I love your new avatar MuscleMom. I would guess those woman who eat 3,500 cals do weight lifting, yoga, mountain climbing, sky diving, boxing, and running
I pretty much sit at my computer all day when I'm not at the gym, so I need to keep that in mind. But I am very lucky that my BMR must be genetically inherited to be high (looking at my family). I think thats great advice--its always better to overshoot the target than undershoot.
And thanks for the encouragement beach_plums. I can't wait for stage 7! These strength-building stages do require a lot of eating though, good for us women who dig cooking and sitting down to hearty meals.
As I guessed, if I were doing the deadlifts right
, I could have lifted a lot more.
Stage 2 Workout 4B
A1. Wide-grip deadlifts on box -- 2x10, 35 lbs plates (115 lbs), 2x10, 40 lb plates (125 lbs)
+ 10 lbs
B1. Bulgarian split squat -- 2x20, 20 lb dumbbell
+ 5 lbs
B2. Underhand-grip lat pulldown -- 1x10, 60 lbs, 1x10, 70 lbs
C1. Reverse lunge from box -- 2x20, 15 lbs DBs (30 lbs)
C2. Dumbbell Cuban Snatch -- 2x10, 10 lbs DBs (20 lbs) -- I went down on the weight to make sure I get the form right.
D1. Overhead Swissball crunch -- 2x10, 20 lbs
D2. Reverse crunch -- 2x10 on incline bench about 45 degrees
D3. Lateral flexion 3 -- 2x20
+ difficulty
E. Prone cobra -- 2x10, 60 seconds
Interval training
2x40 secs or so of box jumps, 2 min rest -- we were ushered out of the gym for closing time just as I was getting ready to do my third interval 
Happy Easter everyone!