Hello April! Monthly Check-In

New month, new goals! But first, let's check-in:
Weight
Highest Weight: 166 lbs
Current Weight: 154.2 lbs
Goal Weight: 130 lbs

Measurements*
Right Wrist: Right Arm: 12"
Left Arm: 11.75"
Bust/Chest: 39.75"
Waist: 35.5"
Hips: 41"
Right Thigh: 24.5"
Left Thigh: 22.5"
Right Calf: 15"
Left Calf: 14"
Neck: 13"
BMI**: 26.5

Non-scale Victory: I have two this month. First was reaching 100 rides on my Peloton bike. Second is setting a new 45 minute PR! Big shout out to iPR4tatertots who pushed me so hard during the whole ride. I wanted to stay neck and neck with her so bad and I ended up beating her by ONE point. And in the process I beat my old 45 minute PR by 15 points!

The photo on the left is my new PR (340). The middle photo is my 100-Ride/Century Club shirt (Peloton gives you a free shirt when you reach 100 rides!). The right-most photo was my old 45 minute PR (325).

Alright, let's see how I did with those goals from last month.
1. Increase water intake from 72 ounces per day to 96 ounces/day. This means it will be no less than four of my favorite Contigo 24 ounce water bottle. I was doing so well with this and then quarantine happened so I stopped paying such close attention. I tried to still get in three water bottles but I definitely didn't get four.

2. See sub-155 on the scale! Yes! Check! I did it! 

I even bought myself a Peloton sweatshirt to celebrate. 

3. Incorporate 2+ plant-based meals per week. Check. I incorporated a ton of salads over the last two weeks and every Friday we had pizza (with cauliflower crust).

Maybe some day I'll share some easy quick recipes that I've been enjoying.

4. Three peloton rides every week. No excuses. Check! I love my Peloton and I try to ride at least 20 minutes every night. On weekends (and weekdays where I'm super motivated I try to do 45 minute rides).

I'm going to try something new for this month and rather than the list of goals I'm just going to the do the check-in with some thoughts and progress and stuff.

*If you are interested in tracking your measurements as a way to check your progress (and we here at ThatProgress are all about finding more ways to track progress) be sure to measure around the widest parts of each body part (i.e. across the nipples when measuring your bust, across the widest part of your upper arms, and across the widest part of your thighs).

**BMI calculated using this free online BMI calculator.