Bod Pod Testing

Well today was the day. Almost two weeks since the holidays and I headed in for another body fat and fitness assessment. My point was that you can continue to lose weight and get through the holidays. The results were better than I expected. I am down 4 lbs since November, my body fat level is now at 17.7%, weight 178.3 and my lean muscle mass has increased about 1%. I am on track to reaching my goal of 14% body fat by my 50th Birthday in April.


Now the real work begins. How do I tweak my workouts to push the other 2% of fat out of my body. I need to do some adjustments to my diet and my workouts. My diet will need to be adjusted with more lean protein and I need to eliminate the lousy carbs from my diet. My workouts will need to include more weight training while keeping the aerobic exercises at about the same level. I may need to increase the number of workout sessions to twice a day in order to reach my goal. I will set up an appointment with the Wellness Center coaches in February to discuss the changes and see what they can recommend.

I will update my training on this blog once I figure it out.

Well what a lousy weekend. Starting on Thursday I had a toothache that kept me up all night into Friday. The pain was very intense on the right lower side of my mouth, so I got into the dentist. I found out that I have an abscess in my lower jaw. Great!!. So he gives me antibiotics and pain medicine. 2 days later and my jaw is still killing me and i am not getting any sleep. Looks like i will be back at the dentist tomorrow to get something else. He is planning on a root canal but that has to wait until the infection is down. This whole episode is really screwing with my training. I had it going so well too. I am down to 177-178 lbs. My runs have increased in distance and speed. I have more energy than every before, and I love it. I am schedule for body fat testing again on January 15 and hope to be down to 16 %. I need to get through this problem with my teeth because I can't get any exercise in when my mouth is on fire. More to come tomorrow.