Welcome to week 11 of my Peak Body Transformation subscription. I’m now working out 5:15a to 6:00a, an hour earlier than my previous session. Technically it’s supposed to be an alumni class, but we still have several newbies enrolled in this class.

Ever since the time change, it’s been dark going to and from class. And unfortunately, that’s also deterred me from my morning jogs and dog walks. This of course puts a time crunch on me, making me late for work. I was hoping to reverse this 10-wk trend, but looks like I need a hard reboot to get my schedule aligned correctly. Hope to get this all worked out soon; I dislike exercising after work and I can already tell the mosquitoes will be populous this year.

My scale broke this morning. It finally had enough of my too-frequent weigh ins and croaked. This prompted an early morning trip to Walmart to pick up a new scale. I took home a Healthometer which is a body fat meter and scale. It also calculates BMI, hydration level, and daily caloric intake and stores measurements for up to 4 user profiles. Lastly, it allows users to set a goal weight and calculates in weeks how long it will take to reach. (FYI, it told me that to reach my goal weight of 130lbs, it would take 18 weeks at roughly 1600 DCI.)

Since I had long suspected that my previous Sharper Image digital scale was inaccurate, I was glad to see that this new Healthometer was closer in measurement to the scale at the gym and at the doctor’s office. It read my body fat % consistent with the Omron body fat meter used by my gym. Though I’m sad to see that I am once again over 145 (and once heavier than I thought I was), at least I will be more comfortable knowing my true weight from now on. Now how long will this scale last?

So my little MFP ticker will need some recalibration. Goodbye, 144; hello, 147 (again).

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