Now What?

So now that my 24 day challenge is over, what is my next step?  I sure don't want to give up all of the progress I have made so I am going to keep working toward my goal.  I have ordered my supplies for another max phase, which I should get probably Monday or Tuesday.  I think my biggest focus right now is getting enough water.  The rule of thumb during the challenge is to take your weight and divide it by 2 and whatever number you come up with is the number of ounces of water you should be drinking each day.  Although I did pretty good on trying to hit that number every day, I definitely could have done better.  I plan on getting a big container with a label on it that tells how many ounces and just keep that in the fridge so that I will know exactly how many ounces I have drank.  

Right now I am 17 pounds from my original goal (which is exciting), so I decided to steal an idea for motivation that I found on Pinterest.  Miss Thang and I went out walking and gathered up 17 rocks that are going to represent the 17 pounds I have left to lose.  I went to the dollar store and got 2 glass containers and labeled them with a permanent marker.  I plan on moving a rock to the "Lost" cup every time I lose another pound.  Crazy as it may be, that kind of stuff motivates me ; ).

I have been pretty good in the last couple of days, I have hit 10,000 steps or more each day and have been watching what I eat.  I do have to confess, though, that we went out for my birthday tonight so I definitely splurged on the calories for the first time in quite a while!