I reached my goal. Now what?

It's been 2 months since my last update. That does not mean I've quit, it means I have almost no free time to come here and tell you how awesome you can become! Here's a little bit of what's been going on for me in my fitness journey.

About a month ago I hit my "long-term goal" that I set for myself at the beginning of the year. <yay!!> It was so great to finally see a number on the scale that I thought would be nearly impossible, back in January when my thought process was different. I was so used to failure in this area of my life, I just set the goal and never honestly thought I would make it there. I have to share a few things about what happened to me when I hit my goal. And rumor has it, this is pretty common.

When I reached my very first long-term goal, I was thrilled. I was so proud of my accomplishments, and all the hard work that I put into getting to that point. I danced around my bathroom, I texted my gym accountability partner with a picture of the number between my toes, and I was on cloud nine. For about a day or two. Something in my mind switched once I hit that goal. It was completely a subconscious thing, because I don't remember thinking this way then, but hind sight is 20/20.

So I hit my goal, but I somewhat relaxed my efforts. I still hit the gym 4 times each week, something was missing. I went in auto-pilot. I did what I had to do to cross it off a list. I wasn't actively working out with my eyes focused on my new goal; it wasn't in my cross hairs. I was temporarily blinded by my success. In my mind I was all "oh yeah, I'm so awesome, I did it", and maybe I said it out loud a couple of times too, but it took me about 2 weeks to realize that I had set a new goal (half-heartedly) and never sat down to calculate exactly what needed to happen in order for me to reach that new goal. So now here I am, still trying to decide what to do next.

On a side note, I'm a few pounds from that goal weight. Let me just say, I hate that stinking scale. It's about to get a one-way ticket to the creek behind my house. But, I have to remind myself of my last post, the number between my toes is not a conclusive gauge to my success. My clothes are fitting better, and I don't feel a noticeable change in my body as far as extra fat. Rather than get upset about it longer than a moment, I went straight to my measurement chart. I've added inches in the places that I'm working on: my shoulders are up 1 inch, and my biceps are up a half-inch! (yay!) But I've trimmed 0.25 inches from my abdomen and 0.5 inches from my hips. These changes have happened within the last 2 months since I've last measured.

Once I decide what my next goal is, and how I'm going to attain it, I will come back and post. And now, remember that every good thing you do for your body is a step in the right direction. You won't change overnight, but all the little good things will add up to one amazing change over time. Think of it as compound interest! Until then, more love, less handles!

......and I leave you with me having some fun at the gym......

 

Namaste.