a D+ with a hopeful outlook moving forward.

Get up and move every day.
Ugh. So, I slacked off with this the first half of the month. Seriously, it's rough to motivate myself to go for a walk when I'll be pushing a stroller and/or carrying a baby on my chest and it's 90°+ outside. And it's a serious struggle to find time to actually get on the treadmill before 10pm cuz sleep wins out every time (driven by knowing that Moon will be up at least twice before 6am).

However, the 2nd half of the month I got more determined and the frequency improved. So, overall, I'd say a solid C here.

I tell myself this is a process.. two months feels like a long time but, really, it's not. This is me striving for long-term change, so not being perfect in two months is ok. I'm making adjustments and learning and that's what is important for now.