This time, I'm coming to you with what might be considered a bit of a random BuJo theme for summer. My original idea was to do wildflowers and grasses, but, as my current personal goals are mainly focused on weight loss and body toning, I thought why not choose a theme related to these, so I opted for health and fitness. I wrote lots of ideas on mini post-it notes and then decided which ones I'd actually go ahead and do (with the limited time I had left to be ready for July). Here's what I have to show you so far:
Quote page
Photo credit: Laura Jones for Keeping It Creative
This was created using Canva (none pro version), an A5 size portrait size design and a lovely peachy pink colour font. I them added a couple of bits of washi and a little sticker from a page of health and fitness related phrases from my Carpe Diem booklet.
July Cover Page
I had so much fun setting this up and it was nice to make use of some Carpe Diem stickers I already had in my stash. The solid black images of women exercising were made in Cricut Design Space.
Photo credit: Laura Jones for Keeping It Creative
July Calendar
I shifted the boxes on my usual calendar one place to the right so I could add my goals for the month on the left hand side. I've now decided that a better target than 10K steps most days would have been 2400+ calories burnt but I can always create a habit tracker for the above instead.
Photo credit: Laura Jones for Keeping It Creative
My reasons why...
I got the idea for this page and a few others from Planning Annie on YouTube. She has lots of ideas for health related spreads and I really recommend watching her 'health and fitness planner spreads' video if you need some further inspiration. The 'reasons why' I've chosen are very personal to me, so, for example, my GP has advised that my blood pressure is at the high end of normal and that my cholesterol levels are slightly elevated from the normal range so related reasons why have, as you can see, been added to the spread.
July Finances
I almost forgot to do my financial tracker as it isn't something related to the aspects of health I'm focusing on (financial health aside). I've been really good at spending no more than I have coming in each month for quite a while now but it's still interesting to see where my money is going.
Photo credit: Laura Jones for Keeping It Creative
Another motivational quote page
With 9lbs lost so far in a relative short frame of time, I'm feeling really motivated to lose more weight. The second part of this popular quote, from Jim Rohn, will hopefully be related to my new and improved eating habits which will join with my regular fitness class habit that I've had for a fair few years now.
Photo credit: Laura Jones for Keeping It Creative
My weight loss journey so far...
I thought this spread might help keep my motivation high until eating healthily becomes a habit. I also think it will become useful for making dietary tweaks. Basically, I'm going to record observations (e.g. a particular piece of clothing fits better), thoughts (e.g. this is just the beginning, am I drinking too much water? etc) and feelings (I always feel super hungry before Clubbercise so I need to plan is a filling snack two hours before, I feel much more confident in my new top etc) throughout the coming months to monitor my progress to good health.
Photo credit: Laura Jones for Keeping It Creative
Final words...
That's all of my spreads so far, although, as I said, I might create a habit tracker page ready for the new month. I've also decided to go back to a rapid logging style of creating daily pages as I'm finding that my week on two pages layout just doesn't give me enough room. I will, however, need to record events taking place that week at the top of the page so I know what's happening and when but this can be done on a Sunday night ready for the week ahead.
However you plan to spend the month of July, I wish you a good one,
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