Hola, amigitas!
Welcome to Wellness Wednesday, 06.2019 and my mid-year goals update. I am super excited to write this post because there has truly been some progress made on my part since last we met for Wellness Wednesday. Anxious to share with you!
Back in January I came up with these wellness goals for the year beginning my wellness journey in 2018 with Natalie at Natalie the Explorer at the helm steering a boat load of us toward health/healthier-ness?? This year started off slowly but PC and I are gathering momentum, rather than moss, at the moment. And I hope to finish the second half of the year in a big way.
Wellness Wednesday, 06.2019: Mid-Year Goals Update
Most months, we share our goals update and then write on a suggested theme. Last month’s theme was B.E.S.T. = breast, eyes, skin and teeth care. In April, we shared tips on mental health. With today’s mid-year post, we are just looking at and bragging about our progress on the wellness goals we established in January. I rate my progress on a scale of 1-5, and have been known to backslide a bit, now and again. But I think I am going to come out smelling like a rose for today!
PHYSICAL HEALTH 4.5 (up 1.0)
- Work back to running 5K (want to run more regularly again) – Ran a 5K in May. Running several times a week, but also doing the elliptical and stationary bikes at the gym, and real-true bike at home. That is until I got a flat. Trying to find someone to fix my flat in the neighborhood now.
- Lift weights (at least 4x a week) – Yes! Every time we go to the gym, which has been about 4X a week. And I have begun lifting a 5 pound dumbbell for our bedtime walks 3-4x a week.
- Walk 7,200 steps a day and 3 stories (build walks back into my daily routine) – Trying very hard to get to 7,200 steps a day, which I know should be simple. But isn’t always when I am home all day. This new bedtime walk routine is helping, though. We walk a little over a mile each night that we take our walk.
NUTRITIONAL HEALTH – 4.5 (up 1.0)
- Eat more veggies and fruit (and cook meals at home 4x a week) – We began Weight Watchers together 3 weeks ago on 05.19.2019. As a result, we are eating more whole food, veggies and fruits, and protein. And we have both lost weight. PC is down more than 10 pounds. I am down about 6 pounds. Put on my size 6 jeans yesterday (accidentally) and they went right on. No shoe horn or buttering of the thighs and hips required! We ate the Mexican corn above instead of lunch when we went to the mountains over Memorial Day weekend. Speaking of which, have you tried my Mexican corn recipe?
- Drink 75 ounces of water a day (pretty good at this already) – I have done well with this for several years now. But my Prince is another story. He loves a real Pepsi. With all his heart. Giving up Pepsi has been tough but one of the keys to his weight loss success. And I bought him a jug to fill with ice water that he tries to drink instead.
- Alcohol and sweets on weekends – Oh, I miss my sweets. Although, we really never have had baked goods in the house much. But we have them even less now. And alcohol – a beer or glass of wine – on the weekend only.
SPIRITUAL HEALTH – 4.0 (Up .5 )
- Quiet time 5x a week (M-F, bonus points for the weekend) – Back on track. Enjoying quiet time outside most weekday mornings.
- Attend church more regularly (at least once a month) – We have begun going just about every Sunday morning. Have switched from Saturday night service to Sunday because PC’s games run so late some days, it was hard to make the 5:00 pm Saturday service. And on Sundays, we tend to dress up more, which gives me a reason to wear heels and skirts.
- Gratitude journal before bed – Almost every night. Came across the idea of writing prayers at night. That might be something to try, although, I can imagine being up all night doing it and still not getting them all written.
MENTAL HEALTH – 3.5 (up .5)
Last month, I deducted a half-point from this category because I never finish anything. I have all of these good intentions and projects going but never finish any of them. So, I made May the month of finishing. And I can give myself that half point back again, because I did tie up some projects.
- Work puzzles and play word games, practice Spanish (Wordscapes, Word Classic, jigsaw puzzles, Brainscape/Duolingo) – Back on track with jigsaw puzzles and words games. Haven’t practiced Spanish in semanas (weeks).
- Weekly art date (do something creative or attend something artsy) – Haven’t really gone on any art dates. But did create a little center piece for my dining room table. Did finish my second coloring page, and did scrapbook several times.
- Read 3 books a month (in order to meet my Goodreads goal) – Here’s where the best progress has been made in this category. Finished reading Finding Your Balance and the workbook questions within the text. Finished Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly and need to share my review with you. Working with gusto on It’s Never too Late to Begin Again. My virtual book club just selected it’s latest book, The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth, which a lot of the gals (show-offs, tee hee) finished in 2 days. I am listening to it on Audible. And our last book club title was The Gown: A Novel of the Royal Wedding by Jennifer Robson, of which I have read 80%. Would love to have you join our group! Holler if you are interested!
RELATIONSHIP HEALTH – 3.0 (HOLDING STEADY)
- Unplug at 9:00 pm – Some days. But not always. Although, when we take our bedtime walk, we have about 30 minutes where we chat and walk together. Might come back and get on the computer again, though, as we walk before it is completely dark, and still too early to go mimis.
- Date night 2x a month (bucket list activities) – We haven’t done anything spectacular, really. In fact, with this Weight Watchers business, we are eating out less which has impacted date nights. It will be time to think about my summer bucket list next week. Hope to think of some inexpensive, low-cal activities for the summer.
- Skype with Brennyn/Cady & Lauren/Lucia (read books to my babies) – Lucia was here for a few days so I was able to read to her in person. And I just Skyped with Cady, today. Making plans to go to Ft. Worth to see Brennyn and Cady next month.
MAINTAINING HEALTH – 4.0 (Up .5)
- Use sunscreen on my face daily (moisturizer with SPF) – Using a bottle of SPF 47 on my face, and spraying down with sunscreen before sitting outside for quiet time, or going on a morning walk.
- Floss – Why did I put this on here?
- Take vitamins and minerals daily (multi, vitamin B, C, D – LMNOP – flaxseed oil, biotin, magnesium, probiotics) – Added probiotics to the mix about a month ago. Seems to help keep me ‘going’.
FINANCIAL HEALTH – 4.5 (HOLDING)
- Save money for Christmas – Have begun!
- Pay off Amazon card – Done. Now to work on the Loft card.
- Have money in my checking account at the end of the month – Yes. Not a lot so can’t give you a loan, but yes.
All in all, I am patting myself on the back for Wellness Wednesday, 06.2019. Don’t want to get too cocky and then backslide but I think there could be a whole new me by this time in July.
Your Turn
How are you coming on your wellness goals this year? Have you had some spectacular success in one particular area? Won’t you link up your wellness related post or leave me a comment below so I can show you a little love?
Going to get started on some ironing I have been trying to tackle and listen to my book. Thank you for coming by today. Hope you will take a moment to cheer on some of the other gals linked up with us for Wellness Wednesday, 06.2019.
Hugs and kisses,
Dee | Grammy's Grid
I have nothing to link up but I wish you the best on your efforts ♥
Leslie Roberts Clingan
Thank you, Dee!! Hoping I can knock the second half of the year outta the ball park!
Deb
You are doing so well! With all the best intentions in the world sometimes life comes along and stops you doing what you planned so your progress is fabulous. It is a shame how eating healthily impacts on your social life isn’t it? It’s hard to go out for a meal without undoing all the good work you have done! But once in a while can’t hurt and you can just go back to being super-good for the next couple of days 😉
I really enjoyed the MIL book, and my opinion of her changed as we learnt what had happened to her in the past and how she genuinely thought what she was doing was for the best. And yes, I was one of the class swots who read it in a couple of days, just couldn’t stop reading ‘just one chapter more’!
Leslie Roberts Clingan
LOL so glad you enjoyed the MIL book. I am less than an hour from completing it and beginning to wonder what other twists and turns this story can take. Looked up the term class swot. Love it! Should incorporate in it my vocabulary so I don’t forget what it means. So enjoy reading some of the expressions you use that I can figure out from context but haven’t heard before. Even in the MIL book, there are expressions and phrases that I wish I could commit to memory to make my speaking and writing more colorful.
Thank you for cheering me on with my wellness journey. Enjoyed a HUGE serving of ice cream over the weekend but back on track today.
Kellyann Rohr
Great job – especially with WW! Actually you are crushing all of your goals! I know when I am cleaning up my eating the first things I do are – really up the water and make sure I get a whole gallon in, cut waaaaaay down on the alcohol, and eat more fruits and veggies. It does get hard to eat out and I love a good HH but that’s what gets me into this weight mess! I need to get more steps in too – it’s hard since I work from home and I’m attached to a laptop all day – must.get.motivated.
Love reading this, you inspire me!
xo,
Kellyann
Leslie Roberts Clingan
You are such a dear to say I inspire YOU…it is most definitely the other way ’round! It is hard to get in steps when you are home. I go to bed exhausted every night but not sure exactly what from! Not walking, that’s for sure. Did backslide a little on WW this weekend but back at it today. Thanks for cheering me on.
Dara
You’re doing a great job!
Leslie Roberts Clingan
Thank you, friend. And so are you!!
Juhli
I agree – you are doing an amazing job! So many goals and you are making progress or holding steady on all of them.
Leslie Roberts Clingan
Thank you, Juhli. I am proud of myself. Did backslide just a bit when visiting my daughter this weekend but back it today!
Carrie @ Curly Crafty Mom
I just started The Mother-in-Law!! Oh, and I have to comment on your flossing one. I’m super picky about my teeth and I recently (ok, a year ago?) got a water pik and I use it once a day and then I floss once a day. The water pik is SO AH-mazing!!! You must get one. LOL. I try to only enjoy sweets and a glass of wine on the weekends, too and M-F I try to stick to clean eating… I do sometimes try to sneak an iced vanilla coffee (darn Starbucks) into my weekly macros. I need to try to stop that, tho and make it only a weekend treat. I started a 6 week devotional and I’ve been doing my gratitude journal that you sent me daily with it! Love it!
Carrie
curlycraftymom.com
Leslie Roberts Clingan
I really want to get one of those water pik flossing things. Then I can be done with that wellness goal once and for all. Will look into that right now. Isn’t The Mother-in-Law a good read? Do you have a relationship with the kids’ dad’s mom? I don’t. But she is really loony tunes so that’s ok. My daughters don’t even have a relationship with their paternal grandmother. I am so proud of you to be doing a 6 week devotional…do share! And glad you are using the gratitude journal. Big hugs.
Sue from Sizzling Towards 60 & Beyond
What a great review Leslie and you have achieved so much especially in the exercise area. How lovely that you Skype with our family. I feel it now as I am 1 hour’s drive away from my darlings rather than 10 minutes. Saving for Christmas already! Great idea but I can’t believe we are talking about it as it only seems like yesterday. Have a great month and keep up the great work. Thanks for co-hosting #WellnessWednesday. xx
Leslie Roberts Clingan
Thank you, Sue, for cheering me on. You just amaze me with the direction your blog has taken, the way it has blossomed, the good information you provide everyone. You are such a positive ray of sunshine and role model. So glad to be able to call you friend!
Terri Webster Schrandt
Wow, Leslie, you are just so inspiring with everything you do in your life! I’m intrigued by your bedtime walks. Not in my neighborhood, plus hubby goes to bed at 9pm. Seems like you are watching out for your hubby’s health, those Pepsis gotta go. I will be so happy to get back to normal after foot surgery. I’m healing well, off all pain meds and making morning time available for writing more in my fitness book. Funny, I still wear my Fitbit and even hopping around the house and in my knee scooter, I manage to log 2000 steps a day! I’m back to blogging this Sunday, have a fab week, my dear!
Leslie Roberts Clingan
I saw your cute little knee scooter and was glad that you are able to be more mobile now. When I broke my foot in January 2018, I despised wearing a boot, then a ortho shoe and not being able to workout much less walk!! Glad you are still logging some steps and getting back to blogging. Thank you so much for coming by and for continuing the Sunday Stills.