This is the last cardio day for my 10 week (6 days a week) stint at Peak Body Transformation. Tomorrow, I go in and take measurements and tests to see exactly where I go from here.

Actually, I went ahead and signed up for another 3 month stint at $74 a month so that should take me all the way to May, in time for beach weather!  

I have definitely seen some improvement in my overall strength and endurance, and the waistline has definitely trimmed down an inch perhaps. We’ll see what the tape says tomorrow. I’ve been wearing size 6 jeans for the last couple of weeks, and it doesn’t chafe or constrict like it used to when the muffin top was my bane. Lucky me! 

Lately, I’m been staring at 143-144 lbs on the scale. I think that road trip to East Texas tipped me out of the 145 doldrums and now here I am. Is a 142 somewhere in my near future? I’ve been cutting out the morning jogs recently, drinking coffee in the morning, and feeding the food monster at dinner time (this part isn’t new). So I suspect I’ll be frozen in this range for another 2 weeks unless I force the issue somehow. 

Silly me, I’ve got those Groupons to a Brazilian steakhouse and Korean BBQ that I still have to consume. Discipline is such a harsh master. And Yelp asked me to be an Elite again this year. Hmmm….

Those ab twists are still killer, and I’d like to find some method to end that lower back pain. I just need to get back on the wagon and do some evening strength exercises and leave out the cardio so I can reasonably achieve some restful sleep. I’d love to do the Bodyrock thing some more, but I might just need to reserve that for Sundays.

So here’s to 10 weeks down (about 8 lbs gone) and another 12 weeks to go. I’d love to head out to the Texas beaches this summer and finally wear that bikini that’s been hanging in my closet for a couple years…so let’s see where ambition takes me. 

(PS I’m thinking about getting a weight bench.) 

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