The Bod Pod

Yesterday I went and had my body fat % measured. I felt like I was going into the future as I stepped into the Bod Pod! It really did look like a space craft. The test was simple enough, you sit inside it for 2 45 second tests. I had been led to believe by someone that this was all done by water displacement so as I stepped in I expected it to start filling up with water. To my relief it did not. Apparently that was the older way of measuring body fat %, the Bod Pod is the way of the future. LOL!

As I had expected, my body fat % was way to high!! You get the results from the test right away and they go over them with you. My % was 30.6! Not happy about that at all, not that I was shocked though. Lesson is, don't spend months out of the gym and expect to still be in shape! They also went over how many calories I should be eating just to maintain my weight, and although I still want to drop a few pounds my calorie intake was way too low! The said I should be eating about 1800 a day to maintain my weight, as long as my workouts stay the same. I don't think I'll ever eat that much, but I definitely need to bring it up from the 1200 I have been consuming  a day. 

My goal during this 60 day is to lose around 10 pounds and then maintain that weight by dropping fat and gaining lean muscle. I want to see my number drop from 30.6 down to hopefully the low 20's. My plan for doing all this is to jump start my challenge with a 9 day done exactly how it's written. Then I will follow a 5/2 schedule for the rest of the time, but do 1 scoop of the IsaLean and 1 scoop of the IsaPro in my shakes. I also plan on doing the belly buster for some extra protein. 

I plan on following the 8 week to bikini body workout program. When I was looking over it I was pleased to see that most of the workouts looked pretty quick, no more than 30 min or so. 

http://extreme.lifeplusfitness.com/bikini-body-8-week-program.html

I'm excited to take this journey, but I know it's going to be a lot of work. I'm hoping my motivation of a bikini body in Vegas will keep me going strong!