June

So, it's the end of the month. I definitely feel better. I want to look at my goals individually and talk about how I did and any goals for the future.

Exercise, I definitely exercised more. I run all the time and although my knees hurt, no pain, no gain. My body strength is improving and I feel good about my body. After I get up to a 5k, I plan to train for a half marathon and maybe someday a full marathon.

Eat more greens, I tried and failed on this one. But Rome wasn't built in a day, and not everything I want to fulfill will happen in a month. Like I said, there are ups and downs and this was clearly a down. I don't really like vegetables but I'm still going to try to eat more in upcoming months.

Keep a food diary, I did pretty well on this. I started with an actual diary and then I started tracking on MapMyRun (an awesome app if you have a smartphone). I did better on MapMyRun because I wasn't obligated to log it right then and there and look up the calories. Also, it gave me a budget of calories for the day I had to stay within the limits of and they count carbs, protiens, and fats.

Get more protein, I definitely did this. Most days I went a few grams over my protein, so I think that's an accomplishment, going from almost none to over my daily limit.

Cut back on the carbs, this was hard because carbs are in everything and I'm a carbaholic. Most days I kept within my carb limits and maybe went over, but even though I wasn't always under, I'm proud of myself for just accomplishing not being over by more than 100

Drink more water, this was another one I totally succeeded on. I am now up to three times the amount of water I was drinking before, definitely an accomplishment. I'm not up to the suggested daily amount but someday I will be.

Thanks for reading, tomorrow I'll post about my July goals.
Mackenzie