Day 24, goals revisited, good-bye January!

It's that time.  Time to see how I did with the goals I set a couple of weeks ago, so here they are:

Goals for this week (days 8-14):

• continue to move daily for at least 20 minutes
• eat a majority of "real" food and a minimum of processed foods.  This means meal planning!
• Run a minimum of 9 miles for the week
• 8 cups of water per day

Goals for January:

• Lose 5 pounds (1.5/week)
• Register for 2 races to be completed by the end of June
• Up my mileage to 15 miles/week

For the second week goals, I crushed it.  I ran 14.1 miles, did some sort of exercise daily for a minimum of 20 minutes, cooked a ton of really good food, and kept up with my water intake.

I didn't do as well with my overall January goals. I DID lose 11.2 pounds (yay me!) but my mileage was still at 14 miles/week.  My total mileage for January was 45 miles!  I DID register for 2 races but one is in May and one is in August.  I need to find another shorter race in March or April.

So here are some updated goals for February (to add to the goals I've already accomplished):

• Lose 7 pounds by March 1
• Register for a 5 or 10K to be completed before June
• Up my mileage to 18 miles/week
• Run 50 miles in February
• Up my speed to 5.2 mph consistently (I am currently at 5.0)

As a reward for losing 10 pounds I bought myself some really stylin' slippers

I'm really hoping they come tomorrow so I can wear them for the Super Bowl :)

I'm already trying to decide what I want to do for my next 10 pounds!

Aside from feeling sort of cranky and out of sorts today at work, I'm feeling pretty good overall.  I'm working hard and accomplishing the things I'm setting out to do and that feels pretty darn good.