Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Recap of December Goals

Start your year off right with the Elliptical Challenge!

How did I do on my goals for the month of December?


#1 Core Challenge- 4 core exercises, 4 times per week.

Success. I ended up doing the the core exercises about 3 days per week, and then integrating pilates videos 1-2 times per week. I also improved my plank time by about 30 seconds. There is still room to improve on my core, but I'm happy I stuck with it.


#2- Bike 200 miles by 2010.

Success. This ended up being a lot more of a challenge than I expected because I missed two weeks of exercise due to swine flu. It was great to have the motivation to get right back into exercising. Thank you to those who joined me in this challenge!


#3- New Breakfast Ideas

Success. Back in early December I tried a new breakfast idea every day of the week. It was fun to test out new meals and I ended up finding a few that I can integrate into my morning routine. My favorites were baked oatmeal and greek yogurt with banana and cereal. Now though, instead of Rice Chex, I use my new favorite cereal: Nature's Path Honey'd Corn Flakes.

#4- Implement Bill Paying Thursday.

Oops. In this goal I was supposed to carve out 10-15 minutes per week to just pay bills and manage money. I did not do that at ALL this month...not even one single Thursday. I might have to try this goal again in January :)

How do you feel about your December goals? Or even your 2009 goals?

If you are creating goals for 2010 here are some fun ideas.


20 comments:

  1. great job my dear.. especially with the breakfasts. I always get stuck in food "ruts". Love your baked banana oatmeal idea -- I'll have to try that :)

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  2. I made goals for December but I really don't want to go back and look at them because I know I didn't achieve any of them! December has been a pretty lazy month for me. Great job on accomplishing most of them!

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  3. you are having GREAT successs!!

    I was just telling someone that a recipe I want to make is BAKED OATMEAL!! thank you thank you I am going to this recipe right now!

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  4. These are great, motivation for me to do all my 2010 goals.

    Cute blog lady!

    xo.

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  5. Great job on the goals! I am a little bit anti-goals. Perhaps because I can't stick to stuff sometimes? Wonderful job on mixing things up. I end up eating a lot of the same foods for weeks without noticing!

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  6. Good for you! You did a great job!

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  7. Great job! I love the feeling of success when goals are met!

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  8. Congrats!! 3 out of 4, not bad. My goals for December were to continue decreasing my caffeine and increasing my yoga, which is work in progress. I am doing much better though, and have not gone back to more than 400 mg caffeine per day, which I NEVER thought was possible! And, speaking of yoga, and going to do it right now!

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  9. awesome! I'd say that's success :) I definitely need to set some goals for the thesis and tri training.

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  10. I think you did extremely well this month! Esp since it was December which is packed w/ all sorts of holiday commitments!!

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  11. Woohoo way to accomplish your goals!

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  12. Well I'd say you did pretty good.

    Money goals are at the top of my list in January since me and Eric are saving for our trip!!

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  13. Great job on those goals, girl!

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  14. great job with the goals! if i set any this year, it was so long ago i don't remember them, oops.

    Liz

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  15. You should totally have a treadmill challenge, and I'd join. :)

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  16. wanted to leave a comment before I click on the link. I will be posting my 2010 goals soon.. I am thinking of splitting it up into chunks. 1/2 the year goals, then check in and plan the rest of the year. Seems more doable to me. Month by month, now that is just COOL!!

    Happy New Year Friend.

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  17. WOW! I love that you make goals for each month. This is something that I am def going to start up. Thanks for the inspiration!

    http://she-fit.com

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  18. I suck at changing up my breakfasts! I just love my oats too much! I need to work on mixing it up!

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  19. Great job on meeting so many of your goals! That baked oatmeal looks so yummy!

    I like the bill pay Thursday idea, too. I should try that! I forget to pay bills sometimes. Well, I forget a lot of times!

    Happy New Year to you!

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  20. I procrastinate when it comes to anything financially related. I just hate it. That is a tough goal for me too, but definitely one that is worth having.

    I am still catching up on blogs since being away, but I did see your beautiful Christmas and time on the Cape. I am headed down there myself today to see my family. It's nice to have family that lives on the beach, huh?!

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