September: End of the Month Fitness Goal Check

by Heather Long | More from this Blogger

30 Sep 2006 06:30 AM

It's the last day of September 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 ninth month of the year, as hard as it is to believe, there are only three months left in this year.

October is the month we celebrate Halloween. We have about 30 days to come up with costumes, trick or treating plans and more. It's also the month that we see the clocks turn back (insert date here). The days are getting progressively shorter, the nights are in turn getting longer.

October is also Breast Cancer Awareness Month. On October 21st, I'll be walking in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Dallas. This is also the month that I celebrate my wedding anniversary and my husband's birthday. October is a great month around here. We're still going to be following the progress of Fitness Magazine's You Can Do It Fitness Challenge and more. What are your plans for October?

End of the Month Fitness Goal Check for September

• 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 October?
• 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 October 1st to tackle our October 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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