[CloveApple]

For all these goals I'm going to total the numbers monthly so that I don't use a bad month as an excuse to stop the next month because I've "blown it."

1) Fat loss
Measurement: to reach 130 pounds (after which I'll take stock & I may go to maintenance, to some muscle gain, or keep working on fat loss).
Current Status: I was at 164.6 on February 1st and 166.2 on the 8th.
2) Read about exercise and nutrition
Measurement: read 4.5 exercise or nutrition books and two research studies (one book can be a cookbook if I actually use at least 6 recipes, techniques, or ideas from it)
Current Status: I'm about half way through Alan Aragon's Girth Control. (I've read this through once very unevenly with some jotting down terms to look up later and some skimming, and now I'm reading through a second time for solid understanding. So since I started this one before the challenge I'm counting it as half a book.)
3) Writing
Measurement: an hour a week of freewriting plus a minimum of an hour a month of writing-related stuff(like editing, rewriting, sending out submissions, classes/workshops/networking), also sending in at least 6 writing submissions to reputable magazines over the course of the challenge.
Current Status: Right now this is pretty much at zero. I've done freewriting once in the last 3 months. I haven't submitted any writing in years.
4) Financial Goal
Measurement: to spend 20 minutes a day on keeping track of money/spending/bills (or if I'm mostly caught up on entering information, whatever shorter time it takes to keep my checkbook program up to date) It's ok to average the time out over a week.
Current Status: Checking accounts were last truly balanced in March and only approximately tracked since then.
5) Workout Consistency
Measurement: an 85% compliance rate on exercise sessions. The current program is a fairly rehab-y A/ B routine 3 times a week, and at least twice a week cardio. It will change as Andrew (my trainer) makes adjustments and as my back/hips get better. If I start a new program 85% will still be the goal.
Current Status: I'm flaking out on a regular basis on making it to the gym right now. This may be the hardest goal on the list for me.
6) Stretching/Warmup/Foam Rolling
Measurement: stretching/foam rolling/massage/warmup a minimum of 5 days a week.
Current Status: The first week in February and tail end of December I've actually been doing some stretching, but before that it was non-existant or very sporadic (unless I was with my trainer).