Saturday, October 31, 2015

October goals - recap!

A whirlwind month as usual. ;-) How did I do on my goals?

Fitness:
  1. Complete 1000 minutes of cardio - Yes, m'am! Helped greatly by my vacation. I worked out *a lot* on my vacation, which carried me through a few very poor workout work weeks. Wrapped up with 1020 minutes of cardio. Most proud that I worked out at 2:00 am (no sleep) in Beijing, as soon as I got off my flight. Not because I'm a fitness lunatic, but because I was trying to adjust to the time zones. 
  2. Complete 10 strength workouts - You know it! Ditto the vacation. Finished up with 12 strength workouts. 
  3. Complete 4 stretching workouts - Woohoo! May be the very first time I've accomplished this goal. ;-) Finished the month with 7 stretching workouts - all but one (?) in Hawaii. 
  4. Lose 3 pounds - will be challenging with my vacation, but we will do it! - well, no. Sadly, you would think that the first three, combined with really not eating much in Beijing would do it. But, I remain at exactly the same place. So, didn't gain, which is good for a month with a one week vacation & a business trip. But, didn't lose anything either. 
Finances:
  1. Stick to our October budget - We were over by $225. My wine purchases, combined with needing extra toiletries, and higher than average utilities. Not a huge amount, but need to keep things in check, with the holidays approaching!
  2. Finish our 2016 budget planning - 90% of the way there!
  3. Stick to our vacation budget while in Hawaii! - Yes, we were $51 over, so I consider this a major win!
  4. Continue working on my "40 week project!" - Yes! I've refined my budget a bit, and also found a few other funding sources, as well as continued to save!
Planning:
  1. Work on 2016 family calendar & vacations - Yes, very much in progress!
Work/Life/Balance:
  1. Continue to accept no more than one late night's worth of meetings/week - Achieved! For this month, at least. :-) 
  2. Eat lunch away from my desk 3x/week or more - I did this a few times, but not consistently. 
  3. Book my workouts on my calendar, & *stick with them*!! - Nope, although I did manage to balance things out by using my weekends & vacations. 
Fun:
  1. Get together for a minimum of one social event with a friend - Yes! I had lunch with a friend who was in town, as well as dinner. 
  2. Sign up to volunteer at the boys school. - Yes! Volunteered today, in fact. :-) 

All in all, I'm considering October a pretty big success! How about you? How was your month? How did you do with your goals? 

2 comments:

  1. Way to rock your goals! I'm impressed with your fitness goals, especially since you were traveling! I so need to get my act together on that one. I'm stalled at losing weight too, which can be very discouraging. I'm planning my 2016 budget too...although a HUGE chunk will go to college expenses...no vacation here.....

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  2. Thanks, although they definitely didn't result in any weight loss. . . . a sad statement about the number of calories I must be consuming. :-(

    Good luck with your 2016 budget planning - I know it's no fun when you have super high expenses like college

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