Goals for May and April wrapup

As of this morning my stats are:

• Weight: 176.8 lbs (-2 lbs)
  
• Body fat: 32% or 56.6 lbs (-2% or -4.2 lbs)

I started the last week of March, but let's just call it all April since I wasn't heavily tracking in March. I almost made my goal of losing 5 lbs in April, if we just look at lbs of fat. Actually my goal was to make it to 175, so I guess I failed haha. But looking at the progress, I still win.

For May my goal is to lose 5 lbs of body fat, so that I have 51.6 lbs of fat. Since there are many, many ways of accomplishing this, I set up an Excel spreadsheet which tracks weights to the 10th unit (ie xxx.x), and compares it against full percentages of body fat (since my scale doesn't give it with decimal points). I have colored in green the cells that meet or exceed my goals, so everytime I do a weigh-in I can check against the chart to see how I'm doing. I also have a less detailed chart which just tracks integer weights against body fat, so that I can see about where I can expect to fall. Based on the chart, my prediction for success at the end of May will be:

• Weight: 172 lbs
  
• Body fat: 30% or 51.6 lbs

Any higher overall weight, and I'd have to have 29% body fat or less. I can go all the way to 167 and still have 30% body fat (or less) to meet the goal, but that's a hefty difference from my current weight. I'd love to stop seeing 170+ on the scale, but however I get there is fine.

I'm excited for May, and I think I can achieve my goal!