Thanks Kate. I hope so to! I'll be more excited once I have a definite date set... I'm still waiting on a reply to an email I sent over two weeks ago! Lucky I am a patient person
I've decided to cut the recovery phase my program short and start on a new program that I've just invented. I've made up a three-week excercise program, that I based on a little brochure that I picked up in a health food store LOL. I've also devised a bit of an eating plan, which I hope will get rid of some of my nasty eating habits (namely, eating after dinner, and during the night when I wake up.. yuck!!).
My idea is that this will just be an interim plan for the next three weeks, while I am reading "Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle". After I'm finished with that, I will have some more defined plans and goals. By the looks of it, I don't think I'll be able to go into it with my bad eating habits still with me
Anyway, here's the plan:
Weight:
- Less than 50kg
- Only get on the scales once a week, most likely Saturdays
- Get myself a pair of skinfold calipers to determine my bodyfat % (I have BIA scales, but find they are far from accurate!!)
Diet:
- I have devised a three point system, which is:
1. Calorie intake less than 7500kJ (about 1800Cal). Half a point for less than 8000kJ, just to stop me going completely overboard if my total is like 7600kJ hehehe!!!
2. My food diary... everything that I eat is recorded, even if it means weighing many miniscule portions over the evening! AND everything is recorded under the
correct day!
3. No eating overnight.
Nothing to eat after I go to bed for the night, or after 10pm, whichever comes first!
- So I have a maximum score of 3 points every day. I'll give myself an overall score out of 21 for each week.
Alcohol:
- Only on social occasions.
- Limit of two glasses of wine per occasion.
- No hangovers!!!
Excercise:
- All the weights and abdominal sessions as written in my program.
- At least an hour of cardio per day
- I'm also doing the
Global Corporate Challenge for work, meaning I'm wearing a pedometer for the next three months

. So my goal is a minimum of 10,000 steps. I've been averaging 17,000 steps so this should not be too hard!
Check back in three weeks
