My poor husband worked so hard, and the scale did not budge for him at all!  In his defense, he was already really, really healthy, and LEAN! So, I wasn’t much surprised.

For me, before Body For Life and weights and at the time I measured, my weight was 123, body fat 23%

After 121.5 and 20.89%.  The interesting thing the calipers did was Triceps before 17 points, after 12!!! But thighs, before 25 points, After 25 POINTS!!  I also lost one point from the ab measurement! How typical is that for me!!! SOOOO typical. I lose so much upper body weight, yet will always be “curvy” as he (my husband) likes to say.

So, that is it for this blog for now!! I’ll be dreaming about my new book shelf he has to build because I won!!!

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Ok, so I was surprised by my own progress. Let me share with you the numbers.  My weight was higher than I thought when I started ( I’m pretty sure I had an extra bad day on day 1, because right before that I think I was lighter).

Anyway: February

• Weight 127
• Butt 39
• Waist 30.5
• Thighs 23

April 10, 2010

• Weight 122
• Butt 38
• Waist  27!!!
• Thighs 22.5

I ate super well today.  Started the morning with 40 minutes of cardio. It was tough though because I was super sore from a lower body Monday workout.

Then at 8:00am, egg whites and banana

Starving at 11am, and ate this on the way home from Costco (a Zone bar and strawberries)

1:15: chicken and sweet potato

At 3:00, I was really hungry, so I made the cottage cheese pancakes, because they are sooo filling.

They were filling, but I was hungry again at 5, so I had more chicken and some broccoli.  Then I ate a string cheese, because I really wanted something .. more.

And that’s it! I’ve been listening to Cutthefat Podcast today, and loving it!  Thanks Mindy for the Recommendation!

I need a new reason to keep eating well! To not pig out! To care about my health. To not feel sick when I climb into bed at night (which is what happened the last TWO nights!

The motivation for me two months ago, and the turning point in my healthy attitude, was the real possibility that I would soon be an RD, beginning the Masters program in nutrition, and I really wanted to look like a person someone would seek out nutrition advice from! You know, really fit and awesome.  It was amazing how this changed my entire attitude about food!  I wanted to model the behavior I would soon be teaching. 

But it changed slowly when I didn’t get it.  I was able to keep it up for a little while, but slowly, I started to get lazy.  Never about the exercise….I LOVE to exercise.  But lazy about a nibble here, a nibble there… “Just one cookie” etc.   

I am digging deep… searching my soul for a lasting reason.  The reason ought to be, my body is a gift from God!  A temple to be respected and taken care of.  That should be reason enough, right?