September Goals Recap!

When I set up my goals for September, I focused on five main categories: blog, food, lifting, cardio, and other. And this month, it was huge struggles all across the board, primarily stemming from my whole food issue (well, Whole30 issue). From my Whole30 experience, I learned that I was not nearly getting enough protein or nutrients, so everything from my workouts to my mood to my focus all had a negative impact on my goals. But there were some positive things that happened, too, so let’s recap!

1. Blog: Become either a Fitfluential Ambassador or Sweat Pink Ambassador
   I did really well in the social network aspect of blogging! I became a Sweat Pink Ambassador AND a Girls Gone Sporty Ambassador (see the nifty badges on the left there!). In addition to those ambassadorships, I also have been selected to join another blog community, “Believe I Am Sisters in Sport,” which I will blog more about later this week!
   I also hit 340 followers on Twitter, and upped my Facebook page to 68 “like”s!
   
   
2. Food: Meal prepping/planning; Whole30
   I completed my Whole30! It was rough, but I made it through. You can read more about it here.
   
   
3. Lifting: For StrongLifts 5x5s: squat 145#, deadlift 190#, bench press 90#, overhead press 70#, pendlay row 100#
   Oh, I was a bit ambitious when I set these “conservative” goals! With the Whole30 struggles, these did not happen at all. My lifts looked like this (noting the heaviest weight that I was able to complete 5 full sets of 5 reps):

   	Squat	OHP	Deadlift	Bench Press	Row
   August	105	55	155	70	75
   September	120	55	165	70	75

   It is a bit discouraging to see those numbers, but I look forward to hitting much bigger numbers this month!

4. Cardio: Try to run 2x a week, at least a mile, working up to 2 miles by the end of the month.
   Let’s see.. not so good here.. Got in a total of 4.3 miles this month. I have less than three weeks until my 5k! Must work some more running in somewhere!
    
5. Other: Complete weeks 2-5 of my personal trainer certification.
   Another big struggle of mine this month. With my mental fog that I was in, my studying took the back burner. I only made it through week 3.

I planned on taking progress pics today to show where I was when I started my Whole30 compared to where I ended up after. However, after doing a weigh-in and my weight being exactly the same as it was 30 days ago (128.6), and my bodyfat slightly increasing per my way of baseline measuring it (I use both our hand scale and the floor scale, and take an average since there is often a huge discrepancy between the two), I decided pics really aren’t going to do anything other than make me question myself again on why I did such a thing as the Whole30.

I will be working on my October goals this week, and while I want to keep them realistic, I also want to push myself much harder this month to make up for my struggles last month.