Soda is something I have to watch out for, too. I used to live on Coca-Cola! Fizzy wonderfulness all day, every day, every meal. You did good to only have one. If I drink one soda, it's too easy for me to have a second and third, and on and on.

Hi all, didn't get any extra cardio in yesterday - will try today.  DOMS has set in but not too bad yet.

Jared, the site says my BMR is around 1900 calories... I'm usually getting 1800-2000/day depnding.

Daisy limiting is pretty easy - you can only get grape soda at the grocery store at the mall and I only bought one... so once I get home I have no choice   Usually I'm there 2 or 3 times a week though.

Getting ready to do cardio in just a bit.  BP today is 136/81 pulse 58.

UBWO done.  Still paying for free day on the scale - darned salt!

BP last night after cooling down from cardio: 106/93, pulse 111

BP just now almost 2 hours after UBWO - 130/82, pulse 94

Avg resting pulse lately is around 60

Less than one month of BFL has taken me from high blood pressure to normal to borderline depending on the time of day.  Resting Pulse rate has dropped 10bpm+

Sadly even with those improvements, I am still very, very overweight.  On the bright side blood pressure should improve even more as I continue to lose bodyweight.  They came out with a study a few weeks back saying blood pressure was much more related to body weight than fitness level, and that even physical fitness could not override your weight.  That is not my experience from doing BFL - makes you wonder what the level and types of fitness they were comparing against in that study.  I still don't want to be fat either way, but that kind of study is the kind of thing your average fat person uses to avoid exercise - 'i just need to diet because it doesn't matter if i exercise it won't improve my blood pressure anyway.'

M1 - Salmon Patties (they are half veggies (onions & bell peppers) so takes two to get one protein serving - had 3)

Walk 3/4 mile to gym

UBWO - Biceps & Shoulders

Walk 3/4 mile home

M2 - Rotisserie chicken on ww sandwich & extra chicken

BP 1.5 hours after UBWO - 134/78, pulse 78

M3 - Salmon Patties (2) & banana

M4 - Tuna fish/boiled egg sandwich on ww & orange

Probably going to bed after M4, need extra sleep - if not, will probably repeat M4 for M5

No scale budge again this morning tho did drop after workout, but sure that's just water weight. 

DOMS in pecs, shoulders, triceps, biceps, and a little left in the quads and hammies too - today is the start of week 4 for me.  Have not missed any workouts this week and have done weights the last 4 days in a row.  No more weights for me til tuesday, just cardio.

I may delay free day this week because a) I am too broke to have an enjoyable free day, b) really am wanting to see that scale drop, c) have a package coming next week with some homemade chocolate chip cookies in it.  So probably will end up going another 10+ days between free days again.  I ate/drank enough last free day to gain half a pound (calories wise) and am going to avoid that again in the future.  I don't really feel like I'm missing anything and am not craving anything other than maybe it would be nice to have some soda next time.

Going to take end of week 3/start of week 4 pics tomorrow, but don't expect to see much of a difference -- if only they would look like my avatar

I hear that, sometimes all the freefood looks like crap and alot of exercise!