The Provincial Lady
I did a little search, idly wondering what E.M. Delafield's full name might be.

I found this, quite an interesting page, if amateur in layout (for instance, the information I sought is deeply buried near the bottom of the page, and proves to be Edmee Elizabeth Monica Dashwood, known to friends as Emmie). I'm not quite certain who the owner of Starcourse.org might be, though it seems she (or he) has a family connection. (Stripping the URL has just proved more mystifying than not.)

Anyway.

Today's weight, 132.5 pounds -- moderately cheering, despite consumption of about three ounces of fudge yesterday.

This morning, I thought to do a round of Abs, followed by, perhaps, a session on the stepper... however, on contemplation, I resolved that I needed something a bit more stirring, and decided to do an old favourite circuit routine. It comes from Oxygen magazine, and is attributed, I think, to Kristia Knowles.

There was a lot of sweat around this morning. This was a good switch of dull routine.

Circuit (repeat three times, no rest)
All strength exercises for 15 reps.
All cardio intervals for 1 minute.

Cable Row, V-handle, 50lbs
Jumping jacks
Pushup, bodyweight
Quick step-ups (Reebok step, 2 risers)
DB Stationary Lunge, 37.5lb dbs
Jog in place
DB Bicep Curl with Shoulder Press, 17.5lb dbs
"Skipping" (without rope)
Tricep dip off bench, bodyweight
Quick side steps
Squat, Oly bar, 95lbs
Two-legged hops in place
Abs
round 1: Hanging Knee Raise x25
round 2: Cable Crunch, 40lbs x25
round 3: Ball crunch with 27.5lb DB x25
Do the Twist

Eaten today:
one, a cup of mixed Kashi and Fibre One, with protein shake (flavoured with almond extract and nutmeg); small nectarine; coffee
two, 1/3 cup buckwheat pancake mix, prepped with 1/4 cup each egg white and soymilk, and a dash of lemon juice, served with 2 slices sham (sizzled briefly in hot pancake pan), 1/4 cup Quark mixed with Cool Whip, 2 tablespoons apple butter or sugar-free pancake syrup
three, salad with beans and chicken. Silhouette Vanilla Mousse thing. Sugar-free Minute Maid juice drink -- these are my newest addiction, only I've only been finding them at odd moments in convenience stores in unlikely places, where they cost too much, and don't come in, say, flats or large bottles. This one was Citrus Guava.

Yesterday's remaining meals -- other than the fudge, about which we will say no more --
four, cinnamon oatmeal raisin cake, with Cool Whip/Quark/Jello pudding icing. Lots of pickles.
five, slice pumpernickel with can sardines
six, half-scoop protein powder, 2 tablespoons Quark, coconut extract, Cool Whip; 1/4 cup low-fat vanilla ice cream; two crumbled coconut meringue cookies; tea.