4 Weeks Out and 137 lbs lighter.

I had a great week with my family on vacation. It was a much needed break from the monotony of this diet and even working out. I was a bit concerned that my body fat would go up, but muscle is my friend, and it didn't. I stayed the same at 13%. Whoooh! That's over with and now I have to refocus and look towards the finish line. My trainer has set the goal of dropping to the next bracket at 11.7% for next week. This is where everything counts. When I want to take a bite of that cake or have a chip, I just think to myself, This could be the difference between first and second. It's all business now.
  My workouts are much of the same, I focus a bit more on abs and butt without sacrificing my current workout. In other words, I do extra. I have also added in 15 minutes of cardio (moderate) after my workout. I will increase that to 20 minutes this week. Since I missed 4 days last week, I am working out everyday this weekend and probably Saturday of next week.
  This is the time when I have to start bringing everything together. I still haven't seen my suit. I have to meet the lady about my hair extensions, and make an appointment to get my hair highlighted. Oh, and I still have to get the t-shirts made that I wanted to sell. I mailed off my registration for the show today and am needing to find someone to do my hair in the New Orleans area. The humidity will be high and my hair does not do well under those conditions, so I am just going to pay someone to style it. I have to step up my posing practice now. I will practice at home everyday, and at the gym once a week now. So much to do. It will come together, it always does.
  I did end a year long friendship with someone which was a bit stressful this week. I was hoping to end things amicably, but it didn't happen. I so wish I would have just sent an email, but I was trying to do the right thing and chose to call instead. She quickly became defensive and offensive and that was all she wrote. I became defensive then offensive also. Nothing got accomplished. This is one reason we could not remain friends. Anytime I wanted to address an issue that upset me or if I thought she was being inconsiderate, she would go on the offensive and never hear what I was saying. Imagine a marriage like that. Divorce would surely be in the cards, Well, friendships are the same way. You have to be willing to hear the other person out. She quickly deleted me as her friend on facebook and preceded to write a self serving message to gain pity from her "facebook" friends. All the while knowing she had not deleted my friends or my husband. Are we in the 6th grade? She even sent my husband a message on facebook.
   Here is some advice to those of you who have wronged someone. I"M SORRY goes a long way. If you have too much pride to admit you have hurt or put your selfish desires and needs in front of someone else's, then you too will end up with nothing more than a handful of make believe friends on facebook. We cannot choose our families, but thank the Lord above we can choose our friends. A toxic friend is like a diabetic sore on the toe. If you want to save the foot, you've got to cut off the toe.