Goals for the Week

Goals for the Week

My workouts have completely ground to a halt.  In the past few weeks I have strained my neck and my back twice.  I've gained some weight back because of this, but maybe in the end it will be a good thing- this is forcing me to focus more on my nutrition.

Last week's goals:

1..  Read Knowing God Intimately by Joyce Meyer.  Awesome book!  I highly recommend it.  I have started Living Beyond Your Feelings, but I'm not finished yet.

2.  Study the Bible 30 minutes each day.  I missed one day and I could really tell.  I ended up having a crummy day.

3.  Workout at least 5 times.  Nope.

4.  Improving my nutrition.   I'm doing a MUCH better job drinking A LOT of water.  As in, 11 cups a day!  I have read in a few places that you should take your weight, divide it in half and drink that many ounces of water a day.  Don't worry though- there's an app for that!  I'm using the app "WAter"  such a creative name.  But I like using it to keep track of how much water I've had.  Plus you get an award for reaching your goal!    

5.  Plan a family photo shoot.  Still working on this one.  

6.  Take Bunny to visit the college she will be going to in the fall!!   What a great time!  I want to go to college again!  The art department had literally everything an artist could ever want.  

7. Enjoy vacation!!  done and done!

8.Health focus:  Each month, I'm going to focus on one aspect of good health.  This month the focus is "Getting God's Help."  This idea comes from the book Good Health, Good Life.  

        I will start each morning studying God's word and saying a positive affirmation, reminding me of his love for me.  I will also strive to pray throughout the day and remember to ask for help when faced with temptation.

This week I'm going to continue on the above and add in:

1.  Finish Living Beyond Your Feelings by Joyce Meyer and Read What Happens When Women Walk in Faith by Lysa Terkeurst.

2.  Study the Bible 30 minutes a day.

3.  Go for a walk at least 5 times.

4.  Improve my nutrition by continuing to say my positive affirmation each morning, drink 11 cups of water AND track everything that I eat into My Fitness Pal app.  I have a bad habit of only tracking the healthy food and then not entering in what I had for dinner and dessert.  No More!  Time to face the truth.  For this week, it's okay if I go over my calorie goal for the day.  My most important goal is that I enter in EVERYTHING that I eat.   

5.  Finish report cards.  Waaaa.  Not my favorite thing to do.  In fact, it's probably the thing I like the least about my job.  But I know the value of parental support, and so I do it.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things

there is no law.

Galatians 5:22-23

Goals for the Week

This has been a great activity for me!  I didn't accomplish everything that I wanted to, but throughout the week I would think about the goals that I had set and then work towards them.

Last week's goals:

1.  Create something to sell on teacherspayteachers.com.  Well, thankfully, I didn't actually accomplish this goal.  I had wanted to earn money so that I could order some supplements from Herbalife.  On Wednesday I went to my bank account's online bill pay and found that Herbalife had STOLEN $1127 from me!!  After several days of phone calls and trips to the bank, I finally got it sorted out.  My bank will be refunding me this week, and they will go after Herbalife for the money.  

     I'd still like to create something to sell however, but this time so that I can send my Bunny to college!!  Woo Hoo!

2.  Read Knowing God Intimately by Joyce Meyer.  I haven't quite finished this yet, but I'm close.  Well, I'm about two-thirds of the way through.  That's close right?  I did read and finish Good Health, Good Life by Joyce Meyer.  This book set me in the right path for achieving good health forever.  Not a diet!

3.  Study the Bible 30 minutes each day.  FINALLY!  This one I actually accomplished.  Yea me!  Yea God!

4.  Workout at least 5 times.  I strained my neck and hurt my back, so I'm taking it easy.  I went for a short walk today, but that's about it.  But that may be a good thing, because then I can concentrate on...

5.  Improving my nutrition.   I've worked on it, but I wouldn't say that it's good yet.  STill a work in progress here.  (and all the Easter candy isn't helping)

6.  Decorate Easter eggs.  

7.  Plan a family photo shoot.  Still working on this one.  

This week I'm going to continue on the above and add in:

1.  Finish Knowing God Intimately and also read Living Beyond Your Feelings.

2.  Take Bunny to visit the college she will be going to in the fall!!  So exciting.  This is definitely an answer to a prayer that I really never thought would come true.  

3.  Enjoy vacation!!  I'm loving relaxing, reading and being home.

4.  Health focus:  Each month, I'm going to focus on one aspect of good health.  This month the focus is "Getting God's Help."  This idea comes from the book Good Health, Good Life.  

        I will start each morning studying God's word and saying a positive affirmation, reminding me of his love for me.  I will also strive to pray throughout the day and remember to ask for help when faced with temptation.

But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength;

they shall mount up with wings like eagles,

they shall run and not be weary,

they shall walk and not faint. 

Isaiah 40:31