newbie looking for advice

[Guest guest]

Note to self - read posts before submitting:

should read 'newbie'

and of course

'skwigg'

> Hi there folks.

>

> I come here via Swigg's website, which I found through Tom

Venuto's

> ezine.

>

> I am currently reading BFL, after having read BFFM.

>

> I have also started running instead of going to the gym, with the

> view to doing a 5km race in 6 weeks time.

>

> I also calorie count and get weighed in at WW (I no longer do

> pointing, but keep an eye on sat fat etc).

>

> Questions are this: I plan to follow BFL after my race, but will

> probably have ditched the gym by then. I have been looking at

home

> gym equipment and have decided to start with a Marcy flat/slant

> bench and a set of 20kg spinlock dumbbells. Bearing in mind I

have

> only ever managed to get to week 5 of any program before and that

> was more than a year ago (it was GHF's program) and I am 154lb 30

> year old (in the UK):

>

> 1) will the equipment I have chosen be enough

> 2) can I start the weights program before I start the cardio i.e.

> when I am doing 3 x 45min of cardio at <70% MHR plus one tempo

> session

> 3) does anyone cook and follow the BFL diet? (I'm a bit of a

gastro

> and the thought of plain chicken breast at every meal really

doesn't

> appeal)

>

> Sorry for all the qu's but you all seem knowledgeable and have

> obviously gone through this successfully!

[Guest guest]

Hello all, i'm doing this on behalf of my partner.

He is 29 and has just been told that he will need his thyroid out due

to a goiter that he has.

He has had all the tests done and the thyroid is normal. If he does

have the thyroid out then he will be on tablets for the rest of his

life. My partner doesn't understand why they want to take it all out

and not just the goiter.

Does anyone have any advice

thanks

cheryl