July's End of the Month Fitness Goal Check

by Heather Long | More from this Blogger

31 Jul 2006 04:45 AM

It's the last day of July and it's time to look back at the month behind us. I think it's important that we take a day to self-assess where we are and where we're going. We've done this for every month of this year and now we're leaving behind the sixth month of the year, entering the home stretch of summer, preparing to go back to school and dive into all the Fall activities that entails. For me that means my first PTA meeting, getting to walk my daughter back and forth to the school as well as planning for fall activities like celebrating birthdays for my nephew, my sister-in-law, my mother, my uncle, my mother-in-law and my other nephew's very first birthday and these are all before the end of September!

So yes, it's going to be a busy, busy, busy Fall! August will see the return of exercise routines to be posted every day for those of you looking to workout at home, around the house and on the move. I look forward to your suggestions, experiences and much, much more!

So without further ado, here is our End of the Month Fitness Goal Check for July:

• How are your goals going?
• Have you started working towards achieving them?
• Are you encountering obstacles in your path?
• What are the obstacles?
• Are you discouraged or are you challenged?
• Are you still striving towards your goals?
• Have you made it to the mileposts along the road to your final destination?
• What is preventing you if you aren't?
• Are you feeling good?
• Are you feeling bad?
• If there is one thing you could do right now to improve all of the above, identify it.
• What are your goals for August?
• What is your game plan?
• Where will you be in 31 Days?

Consider all of the above questions and answer them honestly. There's nothing wrong with admitting that you have been lax in some areas and harder in others. Goal checking lets us take a progress report. We get to see where we are and where we need to be. If you decide that your goals need modification, go for it. There's no law that says you can't alter your goals.

In fact, you may have set a fitness goal like many do at the beginning of the year. If you feel like you've done little or nothing to accomplish that goal, take the first step back towards it and forgive your lack of forward progress. Don't beat yourself up with regrets. What's done is done. You can't change yesterday, but you can make tomorrow happen.

Have a great rest of your day! We'll see you back here tomorrow on August 1st to tackle our August fitness program, goals and challenges.

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Heather Long is 35 years old and currently lives in Wylie, Texas. She has been a freelance writer for six years. Her husband and she met while working together at America Online over ten years ago.

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