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THANK YOU YAY!! Am really excited with progress, it's all getting there (albeit slowly!).

Day Forty-Three - 13/09

Squats: 65kg. Just. I mean woah did I feel that afterwards.
Overhead Press:...

Thank you Rachelily - I'm rather enjoying full rest days now :D indeed so much that Lexiconic and I took an extra day off (both of us were physically knackered, it wouldn't have been worthwhile) and...

I'm going to second all that Lexiconic said with regards to form - I'm fairly sure I'm alright, but wouldn't hurt to check.

So from my angle:

Squats: 62.5kg. Hard work but fine.
Overhead...

Managed to get myself rather confused, seem to have posted things in a strange order, so let's start it off from...

Day Thirty-Five - 05/09/15

Squats: 60kg, and felt rather good!
Bench Press:...

I had an excellent lifting day, quite encouraging overall...

Day Thirty-Three

Squats: 60kg. Flaming hell that's heavy. Managed it, will again maintain at the same weight next time just to make...

I think Lexiconic and I are hitting walls, insofar as morale. I won't speak for Lexiconic (she's already posted to this effect) but as to me, I think it's my mental health insistently kicking me in...

Hello guys and dolls :)

Day Twenty-Seven

Rest day!

Day Twenty-Eight

Squats: 55kg, maintained weight to be on the safe side.
Bench Press: 30kg!! Absolutely delighted. Missed the...

Thank you Rachelily! Lexiconic and I are discussing what we'll do, and will keep you posted. I'm comforted that other people hate rows too :P glancing through the exercise database as we speak! So...

And another one...

Day Twenty-Two

Rest day. Mental health wise fairly good too, which was nice. Felt a lot calmer about everything.

Day Twenty-Three

Was very fatigued, found today...

Hello again :) so, latest update...

Day Twenty

Cardio/rest day. I'm not breaking any personal bests on cardio, just keeping things ticking along at a maintenance level. Also did some ab work...

This makes for a brilliant read, thank you for posting so much - just read through the lot! I must admit I have little to add to exercise/weight training (as I'm still very much a newbie!) but 1)...

Ichoward, thank you. Am off to read your journal as I speak - it's really good to hear from another person with mental health issues, and how it affects workouts/body image/etc. Hooray for the...

I must admit, I'm surprised Guy Fawkes day exists anywhere in the States! Whereabouts in the States are you guys from? Maybe different states have different celebrations of it...

Sorry for the few days' delay in posting, have had a weird few days - my mental health is still a fairly moveable entity, and I'm currently riding through a difficult week or so. I'm gonna blame my...

Hello all! Hope everybody's doing well.

Day Fourteen

Rest day. No cardio or anything, just a full rest day. Am noticing a correlation between time in gym, and my eating disorder habits. I think...

AH now, Bonfire Night is one of those British things that sounds really weird on paper... it's a celebration of a thwarted attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament several hundred years ago. The...

Hello Ichoward and Rachelily - it's really encouraging to hear from both of you, it really does make a difference. Am trying to keep a more positive outlook and focus on what I'm actually looking for...

Day Ten

Cardio day. Really not a good day for me, didn't really have the will to push myself in any way. Ducked out of ab work and usual stretches for cooldowns, just going through the motions....

Hello!

I'm Lexiconic's partner, and I'm chipping in on this thread to journal my own process in tandem with hers. I hope my own story may be of help for people with medical barriers - I came into...