Phase 2 Results

Weight lost: none (bummer)
Body fat percentage:
*7-site test:
--January: 32%
--February: 31%
*9-site test:
--Januray: 25%
--February: 23%

Measurements, hip-waist ratio, etc. to follow as an edit later this evening.
Edit:
Measurements and differences from last check-in:
Waist: 36" [-1/2"]
Hips: 48 1/4 [-1/4]
Forearm: 9 [0]
Arm: 15 1/4 [-1/4]
Thigh: 32 [-1/2]
Calf: 18 1/4 [-1/4]
Total Difference: -1 3/4"

My hip/waist ratio is .74, and since .75 is "ideal" and only .01 away from where i am (and was my total the last two check-ins) I'm feeling satisfied.

Current weight: 235
I've lost a total of 13 lbs since 12/24/09, and 3 1/2" total. WooT w00t!

When I had James do my assessment today, he was pointing out that it was a lot easier to pinch my skin now than it was last time, that he had a really hard time even getting the calipers to even stay around the skin without sliding off. I'm "much more pliable now" and that's effing sweet.

Things I've noticed:
- I can wear my CTR ring on my middle finger now without it turning purple.
- I can wear an old engagement ring without it turning my ring figer purple.
- The clasp-band of my bras don't dig into my sides the way they used to.
- My back fat rolls are now lumps. (Weird thing I noticed: I hate the way my back fat feels when it folds onto itself, and at work it's really frustrating, so if I was just sitting around doing nothing, I'd push my shirt into my folds so I didn't have to feel skin on skin. Now, my shirt can't stay tucked in my fat. Weird thing to share, I know, but it's the weird little things that let you see progress... Right?)
- My calves are more defined.
- My cheekbones are hella awesome.
- My old-lady jello jiggle arms don't jiggle so much.
- When I worked at Hollywood Video, I had some tan corduroy pants that were really tight in the waist and cut into me really bad. If I pulled them high, I got camel's toe (which for some reason doesn't bother people out here. EW.) but if I pulled them low, I had to pull them to below my low abs, so I'd have a fat roll hanging over the front. (Don't judge: I was too poor to buy better clothes.) So I'd put on a big shirt and go. I haven't even tried them on since June. I wore them the other day. The way they're supposed to be worn. Without having to pull them up or down. And they were comfortable.
- My boobs, themselves, are not any smaller (praise the lord!) but my rib fat is going away. WOOHOO!