It makes me feel good — it makes me feeeeel good.

(with apologies to Lyle Lovett)

Today is the halfway mark in the contest, and for someone who had a seriously slackerish May, followed by a VERY short-lived pregnancy (ie, chemical pregnancy)…I’m tickled. I even wish I’d taken my measurements a week ago today, because they would have been BIGGER than my starting measurements. But, c’est la vie, I didn’t — it probably would have discouraged me last week anyway.

Here’s what I’m looking at now:
Bust: 38.25 (-1.25)
Waist: 30.5 (-0.75)
Abdomen: 39 (-1.00)
Hips: 43.25 (-0.75)
R Upper Thigh: 24.5 (-0.25)
L Upper Thigh: 24.25 (-0.50)
R Lower Thigh: 16.25 (-0.25)
L Lower Thigh: 16.25 (-0.25)
R Calf: 13.5 (n/c)
L Calf: 13.5 (n/c)
R Upper Arm: 11.5 (+0.25)
L Upper Arm: 11.5 (+0.25)

Not too shabby. Obviously, I’d love to see that ^%$# hip measurement (oh, and the upper thighs!) go down several more inches, but you know what? I pulled back on my size 12 Levis 515s today, and they fit — unlike last time I tried, when they squeezed the life out of me and gave me a muffin-top. Much better!

On with the photos: I’ll so side-by-side comparisons of the starting pics with the midpoint pics.

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12June07

Today: Instructional #2 (most of it, anyway), via webcam training w/Kirsten

WHEW, that was sweaty.

11June07

Whew. I’m finally starting to feel back in the swing of things, and I’m NOT feeling some weird urge to over-push myself. Today, I started to notice the “T-Tapp changes” happening again: butt lifting, thighs feeling firmer, belly getting flatter. Woo-hoo! Maybe I’ll get some pleasant surprises when I measure tomorrow for the 1/2-way point in the challenge?

Even if I don’t, I’m starting to feel more comfortable in my (size 14, grumble) clothing again…which indicates I just may have made it over this hormonal hump.

Anyway, today I’ve done:

  • Step it to the Max
  • Hoe Downs
  • Still to do — Summer’s Challenge: OIP/Abs, AL, DD

10June07

Today’s sweat:

  • Instructional #1
  • Hoe Downs
  • Summer’s Challenge: OIP/Abs, AL, DD

09June07

Tempo Lower Body Standing (all)
Tempo Lower Body Floor — until Pretzel Twist, then I said, “ENOUGH!”