[wlaurie]

Hi, I enjoyed reading your post. I just posted on my thread yesterday under "my weight loss group" about doing interval training. I'm reading a new book called The New Rules of Lifting for Women that talks about the same things you are saying. Yesterday, I did my first interval training and I must say that it was pretty intense. I was a marathon treadmiller but now I'm starting to do more intense workouts for shorter periods and not everyday, like I was before. I plan to interval train on the treadmill with a 2:1 ratio, that is 2 minutes at a fast walk and 1 minute at an all out run. I did this for a mile yesterday and I hope to increase eventually to 2 miles @ this pace. Then I want to follow up with lifting weights. My husband does some lifting and he's always encouraging me to lift heavier weights, this book also says the same thing. That is that women lift only "Barbie weights" and never lift heavy enough to get results. Yesterday I did some lifting (4 diff. exercises) 3 sets each. I started out @8 lbs. weights, then 10 lbs., then 12 lbs. I still have trouble thinking that less is more as far as working out, but I'm hoping that going this route will indeed raise my metabolism and help me reach my weight loss and fitness goals. Thanks for your valuable info, Laurie