July Goal Update

In July, I started setting monthly goals as a way to make some small mini goals to help keep me focused; not just while on my weight loss journey, but also about my life in general.

Here are the goals I set for July and how I did:

July Goals:

• Visit extended family at Bow Lake
• Continue to work on 101 things in a 1001 days list (update on list in another blog post)
• Start a new item on list
• Work out at least 4 days a week (gym, zumba, run, hike, whatever - just move your ass!)
• Go to Weight Watcher meetings all month; not just to weigh-in
• Track food for one week this month

Well overall I thought I did well. I was able to see my extended family and also climb a mountain! I still can't believe that I did this, and still very proud of myself. It was great to see my family and to spend some time catching up with them. I really only get to see them once a year, so it's important to make time.

I was able to continue work on my 101 things in 1001 days list, I have several on going long term items, as well as updated the list with a blog post. I am glad to report that since my last update, I've completed 5 more tasks on my list.

My new item off the list was to travel by train, on Saturday, DBF and I went to North Conway and took the Scenic Dinner train for a ride. It was a nice way to spend an evening. I may still want to actually travel by train. However, it was still a lot of fun and something different.

I didn't get to work out 4 times every week. I at least got 3 times per week and 2 weeks out of 4 I got the full 4 times a week. I believe this will be another goal for August. It's a good goal to have. And something I want to strive for.

Attend Weight Watcher meetings, I accomplished this! I took the time and made it me time! Although there were times I was up weight wise, I felt like I was getting a lot out of the meetings. I have made a personal commitment to continue with Weight Watchers at least until the fall (October) I would like to hit the one year mark with them and then re-evaluate my situation.

Track food. Well, throughout the month I tracked my food a total of 4 days. My thought process was that since I was paying for weight watchers and that tracking is a big part of their strategy that if I am going to follow the plan, that I would have to follow all of the plan, well tracking is my biggest weakness. I am going to modify this item for next month to just write down what I eat, I will attempt to track points, but at least I'd like to write my food intake.

All in all, for the first time setting monthly goals, I am pretty happy with my success and I look forward to setting goals for August. Come back tomorrow to see my August goals.

Does setting mini or monthly goals work for you?

July Goals

Whitney over at Getting Healthy sets goals every month. I've set weekly goals in the past, or short term goals depending on what I am trying to accomplish. However, I think that I'd like it to become a more consistent thing. So I am going to try to set some reasonable and measurable goals for the month of July and then review them in August to see if I accomplished them. Hopefully moving forward, this will be a monthly occurrence for me.

My goals will be life related, the healthy aspect as well as my work life, personal life, basically whatever else I feel like throwing into the mix! Because, it's my blog, and that's Life by Cassie!

July Goals:

• Visit extended family at Bow Lake
• Continue to work on 101 things in a 1001 days list (update on list in another blog post)
• Start a new item on list
• Work out at least 4 days a week (gym, zumba, run, hike, whatever - just move your ass!)
• Go to Weight Watcher meetings all month; not just to weigh-in
• Track food for one week this month

I guess we'll start with that. I think that is a good well rounded list.


Do you have monthly goals that you set for your self? If so, do you find it helpful in keeping your focus?