January Challenge Fail

21 days in and I've sort of forgotten and/or broken most of my goals for this month. Well, one of them is for good reason. I get to break our spending freeze because I'm starting a new job on Monday! Woohoo! I need to go shopping for some work clothes. I'm looking forward to this, but part of me can't help but think it would be a much better experience if I've actually be focused and committed for the last 6 weeks. I also realized that because I'm only managing to stay on track for 1 to 2 weeks at a time, I've only lost about 2 pounds in the last 6 weeks. That's pathetic. And it's really all my fault.

I also have started drinking coffee from home. Now it's already becoming part of my routine and will probably stay that way when I start working. Right now I wake up around 7:30 every morning. When I start my job, I think I'll be waking up between 5:15-5:30. I'm going to need coffee for a while to help me out.

Drinking alcohol? Well, at least I've been successful with that one. Although, I am going out for a mimosa brunch on Sunday morning. One or two drinks will be fine.

Stick to my training schedule? Ehhh, sort of. I haven't been running enough, but every time I do run, I'm at least managing to run what I should be according to my schedule. I ran 1.75 miles on Wednesday night even though I hadn't run in a week. It wasn't too hard, but I know it's going to get hard for me soon. So I really need to stay on track from here on out.

Starting my new job is going to help me stay on track, but naturally will make things harder too. I think it will be easier because I'm not home all day with the freedom to eat and bake whatever I want, whenever I want. It is really, really difficult for me to not do those things. The hardest part will be balancing everything. But that's what most people have to do so I think I'll be okay. I also do better with having a routine and the last few weeks I haven't had a routine.

To help stay on track, I will be writing down what I eat. I've been lazy about looking for my old food journal notebook. I need to find it. Also, I am meal planning food for next week and plan on making most of it on Sunday. I know I'm going to be exhausted after work because I always am my first week at a new job.

My new mini-goal is to lose 8 pounds by the end of February. I have about 5 weeks, so that is more than enough time.