Accountability August ~ in conclusion

First things first - Day 31

The last day went well.  I was low on energy though as my little girl was up a lot, crying in her sleep and when she wasn't awake and calling for me, hubby snored... so had minimal sleep.  Then we had a freaking hot day at 37 degrees - I was hot and bothered and tired.  I went out running in the morning, started out running for 28 minutes, but then walked the rest of the way to complete a 5 km... I was just too low on mojo to make it a powerful workout, but I kept on moving and later I did some dancing too to get my energy to spike during the afternoon otherwise I would have fallen asleep.

Eating was on track 100% with Proats for breakfast, Scrambled eggs+mushrooms+baked beans for lunch and roasted veg and mince for dinner.

Victory! August was a success!

I stayed accountable, even during hard days.  My eating was on track and perfect 23 out of 31 days, I exercised 18 times for a total of 13.5 hours and I ran almost a total of 78 km during the month.

Perhaps some will frown upon this and say that I can do better and yes I am pretty sure I can and I will work towards it. BUT and it's a big but, I had a hard month with some sick days, some sick days for my kids, a few social events, public holidays, a very tough month emotionally dealing with a 6-year old boy who is going through a rough time with ADHD/SPD/ODD, full time work, busy with so many things, keeping my house sort of decent, cooking, laundry etc etc. So I am so freaking proud of what I accomplished, I kept going, relying only on myself to stay on track as much as possible.

I don't think my month was so successful in terms of weight loss, it was like a seesaw - up, down, standstill / plateau, but my fitness or rather running made huge progress.

This is the spreadsheet I kept to stay accountable:

AUGUST	Eating on track	Exercise	Minutes	KM
1	Yes	Run	47	5.19 km
2	Yes	Run	44	4.92 km
3	Yes	Weights	30	N/a
4	Yes	Run	43	4.49 km
5	Yes	No	N/a	N/a
6	No	No	N/a	N/a
7	No	Run	50	5 km
8	No	No	N/a	N/a
9	No	Run	42	5 km
10	Yes	No	N/a	N/a
11	Yes	Run	44	4.5 km
12	Yes	No	N/a	N/a
13	Yes	No	N/a	N/a
14	Yes	No	N/a	N/a
15	Yes	Run	44	5.31 km
16	Yes	Run	42	5.74 km
17	Yes	No	N/a	N/a
18	Yes	Danced	50	N/a
19	Yes	Run	41	5 km
20	Okay, not perfect	No	N/a	N/a
21	Okay, not perfect	No	N/a	N/a
22	Yes	Danced	50	N/a
23	Yes	Run	44	5.16 km
24	Yes	Run	44	5.10 km
25	Yes	Run	42	6.06 km
26	Yes	No	N/a	N/a
27	No	No	N/a	N/a
28	No	No	N/a	N/a
29	Yes	Run	49	5.22 km
30	Yes	Run	52	6.04 km
31	Yes	Run	50	5 km
	23 Perfect days	18 workouts	13.5 hrs	77.73 km

I quite liked keeping track like this, so I already started a new spreadsheet for September.  Now I won't be posting on my blog everyday, but I will try and do a few blog posts on my progress.  I think I will just need to keep a closer eye on my weight and I will add a column and see what I weigh every day, just to try and see a pattern and why I struggle so much to loose weight.  Perhaps I will gain some insight.

Now on to bigger, better things - Spring!  I'm not exactly sure about my goals yet, but I will give it great thought and update my blog as soon as I decided.

I challenge everybody reading my blog to answer the following question!  Say yes, and make September a great month with me <3  xx