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Weekend To-Do

Keeping up with my September goals, I’ve prepared a “to do” list of everything I need to get done this weekend.

Yikes, while writing this up I remembered I had something due back to my students in 6 hours that I completely forgot about! See?! I NEED to be more organized!!

Whew, okay, only took me minutes minutes to review and hand back. But yikes!!

First up, the general items that need to be done each day.

Saturday	Sunday
RIPPED fitness class	18km run followed by BREAKFAST
Laundry	Kitty Litter
Assignment marking	Massage
Groceries (hoping to move to Friday)	Assignment marking
Dinner w/ cousin	Food prep
Food prep	NAP

Normally I buy groceries on Sundays but with runs taking me until nearly noon before I’ve made it home and put some food in mah belly, I think moving it to Saturday is probably a good idea.

I also have a cousin and his girlfriend visiting. They’re hitchhiking their way across Canada and are stopping in for a visit for a day or two (So far they’ve made it from Toronto to Whitehorse, up and down Vancouver Island and spent a week with my sister before heading off to Banff and Jasper on Wednesday) so we’ll be feeding and entertaining them for a bit this weekend. The challenge will be to remain organized and get everything done above while they’re here.

My grocery list (so far) is as follows:

• Coconut milk
• Coconut yogurt
• Roast chicken
• 4 large mason jars (for the salads)
• Spelt/wheat berries (depending on what I can find)
• Bananas
• Tomatoes
• Almond butter (for energy bites)
• Coconut flakes (for energy bites)
• Flax seed (for energy bites)
• Extra firm tofu
• Peanut sauce (for tofu)
• Tortillas (for wraps)
• Mixed greens
• Misc veggies (for salad and stir fries)
• Whatever else The Cowboy may require for his lunches

All-in-all not a terribly long grocery list

Food prep on Sunday will involve the following:

• Assembling chicken salads in mason jars (dressing to be added in the morning)
• Making energy bites and bagging for storage in the fridge
• Making kohlrabi chips for snacks and a side for dinners

How do you “get it all done” on weekends?

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September Goals

If I were to pick the area in my life where I find I struggle the most it would be organization.

I feel (correctly or not) that if I were more organized I’d be able to eat better, work smarter and find time to go to the gym.

So, my September goals are going to focus on being organized.

Now, I’m spending two weeks traveling for work, so I’ll really just have to do the best I can while away, but I’m going to try to be awesome before I go away.

• Plan all meals for the week before grocery shopping. The Cowboy and I tend to be a bit up in the air on weekends, so I’m excluding these. (below menu starts September 10)

• Plan exercise for the month including rest days. My half marathon is in just over a month, so running right now is super important. I may not be able to run while I’m away for work, but I do have some fitness DVD’s on my iPad that I’ll work on (September schedule is below; orange = out of town)

• Prepare a “to do” list for work, weekdays and weekends in advance including all food prep to be completed on Saturday/Sunday so I’m ready to go for the week. (I’ll post this weekends list later on this week).

Compared to other monthly goals this seems shorter and a lot more general, but I think this will really help me to keep it together.

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August Goals Wrap Up

Golly.

September 5.

And I haven’t even posted about my August goals.

Oops.

Can I blame the long weekend?

Because I will

Here’s a recap:

• attend all hill training workouts in my half marathon plan Successful with the exception of last week. I had an errand run over and I was so upset I missed me workout However, I will be running nine (yes, NINE) hills today!
• do activity for at least 30 minutes every day in August This was pretty much a big fat fail. Not even close.
• attend yoga 15 times in August (yes, this is every other day – thankfully, I’m off work from August 3-20 so I should be able to fit a lot of workouts in) Another big fat fail. While I had planned on attending, life (or laziness) got in the way. Whoops.
• do a core workout 3x per week (from the Bootcamp workout) I think I did one or two core workouts total? Definitely need to work on this one.
• track my food every weekday (I almost always forget to track on at least one weekend day, no sense in setting myself up for failure) I did somewhat okay here. Some days I remembered, some days I didn’t, but overall I was pretty cognizant about what I was stuffing in my pie hole.
• continue following the Skinny Rules principles I started in July I was so-so here. Some days were easier to follow than others.

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August Goals

In keeping with my fitness theme of summer, August goals are also going to focus on fitness.

I’ve made them somewhat more specific than the July goals as I think I have a really solid foundation from sticking with my workouts in July.

• attend all hill training workouts in my half marathon plan
• do activity for at least 30 minutes every day in August
• attend yoga 15 times in August (yes, this is every other day – thankfully, I’m off work from August 3-20 so I should be able to fit a lot of workouts in)
• do a core workout 3x per week (from the Bootcamp workout)
• track my food every weekday (I almost always forget to track on at least one weekend day, no sense in setting myself up for failure)
• continue following the Skinny Rules principles I started in July

In addition to the fitness related goals, I’m mainly taking this time off so I can get our new photography blog and website off the ground. We started this project in June, but house buying (or not buying) and other summer activities hindered our progress a bit.

And, our final goal SELL OUR CONDO!

Since posting yesterday, we’ve extended our waiver date (added 10 days) and have crossed our fingers that it sells by then. We have 3 months to sell it and it’s been listed for 6 weeks as of now, so I think I feel good about our chances. Maybe? Ha!

What are your goals for August?

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July Goals Wrap-up

My main focus for my July goals were exercise (aka – actually doing it) and food (aka – not eating like crap).

First up: EXERCISE.

Fitness how I planned my month to be.

My original goal was to complete 19/21 scheduled workouts.

As you can see from the calendar, there are a heck of a lot more than 2 red days.

I missed 8 workouts, but also added in quite a few workouts as well. 19/21 was a pretty lofty goal and all-in-all I’m impressed with where I ended up fitness wise.

Next up: FOOD.

My goal was to follow the Skinny Rules eating plan starting July 16, which I started.

Right now I’m saying I’m following a modified Skinny Rules plan. While I can appreciate that some people can do it 100%, I struggle with denying everything. On top of follow the majority of the Skinny Rules guidelines, I’ve also started tracking my food.

When I look at when I’ve been successful in losing weight, it’s always been when I’ve tracked my food. Knowing what I’m eating and how much I’m burning really helps.

After gaining (ugh) at the end of last week, I’m back to where I started at 143.8, so I know I’m at a good starting point. I just have to keep motivated (especially throughout all my work travel in the fall) and I’ll definitely succeed!

So, while I may not be 100% on my goals, I sure am happy with where I ended up.