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“When I serve my country as a soldier, I’m not going to serve her as a Democrat or as a Republican, I’m going to serve her as an American.” -– Anton Myrer

Oops...I forgot to update this thing like I said I would...Story of my life, eh? Hehe...Anyway...

Went and saw the recruiter 1 April 2005...By that time I had dropped about 19lbs from 14 March 2005...That's an achievement...However, it wasn't a big enough achievement as my weight combined with my measurements put me at 37% body fat by way of a tape measure (totally inaccurate)...Thing is, my boss did a seven-site caliper test on me and I was at 17% according to the calipers...Tells ya how inaccurate the tape test is...The recruiter even admitted that it's totally inaccurate, but unfortunately it would be too much of a hassle to train all the medical people in the Army to do caliper tests...It's really not that hard...It's simply a matter of knowing where to pinch! Must be a sign of how smart the Army med guys are, eh?? Oh well...There's a pilot program in Chicago (and by 'pilot' I mean test, not like, flying...) where they're letting people in that test at up to 35% body fat, so that's why I've been working my ass off (Literally!) to get in...Seriously...My recruiter was like, "You have a skinny li'l neck, teeny wrists, but your hips are just a little too big right now." And he's right...that's what's throwing off my measurements...It really sucked, because I went in and weighed myself and he measured me then put the numbers in the computer and it came out to like, 34.72%, so I was all excited/nervous...Shortly after that, I had to go out to my car to get a card (SS, insurance, driver's license) for him, and when I came back in, he was like, "Uh...you need to go weigh yourself again...the scale was off." I was like, "I knew it was too much weight to have lost" (26lbs in two weeks?? I didn't think so!). So I went and re-weighed myself, and I was 10lbs heavier...then he wanted to measure my height to make sure I was right about being 5'5"...turns out I'm 5'4"...So, in the span of 10 minutes, I gained ten pounds and lost an inch!! Not a good day overall...

So, today, I started a new supplement/training regiment...I swear I'm taking in upwards of 50 pills a day of supplements...*sigh*...It's not fun, trying to remember when to take everything and at what dosage, but that's why I printed off supplement logs to help me keep track...I am so anal...Anyway...My goal is drop 15-20lbs by next Friday, 29 April 2005...If I can do that, I should be able to get into the Chicago program...Only, there's a slight problem...I was informed in the latter part of the week last week that they are probably going to end the Chicago program soon...They were testing it on a certain number of people, and I guess, according to my recruiter, they're close to that number...So I've really gotta get my ass in gear these next two weeks and hope that I make it before they cancel the program...If they do cancel before I can get in, then I have to work myself down to 32% body fat by the tape test...Which probably means another, oh, 15-20lbs...and by that time, I'll actually more than likely be at the maximum weight for my height...We'll see...Wish me luck!!