Gee Thanks.
I began training,
around 2005....it's a little foggy really. My initial goal was similar as most. I joined a gym just to lose weight. Spent better part of a year in denial that I even had a gym membership much less used it and then really hit rock bottom.
The plan that I followed to lean out was Body for Life by none other than Bill Phillips. Made my husband buy the book for me because I was too self conscious to purchase it myself. Read it cover to cover, had my doubts but thought...if it doesn't work, then I still where I am right now. So I gave it shot. In a nutshell: protein, good carbs, mini meals throughout the day combined with HIIT and real weight training. Much like what you are doing.
Today my eating is still very much BFL style, a 40/40/20 split in my macronutrients of protein, carb, and fat respectively. My workouts are HIIT cardio along with compound movements such as backsquats, deadlifts, rows, pullups, and every kind of pushup you can imagine.
I also began to include yoga. After the second year of lifting I really needed something to help with the mental fatigue I was experiencing from lifting and yoga provided just that.
I think that something else that is a little different these days is that every workout I do is different. I work within a "parameter" of a specific goal but find ways to make subtle changes to the workout to keep it "new"either mentally or physically.
I think that if you continue with the tools you have before you, you will be well on your way to meet your goal at the end of the year. The only big thing here is CONSISTENCY. Almost anyone can do these things for a short period of time, but when you are
consistent, you will see
significant changes in your body in a year's time.
Big achievement: I squatted my own bodyweight
congratulations
So how long have you been working toward your weight lifting goals?
