I’ll be posting monthly check-ins on my 2023 Goals. This is check-in #3!

Take care of my health

March was a tough month with my diet. I started the month with eating out for every meal in Los Angeles (and really enjoying it!!!!), then when I got back I wanted to get back on track but I struggled with stress-related snacking. I started to rein that in then had a week where I ate dinner out every night. It was just one of those months! The only reason I have much of a loss is because I was sick on Tuesday.

But I had some non-scale victories! I’m able to fit in to some off my size 14 bottoms now and my tops are looser! A sweater that never fit when I got it from Stich Fix fits now. And I can wear a unisex L shirt instead of XL. I’m excited about that progress!

I lost 4.6% of my body weight this month, and 12.1% for the year so far.

My workouts went well this month! I started running again, and did quite a few of my runs with Steven! I’m really enjoying getting back in to it together and am excited about the 5K in June.  I either walked or ran every day except the day I was sick. It looks like I only did 3 strength workout this month. Whatever! Better than 0!

Spend less

I spent $72.54 on shipping – I sent two packages to Canada, sent our state and federal taxes in via priority mail (since they would not accept our e-files, eyeroll), and mailed four packages to stateside friends/family.

I paid off my student loans this month!

I had Starbucks three times – once at the airport with Steven before we flew to California on March 6, while in California on March 11 because I desperately needed caffeine, and with Bobbi before POP Cats last weekend. I used gift cards for all of those (but did send two $10 Starbucks gift cards in March).

Continue to purge things I don’t use from the house

I took 4 bags to Goodwill on the 18th! And I took a bunch of old batteries to work to be properly recycled.

Visit a new state with Steven

We went to Los Angeles in March! It was not a new-to-us state, but it was a new-to-us city and we explored so much and had a great time! I still hope we can see a new state this year – maybe Montana or New Hampshire or North Carolina? Or all three? Ha. I am running out of leave at work (when I hit 15 years at my job in December my leave increases, yay!).

LA Recaps:
LA Trip 2023 Day 1 – Getting There
LA Trip 2023 Day 2 – Joshua Tree National Park
LA Trip 2023 Day 3 – the Ocean, the Expo, & Blue Bell Foundation for Cats
LA Trip 2023 Day 4 – Mostly Expo
LA Trip 2023 Day 5 – Warner Bros. Studio Tour, Sightseeing, & Time with Tiff!
LA Trip 2023 Day 6 – Hollywood, SpaceX, the Ocean, Griffith Observatory
LA Trip 2023 Day 7 – Headed home!
Random LA Tidbits

Hide a rock a day for the year

Still on track!