August Goals

This was a neat post on the ObesityHelp forums by another user, and I figured it would be a good start of each month to post my goals for the upcoming month and how I did on last month's goals!

How did I do with my July goals?
- Get appointments finished for revision surgery approval: DONE! I did NUT, Cardiologist, EDG and gathered all medical records.
- Get approved for revision surgery:  Not submitted yet. My Gastro. who did my EDG has taken over TEN DAYS so far to write up the report. Just waiting on him.
- Start Journaling my Food:  DONE! I am logging all of my food on MyFitnessPal (EVERY BITE GOOD OR BAD) and I am already seeing results!
- Drink at least 72oz of Water Daily: Improving! I got an app called Waterlogged and have drastically increased how much I am drinking. Prior to this, there were some days I drank NOTHING all day. And magically, within 2 weeks of drinking more water I started my menstrual cycle. Might not be a big deal to some, but when you get 1-2 periods per year, it's a cause for celebration!
- Make other health appointments needed: DONE. I made an optometrist appointment because of my low vision (unfortunately found out I have cataracts at 32 years old) and have a Dermatologist appointment scheduled for September. And PCP annual exam this week.
-  Purge my household of all bad foods:  Work-in-progress. I sometimes find something I shouldn't have and can't resist temptation. I threw out my worst trigger food (popcorn) and as I see others, I try to throw them out before eating them, instead of during the guilt after.

Set up my August Goals:
- Keep all existing appointments.  Due to my anxiety, I sometimes cancel appointments because I go into panic mode. 
- Get approved for revision surgery: Not really in my control at this point, but I am REALLY hoping to have a date on the books by this time next month!
- Lose 10 pounds: Continuing to eat high protein and low-carb even before surgery will make this happen. I can do it! Today I am at 328.6 - so the goal is 318.6 by Sept 5th!
- Start Exercising: Find a way I can exercise daily as an agoraphobic. Going to try to use my XBox Kinect "Your Shape Fitness Evolved" as well as "Leslie Sansone: Walk Away the Pounds" set of videos that I can do from my living room.
- Meet my 72oz Water Goal at least 25 days this month: I am worst on the weekends because I sleep in. I can improve though!
- Food Journal Every Day: I will continue to food journal everything that goes into my mouth, no excuses!
- Avoid Unhealthy Foods at the Grocery Store: I've purged the house of bad foods - now time to avoid them when grocery shopping so they don't sneak back in!

Does goal writing help you too?