Week 31 weigh In & Week 32 begins....WHAT?

I can't get over this.... I'm 8 months into IP?  Wow....time has FLOWN BY.  I started this the first week of August when I was still doing my summer theatre camp job and I had just attended my cousin's wedding the previous weekend!

Where does the time go?

Okay..... well I had my weigh in on Saturday. I was having a pretty good week....losing a little weight almost each day as I weighed myself in the a.m. I ended up gaining a little back before weigh in but that was probably water. My results were:

1.2 lbs down (.6 of it being fat)
29.5% BF
Arm: 1/2 inch total
Chest: 1/4 inch
Thorax: 1 inch
Hips: 1/4 inch

According to the clinic it's 53 lbs. According to my scale it's 55 lbs (sans clothing).

I had my coach adjust the goal BF% to both 26 and 27 per cent to see what the total lbs of fat I would need to lose. So....I would have to lose 5.9 lbs or 9 lbs to get to those goals. Honestly..... I don't see where and how I could lose 9 more lbs so I'm going for a personal loss of 3-5 more lbs. Wherever the BF% lands when I hit that weight....I'm DONE with phase 1. I am a little frustrated with my BF readings because water weight and TOM (hormones) affect it dramatically. How the heck am I supposed to know where I am? According to the charts, 27% would be the bottom of 'acceptable for body fat and 26% would be considered 'fit' for my age. I figure once I get to work out seriously and eat a little more balanced 'real' food I can get to 23% (which is the bottom of 'fit' for my age group). If I get to 22% that's considered athletic/thin and I don't think I need to go there. My bones are big so I don't want to get too thin.

I had a crazy day of eating both Saturday and Sunday. I kind of lived it up a little. I've never really done that before but I think I'm getting tired of Phase 1. I had a bacon/cheese omelette for lunch yesterday (which was HIGH fat) and Saturday afternoon I had a chicken and beef kabob at a bridal shower and that night I had some serious piles of pulled pork at my cast party. I actually ate super clean beyond those extravagances and I only gained a pound. I'm sure I've got a little sugar, salt and fat that shouldn't be in my system so it'll take a day or two to get out and I should be back to normal.  I know I shouldn't have eaten these things but I needed to live in the moment and enjoy what was there. I have learned so much about diet and what to eat and what NOT to eat. I can tell when my body doesn't like something and I don't really want to make myself sick. Those days are LONG gone as far as I'm concerned.

So today I started at 148.7 which is about a lb higher than Saturday morning. Not too bad..... I am working on losing 2-3 lbs this week because I really, really, really want to get to goal by next week. I know that's pushing it since I have so little left to lose. This is definitely not like my first 6 weeks when I was losing 3-6 lbs a week!

I'm going for 145 at the minimum..... but I really, really, really hope I can make it to 142 or 143. That would be pretty darn awesome.

Just wanted to share pics from the weekend......

My SM Sheryl Dizon & my music director Rod Gray on closing weekend

My friend Jenn Buhl's bridal shower with (from L to R): Katie Richardson, Erin McKiernan, Jenn Buhl, me, Courtney Hood, Emileigh Kershaw