Happy Results!!!!!

Well, can't complain tonight. I'm getting caught up on my blogging as I deal out candy to trick-or-treaters. Yes, I've had a few treats, but it stops tonight. I cannot reverse the good test results I received last week. Some of you wanted to know the results of my body dunking. Well..... body fat % dropped 2.7%, weight loss was 10.5 lbs, lean mass increased 0.7 lbs, and fat mass dropped 11.2 lbs.
Considering how depressed and concerned I was a couple of blogs back about weight loss, I was pleasantly shocked. However, this is just the beginning. My ultimate goal is to loose 100 lbs of fat mass. I have been using the nutrition tracking part of spark people. If you haven't used it yet, it's really simple, and has neat reports to track your progress. It's amazing how quickly the calories add up. I think I'm starting to realize that portion control is a big part of losing weight. I am also having a difficult time trying to keep the carbs, fat, and protein recommendations in the range. Most days I still eat too many carbs, and not enough protein. The hardest part of all of this is trying to down over 100 ounces of water. I've now taken a large jug, and filled it each morning with the amount of water I should drink each day. I refill my water bottle from this during the day, and usually succeed in maybe 8 cups, but rarely succeed in drinking it all. So this is my new goal. Many of you have told me that before starting each meal, you down a glass. I will have to try this also.
After week 7, I've come to look forward to the daily ritual of chit-chat with the girls, lots of laughing, group discussions of our aches and pains, and seeing what new ways of working our bodies Carter has developed. No more shedding tears after the workout, and starting to embrace those dreaded bear crawls and burpies. Shin splints and a chronic case of hip bursitis are my daily aches, and hopefully one more cortisone shot and a trip to the podiatrist for custom orthotics will help. If anyone has any suggestions for easing the pain other than stretching and creams, I'd love to hear about them.
O.k. got to go hand out more treats.