START.

So. Yeah. Separate blog to avoid cluttering my art blog with this stuff.

Recently, like, two weeks ago, I decided to change how I feel. I think back to high school and how unlazy and motivated I was, and I feel like a lot of it had to do with my diet and exercise back then. I'm hoping that getting back into shape will give me the energy and stuff I need to be boss-er.

Plus I miss being able to take off my shirt and have peeps mirin'.

I hang out on /fit/ a lot more now, read topics, get ideas, etc. Right now my usual diet is pretty small and simple; tuna, beans, nuts, oatmeal, eggs, bananas, and vegetables. As I go along I'll add stuff.

I eat 5-6 times a day, each meal being around 3-400 calories. It turns out that all this time I've been undereating! After adding up the calories in my old diet, I found out that I barely scraped 1200 most of the time. So, yeah.

On the downside, if I miss a couple of meals, my body goes 'LOLSCREWYOU' and gives me a headache. :T Maybe I have to work on packing snacks.

Lifting wise, I usually go to the gym MWF. My workout takes around an hour and a half max if I do everything. Right now it's:

5-10min. warmup stretches.

Squat 2x8
Calves 2x8

Deadlift 2x8
Dips 2x8

Bench 2x8
Row 2x8

Mil. Press 2x8
Lat pull down 2x8

Curls 2x8
Tris 2x8

Flys 2x8
Tri pull down 2x8

Leg ext. 2x8
Leg curl 2x8

If I have time, I might do some more curl isolation and machine flies just for the lulz, but usually I do around 20 minutes of cardio:

5-6min. warmup
1min. intense
2min. intermediate
1min. intense
2min. intermediate
1min. intense
5-6min. cool down.

5-10 minutes stretching (sometimes lawl)

This usually leaves me pretty tired, though recently, it really hasn't been so bad. I think I'll have to up the intense times to 1:30 within the next month. Also plan to up the number of sets to 3 for the bolded. Those are the most important exercises.

On T/TH, I do abs and full body. It's like my easy day. Full body is basically just modified up-downs; really hard after ten reps or so.

I feel pretty bad being in the gym since I'm soooo weak right now. Like, I do my bench at 95 pounds >_>; Granted, it's nowhere near my max, but I used to rep 135 back in high school EASY. 135 was, for lack of a better word, easy weight back then. It's what we warmed up with. It's also the weight we used in the rep contest that I got second place in :P I think it was like, 35 reps or something. So. Yeah. I'll up it to 105, though actually, I could probably do 115. I just don't want to risk it without a spot.

TESTOSTERONE WOO.

Side effects so far include being slightly more of a 'lol' person and carrying myself with that high school swagger :I I try not to, but like, I don't know. Something about working out again feels really good. Hooray for living in the past.

Besides that, I stretch every morning and every night. My body takes to exercise pretty okayly, so I'll get up progress pics in three months. I don't really want to get big like before, just stronger and more cut.

TL;DR: Started working out and watching my diet. If I stick with it, in three months, I'll post progress pics.