Happy Spring! Can you believe it? I’m actually EARLY with my goals post this month! I hope the weather is warming up wherever you are. I know that spring makes people want to clean and organize, so this is the perfect time to get serious about those goals you set in January (or to create some new ones). Before we get into my goals for April, let’s take a look back at my not so stellar March goals:
1.) Track my food 1-2 days a week on My Fitness Pal: F This was not my best month. As you may know, I injured myself running the Princess half so March was just kind of wonky on the health and fitness front. I was angry and frustrated with my injury for a couple of weeks, so I wasn’t super focused on my eating. I will say the second half of the month I did much better and ate by feeling of fullness rather than snacking just to have something to do while I worked etc.
2.) Orange Theory twice a week: F After the Princess half, I went twice in 3 days before realizing I needed to freeze my membership for a month in order to heal my leg. So, obviously I didn’t go twice a week after that/the entire month of March, so this one doesn’t really apply and I don’t consider it a true failure because I have been stretching and foam rolling and doing PT exercises.
3.) Put Together my Bar Stools: A+ YES! Finally an A+! I put one together by myself, then helped Bobby with the other two. I am sitting on one as I type, too. It’s nice to have another seating option other than our dining room table, especially for quick meals or just to chat with someone while they are in the kitchen.
Now for my April goals:
1.) Be able to run the Star Wars Half pain free: I started walking some, and also continue to stretch and foam roll in hopes I can run walk the Star Wars half pain free at the end of April. Fingers crossed!
2.) Organize extra room: We have an extra room in our house the we currently use for storage. Since I never go in there, I just shut the door and pretend it doesn’t exist. I know I need to get it organized though, so I am going to work on that this month.
3.) Walk 4x’s a week: My plan is to walk 2-3 miles four times a week, with a few short (like 1/10 of a mile) runs thrown in until I feel like I can run for longer without hurting.
4.) Stretch and foam roll every day: Honestly I should have been doing this all along, but when things don’t hurt, it’s the first thing I let slide. I have been doing pretty good about this, but I fear once I am well I will forget about it again and I don’t want to do that!
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QOTD: What is a goal you have for this month? How do you handle a workout injury?
I did not realized you injured yourself at PHM. I hope Star wars goes well for you.
Thanks! Yeah I haven’t run since a couple days after princess!
Heather, I’m so sorry to hear you injured your leg! That’s the worst! have you thought about doing a video of you foam rolling for your readers? I’m a runner and have used you tube to see effective ways to foam roll but it would be nice to also see how others (that I trust ?) foam rol. I suffer from horrible Sciatica issues; so I foam roll quite a bit. Just a thought….
Great idea! I just took on another freelance assignment so it would have to wait but maybe in the future!
My main goal is to get back in a routine. Since we moved, things have been a bit haphazard as far as meal planning, exercise, etc.
As far as injuries and exercise, depending on what I hurt, I try to find cardio that didn’t make me miserable 😛 swimming, cycling, etc.
I wish I liked swimming!