We are halfway through 2008.

Do you remember what your New Year’s Resolutions were? Do you care?

I looked back at mine and felt pretty good.

My two starting goals were to keep better records and to stay within my food limits for at least four days each week. The results of these are mixed. I have been keeping my records faithfully all year. I love looking and the downward trend of my graph and seeing all the rows of data filled in on my sheet. As far as the food? As always, it remains my biggest struggle. While I can’t say I have stayed within my limits for four days each week, I can say, with certainty, that I have created new habits and I am consistently making better choices with food than I was six months ago.

With the exception of the 1/2 marathon (which seemed like a pipe dream in January, and now it’s over!), I can’t think of any other goals that I have set and attained this year. But I don’t believe that is because they didn’t exist, I think it’s because I didn’t keep track of them very well.

So, building on my record-keeping success, I am setting a goal to write down my new goals and note when I achieve them. I listed a few new goals here and I am choosing to focus on losing fat and gaining muscle (through more concentrated nutrition efforts and pools of sweat at the gym) and becoming a better 1/2 marathon runner (by running with my new running friend, Katie, who kind of talked me in to doing another 1/2 marathon - yikes!).

You have six months left in 2008 - what are you going to do?