Day 64

Hit the gym today after a much needed lazy "me" day of just finishing my book, making fajitas (Delish!), and watching a movie before going out with friends to celebrate Halloween. I got in a good workout and with the help of 5 inch heels, I'm sure I will have gotten a great leg workout by the end of the night. Here's what I did at the rec center: 

Squats:

45 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

55 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

65 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

75 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

85 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

95 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

105 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

115 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

125 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

135 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

145 lbs--3 sets, 5 reps

Leg Extensions:

50 lbs--4 sets, 15 reps

Lat Pull Downs:

80 lbs--4 sets, 15 reps

Bench Press:

30 lbs--4 sets, 15 reps

Crunches:

4 sets, 25 reps

Loving the stress reduction after doing all of this. I felt like it flew by today and it kind of did. I'm starting to just blast through these squats. I might be moving up to 185 starting Tuesday!

Day 62 = 2 Months!

I have finally made it to the 2 month mark! My legs aren't too much bigger, and sadly my tan is fading fast. My left leg is almost the same size as my right one though! ha ha ha! I'm pretty proud with what I've done so far. Oh and P.S. this is the After, then Before.

Here is the biggest change of it all. My butt. I'm completely shocked at how much muscle has gone into that thing. No wonder I am having a hard time getting my jeans on! Ha I'm thrilled!

Whelp, I'm super proud of myself right now! I can't believe its only been 2 months that I've been able to do this. I'm excited to see what 3 months holds!! ha! Heres the work out for this evening:

Squats:

45 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

55 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

65 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

75 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

85 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

95 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

105 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

115 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

125 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

135 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

145 lbs--3 sets, 5 reps

Leg Extensions:

50 lbs--4 sets, 15 reps

Lat Pull Downs:

80 lbs--4 sets, 15 reps

Bench Press:

30 lbs--4 sets, 15 reps

Crunches:

4 sets, 25 reps

I had a great work out and made a new friend, Jerry. It's amazing all the cool people you meet working out. Things are going so great! Ah awesome!

Day 60

Whelp, after a rocky day yesterday I hit the weight room this evening and was able to let out some steam. I love how it will relieve my stress and rid me of my issues after a few sets of almost anything. I haven't eaten much all day again, which made lifting a total bitch, but I powered through it all the best I could. My squats were difficult, so were the lat pull downs, and now drinking this protein shake is becoming a challenge.

Squats:

45 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

55 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

65 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

75 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

85 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

95 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

105 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

115 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

125 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

135 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

145 lbs--3 sets, 5 reps

Leg Extensions:

50 lbs--4 sets, 15 reps

Lat Pull Downs:

80 lbs--4 sets, 15 reps

Bench Press:

30 lbs--4 sets, 15 reps

Crunches:

4 sets, 25 reps

The cool news with all this is that my next work out will be the 2 month mark of my workout endeavor! I'm so happy with myself and the progress I have been making. Pics will be soon to come!! 

Day 58

I  missed Day 56. With so much going on and school work catching up to me, I was unable to get away on Saturday to lift. I feel terrible for missing it. I'll hit the routine back up tomorrow. Oh and good news, I jumped on the scale on Saturday and weighed in at 130.0 lbs. This might soon change. I've had a very terrible day. Probably one of the worst I've had ever sadly. All I've had to eat today included a pb&j, about 4 pieces of broccoli with a few carrots, and an attempt to eat a chicken caesar salad that made it for about 6 or 7 bites...I'm just devastated. Ive been crying and upset since about 1 pm and I'm still sitting here completely torn up over it. I just can't eat anything either. I'm so upset that I can't even force myself to eat, which is completely against what I'm working for. I don't know what to do. I keep trying to force myself to eat but i just can't do it. I feel so empty.

Day 54

I drove home tonight because I'm seeing Mimi this weekend, got to good ol' Falcon and was able to hit the newly remodeled rec center...which was kind of an irritation with all the stupid new machines that I have no clue how to even begin to work. Fool proof my ass! Fortunately I was able to do everything after figuring some stuff out and getting hit on by an older gentleman in the process. Here's tonights late night workout:

Squats:

45 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

55 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

65 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

75 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

85 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

95 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

105 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

115 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

125 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

135 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

145 lbs--3 sets, 5 reps

Leg Extensions:

55 lbs--4 sets, 15 reps

Lat Pull Downs:

80 lbs--4 sets, 15 reps

Bench Press:

30 lbs--4 sets, 15 reps

Crunches:

4 sets, 25 reps

I also got to weigh myself now that I'm at home. I'll have to verify, but with a hoodie and pair of leggings on after a nice big protein shake, I weighed in at 129.6lbs! Umm can you say amazing?!?! I haven't weighed this much since high school! It's crazy but I feel and look much better than I did at 105 and 115. I'm just glad I'm actually putting on some weight. I find it noticeable, so its nice that the scale can notice it too. 

Day 52

Whelp, I finally made the big move up to 145 lbs on the squat rack and found it to be surprisingly easy. I'm not sure if its because I'm just so stressed with school right now, or what, but it was much much easier than I expected. I has no problem getting parallel and bringing it all the way back up in one fluid motion. It was great to work out and relieve some stress by getting away from all the school work for about an hour or so. I flew through it all pretty easily. Here's tonight's workout:

Squats:

45 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

55 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

65 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

75 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

85 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

95 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

105 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

115 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

125 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

135 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

145 lbs--3 sets, 5 reps

Leg Extensions:

50 lbs--4 sets, 15 reps

Lat Pull Downs:

80 lbs--4 sets, 15 reps

Bench Press:

30 lbs--4 sets, 15 reps

Crunches:

4 sets, 25 reps

I am thinking that I might be able to try 155 lbs on Thursday. It sounds crazy to think I might be able to jump up 20 lbs after sitting on 135 for over a week or so. We'll see what happens, and until then I'm hitting the books like crazy. Two exams tomorrow...YIKES!

Day 49

What a fun day! Not only was it a huge upset day in college football, but I got to meet up with some family members, the White fam, and grab lunch and a quick shopping spree at the Park Meadows Mall. It was a total blast seeing them all again! Hanging out with Joy, Hannah, and Sarah was great. Little Sarah, man that girl will run circles around you. Here we are as we made our way dancing the entire time through Abercrombie. She alone was a workout, but a much more fun workout at that!

I attempted to workout early in the day before seeing them, but was unable to finish my routine...so I worked out twice today. This is what I did this morning:

Squats:

45 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

55 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

65 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

75 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

85 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

95 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

105 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

115 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

125 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

135 lbs--3 sets, 5 reps

I was unable to get to anything else so later this evening, while watching some great football games, I did this:

Squats:

45 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

135 lbs--4 sets, 5 reps

Leg Extensions:

50 lbs--4 sets, 15 reps

Lat Pull Downs:

80 lbs--4 set, 15 reps

Bench Press:

30 lbs--4 sets, 15 reps

Crunches:

4 sets, 25 reps

I was able to move up in weight for the lat pull downs, and also did the squats with ease. I'm thinking that on Tuesday I'm going to be good to move up to 145 lbs now. All-in-all, a good day and a great workout. 

Day 47

The 135 lbs on the squat rack is starting to feel pretty good. I think I will finish out the week here and then move up 10 lbs starting Tuesday. Other than that, nothing too different. I tried 80 lbs on the lat pull down, but my scrawny little arms aren't ready for that increase just yet. My workout for tonight is as follows:

Squats:

45 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

55 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

65 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

75 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

85 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

95 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

105 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

115 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

125 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

135 lbs--3 sets, 5 reps

Leg Extensions:

50 lbs--4 sets, 15 reps

Lat Pull Downs:

70 lbs--3 sets, 15 reps

80 lbs--1 set, 15 reps

Bench Press:

30 lbs--4 sets, 15 reps

Crunches:

4 sets, 25 reps

I have a good feeling my arms will be feeling this in the morning, not that I did too much or really anything too drastically different. They are just feeling slightly fatigued at the moment which I'm hoping is just a temporary side effect for the time being. 

Day 45

My squats at 135 lbs are starting to get much better. I'm almost able to keep up the consistency as I do with the other weights. I'm finding the issue lies in the last 2 of the 2nd set and the last 3 of the 3rd set. It's not too bad, but hopefully I'll be moving up to 145 lbs pretty soon. The workouts are just getting longer and longer unfortunately because I add to them, that or they are just starting to feel a bit monotonous. I am proud of myself though because I've been keeping up with this very well. I haven't missed a day, other than those sick days a while back, and have been able to lift and do more and more. It's been great getting back into the routine of a great lifting workout. 

Here's what I did this evening:

Squats:

45 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

55 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

65 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

75 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

85 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

95 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

105 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

115 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

125 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

135 lbs--3 sets, 5 reps

Leg Extensions:

50 lbs--4 sets, 15 reps

Lat Pull Downs:

70 lbs--4 sets, 15 reps

Bench Press:

30 lbs--4 sets, 15 reps

Crunches:

4 sets, 25 reps

I plan on increasing the weight of the lat pull downs soon, but am hesitant since I just started bench press. We'll see what happens. As for now, everything is going smoothly!

Day 42

After some intense cleaning with my roomie, I got a good workout in to finish the day off. It went well, but the 135 weight for the squats still isn't coming too easy for me. I'm doing them, but they aren't as fluid as I would like. Here's what I did this evening:

Squats:

45 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

55 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

65 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

75 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

85 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

95 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

105 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

115 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

125 lbs--1 set, 5 reps

135 lbs--3 sets, 5 reps

Leg Extensions:

50 lbs--4 sets, 15 reps

Lat Pull Downs:

70 lbs--4 sets, 15 reps

Bench Press:

30 lbs--4 sets, 12 reps

Crunches:

4 sets, 25 reps

Not a bad workout. It took me a lot longer than I had anticipated, but the more I keep adding the more time I'm finding I should allot to this endeavor. I'm pretty sore today due to that increase in weight in the leg extensions, and I couldn't even begin to tell you how sore I am from bench press...sucks, but I'm just getting started! 

Day 40

I love when I go to workout and do way more than people expect me to do. I just really love messing with people's perceptions. Here's what I did tonight:


Squats:
45 lbs--1 set, 5 reps
55 lbs--1 set, 5 reps
65 lbs--1 set, 5 reps
75 lbs--1 set, 5 reps
85 lbs--1 set, 5 reps
95 lbs--1 set, 5 reps
105 lbs--1 set, 5 reps
115 lbs--1 set, 5 reps
125 lbs--1 set, 5 reps
135 lbs--3 sets, 5 reps
Leg Extensions:
40 lbs--4 sets, 15 reps

Lat Pull Downs:
70 lbs--4 sets, 15 reps
Crunches:
4 sets, 25 reps


I had some fun tonight, met some new friends in the process and watched a massive beat down from Nebraska on Kansas State while I lifted. I am going to slowdown my progress starting Saturday and get my squats at 135 lbs perfected. 

Day 38

Well I'm feeling pretty special right now because I realize I did more weight on my squats this evening than I was supposed to do. I guess I will be repeating this workout again on Thursday. I hope it doesn't make me awkwardly sore or anything. 


Squats:
45 lbs--1 set, 5 reps
55 lbs--1 set, 5 reps
65 lbs--1 set, 5 reps
75 lbs--1 set, 5 reps
85 lbs--1 set, 5 reps
95 lbs--1 set, 5 reps
105 lbs--1 set, 5 reps
115 lbs--1 set, 5 reps
125 lbs--1 set, 5 reps
135 lbs--3 sets, 5 reps
Leg Extensions:
40 lbs--4 sets, 15 reps

Lat Pull Downs:
70 lbs--4 sets, 15 reps


And for my sweet little tummy thats decided to show up I've started crunches. 5 sets of 25. I never thought I'd see the day my mid section put on some weight...well goes to show what I'm doing is working. Hopefully those size 4 shorts of mine will be fitting better soon! 

Day 35

The squat weight is increasing with every workout. The strength in my legs is getting greater and greater with every work out. I'm very pleased with the progress I am making. Here's what I did:

Squats:
45 lbs--1 set, 5 reps
55 lbs--1 set, 5 reps
65 lbs--1 set, 5 reps
75 lbs--1 set, 5 reps
85 lbs--1 set, 5 reps
95 lbs--1 set, 5 reps
105 lbs--1 set, 5 reps
115 lbs--3 sets, 5 reps


Leg Extensions:
40 lbs--4 sets, 15 reps

Lat Pull Downs:
70 lbs--4 sets, 15 reps


I need to start doing some ab workouts because these high calorie meals are starting to add up a little bit around my tummy. I don't want to lose the tone, fit look of my stomach, so I will have to add some crunches or sit-ups this next week.