Starting A New Workout Regimen

So I did my circuit workouts until they exhausted me, which was about 3 weeks. Now I'm spending today developing a new one. It is time for me to switch it up. I have to keep my muscles guessing. I have been really good about sticking to my clean eating diet. I am very proud of myself! I have a little frozen yogurt last night (within the portion size too!) I haven't had any dessert in weeks! It was such a great reward.
My body fat has gone down a little, about 1-1.5 percent or so, and I did lose about 5 pounds. I gained a 1/4 inch in my biceps, so I am very proud of that. I went to the doctor and picked up some new inserts to see if that would help my ankle. It starts to hurt when I run more than 4 or 5 miles. So far I haven't had any pain, but I haven't run that distance yet.
My tuition assisstance got approved for my ISSA personal trainer course. I am very excited, and I can't wait to start learning!
I've also become a squad leader in the last week. This of course will take up even more of my time. I enjoy taking care of soldiers though. I enjoy helping them develop, and become better soldiers. Starting next month, we will be doing PT in small groups to accomodate their various shifts. I look forward to having workout partners again. I also get to develop the PT plans, so I will get more practice at that.

Army Standards Vs. Unit Standards

So my unit is saying that if we don't reach a 280 PT score tomorrow, we will be put on Remedial PT. I really thought they could only do that if a soldier didn't meet the Army standard. Not to mention, last week the 1SG mentioned the fact that soldiers below the rank of Commander and  1SG could not do PT on their own, according to the 101st ABN Blue Book. However the PT we do with the unit is not adequate to push scores to 280 in every category. The only way you will get there is by doing PT on your own. Blah.... I'll probably get a 240 or something like that tomorrow, which isn't terrible.

PRT

So, I rather like the new Army physical fitness program. It focuses more on the things soldiers will need in combat, as opposed to just "sticking to tradition", when it doesn't work. The new system prepares soldiers to exert themselves, by properly stretching dynamically, instead of the static stretches, which are better suited to the recovery/stretch phase.
A lot of soldiers have been resistant to the idea, but the Army is changing. There are some ways in which these changes have not been good, but I don't feel this is one of them.