Week 3, this month has just flown by. I’m feeling much better about the goal setting (and achieving) this month, I think it’s because it’s September and even though autumn is coming and I’m not happy about it, I still feel like September is the start of something as it used to be when I was at school. Also there’s been a whole load of stuff (ok, I read this) in the papers about how September is a good time to make a resolution because you have Christmas to aim for, instead of the long slog of the entire year if you make them in January. It’s also been a kick up the bum for me to look at my 12 in 12 and panic slightly.  More on that another time.

So goals for September, how am I doing?

1) One new vegetarian meal a week

Vegan Beer Stew – delicious, cooked and written about.

2) Monitor the booze intake.

Half a bottle of fizz on Saturday afternoon with Ma and and a gin and tonic on Saturday night. A glass of wine on Sunday. Two drinks on Friday. (There was no drinking at Sarah’s on Thursday!) All good, I think.

3) Four 10k walks in the month

I’ve walked a bit but I haven’t done anything about this at all. The most I’ve walked is 5k and I can’t see myself fitting this in over the weekend either. A big fat fail.

4) Some other form of exercise twice a week

I’ve rocked this. This week I’ve done 4 exercise classes (Dynamic Yoga, Body Pump, Pilates and Body Balance) at the gym and one cardio session. My work gym buddy is really fit and it’s amazingly motivating even if I’m the rubbish one at the back! It’s also helping stabilise my mood, which is a really good thing.

5) Clean the floors and hoover once a week

I still hate doing this and to be honest the only reason I have a score on this one is that I ran around on Friday night doing it because I didn’t want to have another fail for the week. It did get done though so I’m giving myself a gold star.

6) Set a bedtime and stick to it.

Better than  it has been but I’ve been off a couple of nights, with lights out at 10.30pm rather than 10pm.  I do think that the exercise is helping me sleep better and the wake up light is helping me get up on time so half marks again.