February

The last week of January I was taking care of my friend's pets while she was home in Florida, and the extra work (getting up early to go before work and rushing home to feed them in between work and kickboxing) was draining. The last class I felt groggy and had a migraine, but I pushed through and was happy I did.

I am measuring my progress in as many ways that I can, and these include:
-Getting weight from scale everyday
-Measuring hips, waist, arms and thigh once a month
-Taking a photo of myself in the same clothes once a month
-Keeping track of how many days I exercise for at least 30 minutes
-Keeping track of how many days I hit 10K steps using Fitbit (which has died) or Garmin Vivofit (which I just picked up about two weeks ago).

From the data chart below, you can see I am slowly bringing my weight down month by month. (Both highest and lowest weights decrease each month).

I have been able to increase the number of days exercised each month, and increase the number of times I stay under my calorie goal.

My days in which I hit 10K steps has reduced, and this may be because I just don't moce as much during the winter, and it also may be because the Garmin Vivofit does not seem to be as sensitive to movement at the Fitbit was.

Lastly, I have maxed out the number of weeks in which I fit my goal of exercising at least 3 times a week. I hope to continue this each month for 2017.

Month	Highest weight	Lowest weight	# of days exercised	# of days 10K steps	# of days under calorie goal	# of days over calorie goal	# of weeks exercised 3 +days a week
November 2016	184.9	182.4	6	9	12	18	0
December 2016	184	181	7	3	14	17	2
January 2017	182.9	179.6	14	8	23	8	4 (all weeks!)

My scale has been giving me weird weights the last two days. First it said I weighed 10lbs less than I have been, and each time I weighed myself the answer went up. I kept doing this until I got at least two weights that were the same. 

On the left is January's picture, and on the right is February's. I don't see a really noticeable difference, except that maybe my stomach doesn't stick out quite as much. 

My lunch box! I had oatmeal (added some chia and flax seeds) burnt brussel sprouts with some feta cheese, kiwi and blueberries, sugar snap peas, string cheese, cauliflower and potato soup (that my roommate made). 

I went to kickboxing yesterday, and plan on going tonight too! (Hopefully the roads get better, it's yucky out today).