First a confession… yesterday I went round to my friends for the evening, and he offered me some beautiful cheese on wholewheat bread. I had about 1/2 a slice of bread and some crumbs of cheese. Yeah – it was at about 9pm, so very much off the diet… but it wasn’t too bad. It was bad. But I’m content that it wasn’t dire, and the food was worth it. In fact, I realized that this was the first time I’d had cheese on its own in Stage 2 of training! Kinda cool 
Training this morning was excellent… once again was able to push weights up on all exercises, which still astonishes me :s So I’m definitely growing in strength every step.
What I’m finding really interesting is that I’m really liking the look of the physique in the mirror – with clothes on that is. Without clothes, the love handles are still prominent, but they’re going down. Right now, stomach fat is low, and lower back fat is more… but considerably less than ever before. So this is motivating and exciting. I’ve started to feel that I’m at a very happy place right now, and each day from this point onwards is definitely moving in the right direction, and I’m getting closer and closer to the ideal place… this is the time when the ideal is in reach – I’m making sufficient progress to get there.
One more note about training this morning – it was intense and exhausting. With the bis workout, much of it is one arm then the other, so it takes considerably longer than doing it all at the same time. Not a big deal, but I spent a LONG time at the gym this morning :s I’m exhausted. Can’t wait till lunch and can have a power nap But it’s all good – as discussed right above, I feel that things are going well, and that the results are certainly showing, and I’m making the progress I want to make Yippee!