Guest guest Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 Hi, My hubby got me the BfL for Women book for Christmas. He should be throttled (in his defense, he also got himself the original BfL). For more than 20 years I was a gym rat, plus I like to hike, bike, etc. Three years ago I got married, and things went down hill At 45 I'm beginning to get that middle-aged mush despite my efforts so here I am starting a challenge for the new year. I'm lucky to have some workout equipment set up in our garage -- nordic track, weight bench with some light adjustable hand weights, a gold's gym weight machine, rowing machine, and a bike trainer. The bike trainer isn't set up yet this year My routine since it got too cold to bike to work and walk in the mornings has been mostly the nordic track and weight training. Yesterday was the first day of my challenge. Things went well because we went cross country skiing for 2.5 hours and my GPS/heart rate monitor tells me I burned 930 calories. Unfortunately, as a result, the sensible meals I had yesterday have left me feeling at a " deficit " today. Yesterday was cereal/soy milk & coffee for bfast, banana as a snack, 1 slice WH bread with turkey and carrot sticks for lunch, almonds & frozen cranberry juice for snack, and black-eyed peas, jasmine rice, yams, and chard for dinner (yes, I know jasmine rice and yams are not the best choices as far as carbs go, but there you have it...). I went to bed starved, I woke up starved, and I'm still feeling starved after my breakfast of 1 cup cereal/1cup soy milk and coffee. Hopefully, things begin to improve My workout this morning was 10 minutes on the nordic track for warm-up, 30 minutes of lower body, and 3 minutes of sit ups. I've got a banana for a morning snack, NF plain yogurt/fruit & carrot sticks for lunch, and some almonds for a snack. I was a fish vegetarian for 20 years, but have recently begun to eat a little meat - - mostly just a nice steak on special occasions (and we have left- over turkey from the holidays, thus, the turkey yesterday). Happy NY all, Dana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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