[nancysmithwp]

Thank you for the description. I take a bootcamp class on Thursdays, and it includes 3 sets of 8 assisted pull-ups. Pulling my elbows in comes naturally to me. I think I'm doing it right. I'll continue to pay attention to it. Right now it's such a great effort, I'm sure the nuances are escaping me.

Thank you Patty! Fellow Warrior Princess! I think most of us here are. I heard the term applied to women hang glider pilots (which I am) and it caught my fancy, so I've been using it ever since.


Thu: 10/8 Bootcamp class, average heartrate 141, max 161, over 41 minutes.

I love this instructor, and the other girls in the class. I've read studies where group exercise releases endorphins and other happy chemicals. It does form bonds. I'm an introvert myself. I've seen this one girl on the weight floor for years and we've never spoken. She started taking the class two weeks ago, and now we're fast friends.



Food:
Wed: Calories 1561, Fat 61, Carbs 180, Protein 111
Thu: Calories 1917, Fat 78, Carbs 240, Protein 117

Lunch this week is salmon patties from Clean Eating mag this week. Very tasty! And great northern beans, because I was raised on them and they remind me of home.

I don't always log my food. I tend to do it a couple of months straight now and then to see how I'm doing. My only real goal is to keep the protein average over 100. And to keep the wine to a couple of glasses a week until after the dance performance in December! There's a definite correlation with belly fat there. I don't care what the guys at T-Nation say.