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Yeah, so I've been working out since the semester began, and since it has been several months since I last checked my body fat percent, I figured "Hey lets try it again" and see what happens. I used the most accurate method I have available to me which is the body fat skin fold test with the calipers. I did it several times to ensure accuracy and to my surprise, I'm at 9.2% body fat +/- 0.1%. Just about all 9.2 are around my midsection. Actually, I expected it to be higher since I've been eating so much food while working out. Given those calculations; my weight is 128.028 lbs lean mass + 12.972 lbs fat = 142 lbs total. I was in a "bulking" phase the last 6 weeks, and now I'm taking a week off and will enter a "cutting" phase the last 6 weeks of the semester. Basically I'll still be working out, but it will be more aerobic and focus on losing any fat that I gained during the last 6 weeks (which is a lot less than I thought). I lost a lot of muscle over the summer not working out, but basically my strength is back where it was the last time I updated this thing. Like 8 reps of 130 on the bench press. And if you want my 1 rep max for each just multiply that by about 15 percent so total I can bench about 150 lbs.

So its been several months since I've written.. I don't even know where to begin. So much has gone on over the last couple months that its probably best I don't review everything that's been going on. I'll just talk about whats up now. Lately I've been juggling work and school once again, and we shall see how that goes after my first barrage of tests tomorrow. Honestly, I'm kinda tired of the job already. It's so tiring getting on the phones 20 hours a week now. I can't quit until mid November because I'm still trying to get my credit card debt down. I'm paying about $600 a month to the credit cards right now so that I can have some money available when it comes time to move out of Waco. It's amazing how much debt a college student can rack up after 4 1/2 years. I have a general idea of where the major expenses were, but its still taken its toll. Once I have that 45k a year job I should be able to zero out my credit card debt, but there will always be student loans. It never ends.

Well now that its already mid-September, I'm thinking about contacting back those companies in Colorado again and see if they are still interested. I would really like to take a job in Denver. I'm tired of Texas and the heat. Sure, I have family here, but my need for independence is growing. With me, its always been trying to assert my independence from my parents, mom in particular. Being my mom's only child, she can be a bit too overprotective sometimes and tries to control certain aspects of my life.. right now its mostly finances. The control issues really contribute to my continued desire to become completely independent. There are still 2 1/2 more months here in Waco, but I just want to move on with life. I feel like I'm being held back.