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Wow, Bikini Boot Camp is off to a great start. The menu is delicious, the workout is super-challenging, I'm drinking a ton of water, I've swapped my daily latte for green tea and I didn't eat any popcorn during that fabulous Pittsburgh/Washington hockey game last night.

I hopped on the scale this morning and it showed I had lost 0.2 pounds.

0.2 pounds?

I was so well behaved yesterday, I should have lost 10 pounds!

I wondered, briefly, if I should workout harder, eat fewer snacks, gulp water constantly and stop watching hockey and start playing it.

But then I remembered the lessons I learned during the January Boot Camp:

1. Trust the process. If you keep eating well and working out, the results will come.
2. If I lost 0.2 pounds a day, it would add up to 1.4 pounds a week, which is a healthy, normal rate of weight loss. During the January Boot Camp, I lost a pound a week and have kept it off.
3. The scale is a real jerk sometimes. Don't rely on it to measure your progress. A better indicator is how well your clothes fit.
4. The older I get, the harder it is to lose weight. In my 20s, I could easily drop a few pounds in a few days. Now it takes a bit more effort.
5. The hard work is worth it. Keep at it and you'll be proud of yourself and delighted with the results.

How did your first day go? Post a reply and let us know how you're doing so far.

Yes!

Hello fellow Campers and welcome to our final day of Boot Camp!

Time to step on the scale, whisk out the measuring tape or slip into your skinny jeans and evaluate your progress. Did you lose a few pounds? Are you down a few inches? Do your clothes feel a bit looser? Are you feeling more energetic?

Are you proud of yourself?

You should be! Six weeks is a long time to embrace a healthy lifestyle — it's long enough for habits to form and hopefully some of your healthy Boot Camp habits will become life-long routines.

Tell us about your progress, what you've achieved, and what you liked best about Boot Camp!

And don't forget to sign up for Canadian Living's Bikini Boot Camp, which launches May 4. In the meantime, the weekly Health & Wellness Club e-newsletter (which will automatically replace your daily Boot Camp e-newsletter) will bring you weekly updates on how to maintain your weight loss and healthy living habits, and the Health & Wellness Club blog will continue to help you connect with your fellow readers and bring you great contests.

Now it's time to give yourself a pat on the back and put your feet up. YOU DID IT.