Reached My Goal .... Now What?

I reached my weight loss goal, officially 165 pounds. It seemed a little anti-climatic though, I feel like my scale should have shot off fireworks and an angel choir should have descended from heaven to sing to me in my bathroom.

I'm a little disappointed  because I've lost a total of 43 pounds.  I've reached my weight loss goal. I've run a 5K. I'm not really sure where to go from here.

Several people have said, "Just focus on maintaining now." Well that sounds boring, who wants to stay the same? Aren't we all trying to do something, accomplish something, get somewhere? I don't want to say "hey guess what, nothing has changed in my life what so ever, isn't that awesome!"

Plus, I'm not so sure I'm happy with where I am.  I set my goal at 165 because it seemed really far away, and I thought it was a weight that I could easily maintain.  But the truth is, I don't look like I thought I would at 165. There is still a pretty thick layer of fat that's still hanging out and jiggling all over the place.

I find myself excited and disheartened; proud of myself and a little disappointed and not really sure where to go from here.  What's next?

Earlier this week I stumbled across this woman on Facebook Neon Runner. What an inspiration. Here is a person that reached her goal and kept going, blew past her goal and never looked back.

So I guess it is time for me to keep going. Turns out I am capable of more than I thought I was, all in God's grace.

My new goals (because I'm a person that needs measurable goals to track and work towards):
1) 160 pounds. That will officially give me a healthy BMI.
2) Size 8. I never thought it was possible, in fact I got rid of all of the size 8 clothes not too long ago, but I'm a 10 now, I know I can get there.
3) I want to be able to wear a bikini next summer, which means I need to be tone and muscular.
4) I want to run a 5k race (not on a treadmill) without stopping to walk.

What is my plan for getting there? Basically keep doing what I've been doing. Not let myself slide back into my previous life style. I'm going to start the C25K program over.  This time I'm going to increase my running pace, and since I still do my workouts during the week on a treadmill I'm going to put it on the random setting so that there is an incline. Those together should increase my endurance and hopefully I will be able to run an entire 5K in 2 months.

So here goes.  I'm going to keep tracking my progress and this will keep me accountable.