Last Wednesday I had a fitness assessment done at the YMCA that I belong to. Basically, Joe checked my blood pressure and did the pinch test to measure body fat. My percentage of body fat dropped about 2% and is now about 24%. My goal was to get below 20% by this time, so I am a little disappointed with that. The good news is that I am making progress and I am down from the 33% I was at when I started. My weight dropped from 207 pounds to 200. Progress has been slow lately, but I am still making progress.

I am still tempted to cancel my gym membership. The gym staff is doing a really lousy job of keeping the little kids out of the adult workout area! Also, I am losing my motivation to work out. Almost every time that I go to the gym I don't feel like working out but I go anyway. Over the last two weeks my workouts have been less than strenuous and I haven't given it my all. I know that for maximum benefits I have to push myself in every workout and then get the proper rest to recover from the workout. I'm not really pushing myself anymore.