12 weeks out

Sorry for the crap lighting, I had these pictures taken in the women's locker room at my gym. Today I weighed in at 137.7lbs, and the weight is slowly coming off. Slowly but surely. It seems that my body isn't very tolerant to carbs; my weight has been bouncing around earlier in the week, but slashing my carbs seems to be working. Now if I could only break 136lbs, then I'd be on a roll..

I'm about 3 months away from competition, and a little nervous that the weight is not coming off as quickly as I'd like it to be. Other than that, I can't complain about anything else (other than biceps, they need some work--bombed my bicep curls last week, but went up on hammer curls and preacher curls). I kind of wish I looked more muscular when I'm not flexing, but that's another goal I can set for myself post-competition--trying to lean bulk. My legs and lower back are getting very strong, my lines are getting deeper (definition in my quads is reaching my hip bone), and it all puts a smile on my face :)

I am not looking forward to tomorrow--Mondays are chest days, which makes me cringe. I'm a bit overwhelmed at the moment, projects at work are picking up, I'm taking my GREs next saturday the 15th (wish me luck!!), so I'm trying to cram like a madwoman, and trying to keep stress levels down (I notice I tend to get mad/frustrated really easily, and my easygoing demeanor is slowly fading), while trying to save up/plan for some awesome shredding this season.

Went to Costco and Walmart this weekend, and dropped about $200 this month on food which included: 6lbs of almonds, 4.5lbs of top round, 4lbs of tilapia, 18 tubs of cottage cheese, 6 pints of egg whites, 7.5 dozen large eggs, four 66.5oz cans of tuna, spices and tupperware. My buddies and I finally made it a tradition to do our monthly grocery shopping at Costco, as it saves us tons of money and we love buying in bulk. I'm sure this stuff is going to last me more than a month, but better to have plenty than to run out and not have enough :)

I have some pics of my cheats from this weekend and last weekend, and I'll post those later. Heading off to cram for GREs/plan my future..take care :)