No-spend days have proven themselves to be very difficult. I fear that is one goal I will not achieve this month. I am working about getting better at it, but there is something about my office culture (or maybe me) that makes it difficult to say no to the coffee/lunch/afternoon break that everyone else takes at the café.

Working out has been going much better. I have already been to the gym twice this week for fairly intense (for me) cardio workouts. I can already tell a difference in my stress level and in how well I am sleeping. Something else that has been motivating me is the fact that I stepped on a scale for the first time in months over this weekend. Ouch. There is nothing like those black and white numbers staring you in the face! I have gained about seven pounds of stress weight since the New Year. I also caved in and purchased a new pair of running shoes over the weekend. For $50 they aren’t the best pair but they should last me at least through the summer.