I have an appointment this morning at a gym (one of only two places here in Massachusetts that has the Bod Pod) to get my body fat analyzed. I want to use the information to help me set a realistic goal weight. This place is huge. They have 6 parking lot attendants to show you where to park. I have no idea what it is like inside but I have never seen a gym so busy. Well it is January and it is Saturday....I bet it won't be so busy in a month!

So before I go in I am going to guess what the results might be....

Right now I'm about 198lbs. I'm 5'10"

I am going to say that I have 120lbs of lean mass and the rest is fat. Now I need to see how close (or off!) I am.

I will post the results after the appointment.

I've never heard of a Bod Pod but it sounds really cool. I have no idea what my ideal weight or body fat is so I just picked a number as a goal. I probably should have chosen 155 or 160 because that was my weight for a long time before I gained all my fluff. Have fun at the gym! You are going to do great!

So I was pretty close! The scale said I was 196.4lbs

129.3 is lean mass (or 65.8%)

67.1 is fat (or 34.2%)

There are some other calculations.... I think it means I can eat 1,637 cal a day and maintain my weight. It said that was my RMR (resting metabolic rate?)

It also had a RMR x activity factor....sedentary was 2,030 calories up to 3,389 for very active.

I'm going to take this with me to my next appointment to let my bariatric team see the results and go over my goal weight with them.

It was a very easy test. I sat inside a big egg and it became pressurized. They did here calculations. They lasted about 45 seconds and I breathed normally. I was wearing a form fitting bathing suit and a swim cap. After each test the guy opened the pod and it was depressurized. I could feel the pressure each time in my ears but it wasn't uncomfortable.

I will def do it again to see if I'm on target....maybe in six months.

I got this done last year. At least your results were good. I was about 170 lbs but 49% body fat. Need less to say I felt like a marshmallow when I left by just hearing the body fat percentage. But also made me realize I needed to make some changes.