Halfway There!

My Farrell's Friends Becky, Me, Mycah and Ashli

This Saturday, I had my five week testing at Farrell's. If you aren't familiar with Farrell's check out my post here.

I was a little nervous about testing. First of all we have to run, and we all know my feelings on running. Granted it was only a mile, but still...there's lots of snow and it's cold out (do I sound whiny?)  Second I worried that I hadn't made any progress and this whole thing would be for nothing.

Well, I soon found out...

They had stations set up for measurements, BMI, weigh -in, and stretch test.

I decided to get measured first
*Please ignore my morning hair and 80's headband.

The smile on my face is because I actually saw results. Here's how I measured up.

Chest / 37 to 35            
Waist / 35 to 31.75
Arm / 11 to 10.5
Thigh / 21.5 to 20.5
Hips / 41.5 to 41.25

Overall I'm pretty happy. A little disappointed in the chest measurement (I can't afford to lose anymore in that department), but otherwise VERY pleased. Especially with the waist measurement. I've been noticing a difference in my pants (no more muffin top...yippee!)

Next I tested my flexibility.

Again I saw marked improvement went from 19 to 22 inches. Nice! Especially since the previous measurement was taken in the afternoon after I was stretched out, and this one was taken at eight in the morning.

Then I headed over to the dreaded scale. I was warned from the beginning NOT to base any results on the scale. Since I'm building muscle the scale might actually measure higher than my previous weight.

Well...

I LOST A POUND! Hey at least it's something. The guy in front of me lost 10 pounds...UGH must be nice. Although men have it so easy. They can stop drinking soda and lose 10 pounds. Well, I'm happy even though it was a pound...I didn't expect much, so it was a nice surprise.

Then came the true test of weight loss. The BMI test.

Not bad ... I went from 32.2 body fat to 28.3.

Then came the push ups and sit ups. I despise push ups, and to make it even more difficult they don't count unless you can touch your partner's hand with your chest. (Note to self stuff your bra next time).

Here's the results:
Push ups / 20 to 31

Sit ups / 25 to 32

Not bad, but definitely some room for improvement.

As for the run. Well...I lucked out. Due to all the snow and the thin layer of frost / ice that morning they canceled it. Smiles and cheers all around.

So all in all a great five weeks and I'm looking forward to the next five. Who knows what may happen. I might even go out and buy a pair of jeggings.

*Photo credit to Ashli and Mycah (thanks ladies)