Weekly Goals

I wasn't going to blog on my weekly goals this week because I feel like I've failed; however isn't that the whole point?
1) To lose 8 lbs. Well I lost 2 the other week and this week I gained 2. So for the month I'm at a total of 1. I don't think I'm going to hit 8 since next week starts May and it'll be time to set a whole new set of goals. I'm thinking my weight loss number needs to be more realistic, and while it's highly discouraging to say I want to lose 3 lbs next month that would be more realistic to what I actually have been able to accomplish.
2) To run 6 miles/week. Check! This is my favorite goal for the month of April. I'll be able to up it to at least 8-9 miles next month! YEAH!!
3) Clean up my diet. Sigh. I need to get serious on this one. I eat well, but I think that I'm sabotaging myself somewhere. I have to be since the scale went up. I'm eating more then enough (between 1800-2000 calories a day), so it must be the types of food I'm eating. Just because something is 200 calories does not mean that it's good for me. I'm going to focus a little more on the type of calories I'm eating not just how many calories.
4) One cup of coffee a day. Well this one went completely out the window last week. I'm pretty sure I had at least 2 a day, every day. I'm toying around with giving it up completely. This will be hard unless I can find something to replace it with that enjoy just as much, so maybe some hot tea. I think next time we go to the grocery store I'm going to snoop around the tea section and see what I can find.
5) Track food every day. The only time I'm bad with tracking food is the weekends and that's just because Chris is home so I don't take the time to get on the computer at every meal and enter what I'm eating. I need to start a list so I can just enter it at the end of the day. I was really bad with tracking on Monday and Tuesday this week because I put on 2 pounds and was so mad at the whole process - I tracked, but didn't enter all that I ate...it really wasn't pretty. I'm such an emotional eater.
One thing I'm going to add to my new set of goals next week will be my after workout snacks. I ran out of P90X recovery drink (which I was just using to finish it up anyway), and I don't have any protein powder in the house, so I need to figure out what I want to eat after my workouts and stick to it. I'd like to get back to drinking protein shakes after lifting, but I need something for after my runs and Insanity workouts.
I'll try and focus on making my goal's for May more attainable as well...it's going to require a little more thought and preparation, but it'll be worth it.