Let’s face it, March wasn’t my month.  I am ready to make April the new beginning for the rest of the year.  Tomorrow starts the 21 Day Vegan Kick-start, and I am revving to go full speed ahead into the next 3 weeks!  I am looking forward to getting back to my lowest weight of 248, and break out of the 240′s if it kills me.  These past few weeks I have felt sluggish and heavy.  When I get out of bed in the morning I just FEEL like I’m carrying around more weight.

How do I help myself out with a successful week?  Planning.  Goal making.  Executing plan, and following through.  Back to the beginning where I had weekly goals, and back to the beginning where I had monthly goals.  These thoughts give me comfort that I can get back on track.

Monthly Goals:

• Workout 6 times a week.  Ahhhh.  Remember when I had no issues with this?  I am excited to get started on my at home workouts.  I will be adding and planning those workouts to my meal planning calendar that I complete every week. Also, I bought an exercise ball, and a yoga mat, so this expands the workouts quite a bit.
• Complete the Kick Ass April challenge that is being put on by Shrinking Jeans.

If you want to follow along you go to Shrinking Jeans and print off a copy of this calendar.  This is also a challenge extended to us by Dacia, where the Monica’s Birthday Challenge is going on (I’m giving it the good fight, and even though I haven’t been at the top of my game I am still reporting my non-existent weight loss every week.  I am hoping that I can catch up in the last 3 weeks of the challenge!).

• Finish out the Monica’s Birthday Challenge.  Hopefully the 21 day challenge will help me to at least lose a few pounds before the end of this challenge.
• Complete the PCRM’s 21-Day Vegan Kickstart.  The great thing about this goal is that I have already completed this challenge once and so I know what I am in for.  The first challenge helped me to prepare for the second and so I am hoping that the transition isn’t as jarring as the first round was.
• Wear my Bodybugg.  My poor bodybugg has been sitting in my dresser drawer for the last month.  I didn’t want to have to update it, and be reminded of how little I was doing towards my goals.  Also, it is now short sleeve season and you can see my BB clearly, which is a little embarrassing (I have to get that out of my head).  I tried to wear it on my calf, but it wasn’t accurately counting my calories.  I will just have to get over myself and wear it at all times.

I think that is a sufficient amount of goals for the month of April.  Not overwhelming, but still challenging.

Weekly Goals:

• Successfully Start the PCRM 21 Day Vegan Kick-start.  
• Meal Plan.  When you are eating a plant-based diet planning is crucial!  All it takes is a moment to lose everything that you have worked so hard to achieve!  Lucky I have a TON of recipes “pinned” on Pinterest, and a lot of recipes that I like the first time around so it is just about picking a weeks worth and I am set.
• Workout 6 times this week.  Along with a Meal Plan, I should have an exercise plan as well.  I will be mapping out my workouts for the week and where I can find them (HULU plus, netflix, or a video of my own).
• Drink 100 ounces +.  Self explanatory.
• Take a walk each day with Hanna.  We finally live in a neighborhood that has sidewalks and a walking path.  This means that I am going to try to take a walk either in the morning or afternoon with Hanna so we can both get out of the house.
• Read something!  I use to read at least 2 books a month, but this number has decreased dramatically since having Hanna a year and a half ago.  The only times I have a chance to read is during Hanna’s nap time (which is when I usually blog), or after she goes to bed (and then my eyes almost immediately close automatically.  With eating plant-based I should have a lot more energy so I have ordered two books off Amazon: Disease Proof your Child, & The 21 Day Weight loss Kick Start.  Both of these books are on Veganism and the second is what the kick-start I am starting is about.  I will do full reviews of these books as soon as I get them and read them.

Here is to a great beginning to a new week!