The Final Tally

This morning was my final training session with Amanda. It was bittersweet. I was sad that I'm not going to be working out with her anymore, but I was absolutely thrilled with my final results.

On March 18, (my first meeting with her, which was actually two weeks before my first training session) I started at 158.5 pounds, and 24% body fat.

Today, June 15, I was down to 140 pounds and 16.5% body fat. Wow. It was a lot hard work, major diet changes and some serious sweat, but definitely worth all of the effort.

Amanda even baked me a delicious, yet somehow healthy cheesecake cupcake as a cheat treat for actually listening to her for the last three months. I couldn't have done it without her, but I feel really confident that I'll be able to keep it up going forward.

I'm moving to Cincinnati in a week, so be sure to keep checking back for updates!

Weekend Recap

I got home yesterday from our trip to Put-In-Bay, and it was a fun weekend. Looking good in a bathing suit at PIB was one of my motivations for starting this personal training plan, and it definitely paid off. I got a lot of compliments on the fact that people could see a big change, so that was really nice to hear. More than anything, I just felt really happy and proud of what I've been able to accomplish. I promised early on that I would post a before and after shot, so here it is. Wish I'd thought to take a photo of me actually AT P-I-B, but this will have to suffice.



I was still fairly strict with myself while I was at PIB, though I did have a few cookies and a brownie at Annie's bachelorette party. I also splurged on the way home yesterday and had some gelato, which frankly, wasn't all that impressive. I guess my sweet tooth has been defeated :)

I decided that I'm going to keep working out with Amanda until graduation. I feel like I have myself trained pretty well, but knowing that I still have to report to her is going to make it more difficult to cheat with my diet and workouts, which I'm trying to avoid doing. As long as I can keep myself disciplined before I move to Cincinnati in a couple weeks, I'm hoping that it will help me stay fairly disciplined once I move. Guess only time will tell.