I’ll be posting monthly check-ins on my 2023 Goals. This is check-in #5!

Take care of my health

I lost 2.1% of my body weight in May and 18.4% so far for the year.

Ha, this month. I did not do great with my eating! But that’s okay. Progress is NOT linear, and I’m not a robot. My goal is to have a realistic and sustainable diet that’s mostly nourishing but also includes some fun junk. (What I don’t want my diet to include is binge moments, which I am (will always be?) working on.)

I did have some exciting non-scale victories this month – I needed a smaller belt, I fit into some of my smaller clothing, and size 12 pants my snis got me fit. I wasn’t seeing the weight loss before (because I see myself every day!) but now I’m starting to.

I still have a lot of physical energy, and not as much mental. I started therapy in May to help my mental health and it’s been great so far!

I worked out every day this month, either walking, running, or cycling, sometimes adding strength training to one of those. Steven and I are training for a 5K that’s in two days! After that, I will train for a half marathon in August (meaning I will see if my body likes the longer mileage). Oh! And I have a 50 mile bike ride with my dad and snis on July 26.

Spend less
(mostly tracking my two vices – sending packages and getting Starbucks)

I mailed four packages – two birthday gifts ($7.20 & $7.18) and two just because ($19.33 & $3.66) – totaling $37.37. I suppose I should keep this tally running for the year to see if I am doing any better than last year:

January: $248.76
February: $81
March: $72.54
April: $44.40
May: $37.37
Total: $484.07

Last Year: $1,740

I went to Starbucks three times (and think I had gift cards for most of the visits?). I went 5/12 with Steven, 5/18 with my coworker Rebecca, and picked it up 5/27 for me and my snis. It seems silly to track this, but knowing I’m going to write it here keeps me from going more. Ha. And I have been making chais at home.

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

I threw out a bunch of pairs of old shoes that had been sitting in our basement since we moved in over 7 years ago. And I threw out three pairs of old running shoes.

Visit a new state with Steven

I am hoping we’ll do a trip to a new-to-us state in the fall.

Hide a rock a day for the year

Still going strong!