February's 14s Check-in

So for those of you keeping track at home... February was apparently a month to slack!  Not only did I fade in my 14/month goals, I also didn't track them all that well, like I said, slacker!  

I will comment that this month I had a big win in that I've found a way to deal with an ankle issue that I've had for a WHILE, amazing how a little ankle brace can make the world of difference.  I am no longer in pain after walking / zumba-ing / jumping rope / etc.

14 Jump Rope Workouts / Month... January I had 4 jump rope workouts, and as I mentioned above I didn't track this month well at all.  As I look back at my calendar I only see 3 mentions of jumping rope - clearly the wrong direction for meeting my goal, but I'm staying hopeful for what I can do in March  #stillnoproblem #itotallygotthis

1. February 12: Jump Rope @ home
2. February 14: Jump Rope @ home
3. February 25: Jump Rope @ hotel fitness center

14 Stretching Workouts / Month... This one I simply did NOT track this month - I had such a great start with this goal and I really think writing it down would have helped me more but I can't go back in time and fix this, I can look forward though!  

Our local elementary schools have a "Word of the Week" on their signs, and ours has said "FLEXIBILITY" for quite a few weeks now.  At first I was disappointed that it wasn't changing but now I'm using that as my motivation to get moving and get more flexible!  

I'm going to take a new approach towards this goal and really focus on doing some stretches every day, ideally when I wake up.  I found this article: http://www.rodalenews.com/easy-yoga-poses and so I'm going to start here and see how this goes.  I will also do a better job of tracking that I do this (I'm the only one who is going to hold myself accountable) and that I keep up with the foam roller.

14 Language Lessons / Month... Total 0 - My only complete success in January faded away to nothing!  I have no excuses, HOWEVER I have new motivation to get on this one... Mike and I will be flying to Barcelona this June - we just booked ourselves on a Mediterranean cruise!!!  I am SO excited and think that might be just the ticket to get me re-motivated on this language goal!

Overall...

I didn't do so great in February with my monthly goals, but I am consciously working to make this a really great year and so far I can say that every day is better than the last.  I have lost weight, I'm active at least 4 or 5 days a week, often times more.  I'm still cooking a lot at home with Mike and just enjoying married life.  

I'm excited for March as I see it as a chance to redeem myself with these monthly goals!  I'm also looking forward to hitting the Woodmont Fitness Center with Kris - we're planning on getting up to the gym hopefully twice a week and we've challenged each other to a 30 day Burpee challenge (I hope it goes better than the 30 day Plank challenge that I started in February).