Measurements ....

My Birthday and the Super Bowl Party were a wonderful success! We had a great turn-out ... wonderfully warm weather ... lots of good food ... the football game was really good ... and I got some great pressies!! I got wind chimes ... and a pretty wine glass with sparkles on it ... and wine w/wine charms ... and flowers .... and a bubble machine .... and some pretty geode bookends ... and a candle .... and a Massage Gift Card (from Robbie) and a pair of pretty earrings from Tom (gold and silver John Hardy). My sister called from Australia, too. I also got lots of great birthday cards ... some were really funny!! And an Amazon Gift Card!



We had a great mix of people .... several new friends came, along with the regulars .... even my trainer, Brandon, and his fiance ... and they seemed to enjoy themselves. Brandon and Anna won two Quarters of the Squares game ... and Caroline and Jarrod won the other two Quarters! Both couples are pretty deserving .... works for me!!



Food was good .... drink was plenty ... laughter and conversation ... good times! Oh ... and the Giants beat the Patriots to destroy their perfect season. I didn't get to see much of the game ... and only a couple of the commercials ... but I had fun!



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So today I got Brandon to do my measurements .... so ... with 5 months of training under my belt ...

• Neck -1.25"


• Chest +2.25"


• Shoulders +2"


• Waist -2"


• Hips -3.25"


• R Bicep -1.5"


• L Bicep -.75"


• R Thigh -.5"


• L Thigh -2"


• R Calf -1"


• L Calf -1.5"

Gotta love that gain in my shoulders and chest, huh?? Must be all the swimming ...

And I know the losses in some cases seem disproportionate ... but my left thigh was was bigger than my right thigh back in September ... now they are equal .... ditto for my biceps and calves (calfs?). Brandon was quite proud of the results ... I am glad I got him to measure me and put him in charge of my numbers. We forgot to do the Body Fat % measurement ... will need to do that soon.