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What a great training week! PR’s on squats, sumo deadlifts, conventional deadlifts, weighted pushups, leg press, leg extensions, clean & presses and single leg deadlifts. I’m putting ALL the carbs to good use, well, after the struggle to get them all in lol. Despite the power being off almost the entire weekend, I still had the privilege of a gas stove to prepare all my food. I hit my macros dead on about 90% of the time this week. If I did go over anything by a gram or so, I just ate fewer calories from the other two macro-nutrients. I also enjoyed a meal out with friends and woke up weighing the exact same the day after. I also had ice cream & cookies & bowls of fruit 2 nights this week to fill up my carbs and fats. THE VERY BEST part of this week is that I finally overcome a squatting plateau, I’ve been at 62.5 kg for probably 6-7 months and I finally squatted 65 kg!!! I had a fantastic leg day after that PR too! I increased my weights on most exercises. Another added bonus to 2015 is that I’ve been getting numerous compliments from people inside the gym and outside the gym. Telling me how my shoulders are getting bigger or that my legs look great, and even that I look better compared to 2014 and 2013 (which happens to be the time I was the leanest). My weights for the week= Sunday- 60.3 ; Monday- 60.0 ; Tuesday- 60.0 ; Wednesday- 60.7 ; Thursday- 61.4 ; Friday- 60.7 ; Saturday- 60.7.  Macros for the week:
Calories- 2623
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After the entire weekend off, Monday marks a new day tracking my food. After the weekend of not tracking or caring, I did feel somewhat bloated and not as lean as before, however, I still had core definition Friday/Saturday the 16th/17th. Monday’s workout felt slightly harder/heavier than before. Tuesday’s leg day went better than the previous week, especially my squats when I actually paid attention to my whole technique. I struggled a bit with chin-ups this week, I usually do 8 reps but I did 1x8 and the last to sets I only got in 6. People at the gym are noticing my gains though because everyone is commenting on how big my shoulders got. On Friday I started to get a cold, I felt terrible. During the week, I missed my carb target by 1-2 g but made up for it by intaking the same amount of protein in excess. I hit fats daily. On Friday I mistakenly under-estimated the weight of my burger buns when logging it but it ended up weighing more than I assumed so I only went over my macros on Friday. I am still not doing ANY form of cardio and only working out 5x per week. My weights for the week= Monday- 60.6 ; Tuesday- 60.2 ; Wednesday- 59.8 ; Thursday- 61 ; Friday- 60.9 ; Saturday- 60.0.  Macros for the week:
Calories- 2594
I decided to completely cut out all cardio, even though I was only doing like 10 minutes once per week lol. I don’t mind doing my sprints and I enjoy the effects I get from them, but I want to start out with no cardio so that I can add it back when it’s necessary. Right now, I don’t find them necessary because I’m not trying to lean down. I’m also only training 5x weekly instead of the usual 6x weekly, also because I’d like an extra day to add in training when I decide to cut and I hit a plateau. I did well in the gym this week. On Monday, I got in 3 sets of 6 pullups each where I usually do 1 set of 6 reps and the rest are 4-5 reps. Almost all of my lifts felt easier. Leg day on Tuesday felt crappy though, for some reason it feels as if my strength is getting weaker, contrary to what I believed would happen if I cut out cardio. My usual squat weight felt impossibly heavy. On Friday (leg day yet again) I felt super crap!! I wanted to leave after my 5 minute warmup! I had no energy, I was emotional and frustrated for an unknown reason and I just wanted to go home. I suck it up and finished my workout, I didn’t stretch as usual though. This was a great week, no binging, no excessive over calorie intakes and no cardio lol! My weight was mostly stable although I did not do cardio on Tuesday as I normally do. My weigh ins were as follow: Monday- 59.8 kg ; Wednesday- 59.9 kg ; Thursday- 59.9 kg ; Friday- either 60.2 / 60.7 kg or something else, I forgot to log my weight and my memory sucks! I hit my numbers quite well, if I went over protein, I decreased the same amount of carbs so that my calorie intake will still be the same. I did not track or weigh myself the entire weekend, Friday to Sunday. I enjoyed time with friends in the bush, I didn’t pre-pack any food, I probably went slightly over fats and carbs and didn’t have nearly enough protein. I did not binge but I also did not say no to ice cream or chips! 
My calorie and macro intake:
Calories= 2565
Yeah, I'm using 1 cycle of fat burners.. Not that I need them, not that I want them, not that I want to lean down again or whatever! I'm only using it because I got it as a gift middle of 2014 and it's been standing in my cupboard since, and has already expired 3 months ago. So I'm only using it to not waste. I don't really want to use them because it will mess with my reverse diet, meaning, it will be the cause of scale weight loss so I won't know if the calories I'm in-taking are over my maintenance or below it, because the fat burners will cancel out any true affects the foods have on my body. This week was full of constipation (TMI, like I give a crap, or didn't lololol) and also struggles to hit my macros, especially fats, but carbs on some days too. I lowered my protein intake to 133 g per week because that's my current body weight, and there's no need to eat more protein than 1 lbs per pound of body weight. There's no benefit to it either. My period also started on Wednesday (always TMI). Thursday, I enjoyed 2 Steers burgers in my macros and well as 12 Nuttikrust cookies, with no weight gain or bloating the day after! On Friday, I did not eat all of my dinner, hence the weight drop. My weigh ins were as follow: Sunday= 60.6 ; Monday= 59.6 (I started with the fat burners) ; Tuesday= 60.3 ; Thursday= 59.7 ; Friday= 59.7 ; Saturday = 58.8. 
Macros for this week:
Calories= 2536
This holiday week, I was not 100% with tracking & hitting my macros. But no regrets! I enjoyed spending time with my best friend who came home for the holiday, and also spending time with my boyfriend’s family & some of our friends. It’s all about balance & enjoying life. It won’t kill you to take some time off your regular routine. I have no memory of what I did on Saturday the 27th and I didn’t track anything for the whole day and neither made a note (I’m investing in a diary lol). I’m also pretty sure I didn’t train Saturday. Sunday, I hit my macros perfectly. Monday, my best friend and I went to eat at a fancy restaurant. I had 300g beef fillet with garlic sauce, a baked potato with butter & salt and a small serving veggies, as well as bar one cake for dessert. I did track what I ate according to another websites nutritional values but I’m darn sure the bar one cake’s macros were very much off; it should’ve been much higher in carbs and fats. I had 1g of fat & 51g carbs and 12g protein left over. I was just so so sooo full after this meal, so I didn’t eat much the rest of the day. On Tuesday, I went way over my fats (by 72g) I ended up having 145g of fats and 342g carbs (17g over) because I chose to enjoy a late breakfast at Wimpy with my friend, we had a bar one milkshake and a chicken mayo baguette. I used the food to fuel my leg session later the day. Wednesday, I tracked my macros until we went to a friend’s house to celebrate 2015. I had some of the snacks and enjoyed my dinner; I ate mindfully and didn’t binge! So I probably did go over fats & carbs. I enjoyed the day at my boyfriend’s place on Thursday; I took along my scale and snacks. I tracked my macros perfectly with 40g carbs, 1g fats and 30g protein to spare. We enjoyed wraps for lunch and a massive plate of beetroot; oven baked chips & baked beans. The gym was also closed today so I didn’t train. Friday, I tracked everything except my dinner & dessert- We celebrated my boyfriend’s grandma’s birthday so I had 2 big slices homemade potbread, a piece of meat & boerewors, with a lovely salad and potato bake. For dessert I had a red velvet cupcake with some ice-cream and 1 KitKat chocolate. I left over 20g fats, 111g carbs & 56g protein. But I’m confident that I went over my macros. I did both Thursday’s upper body & Friday’s lower body this day, the reason that my weight had dropped quite a bit by the time I had to weigh in on Saturday. My weights for the week= Sunday- 60 ; Monday- 59.7 ; Tuesday- 60.6 ; Wednesday- 59.3 ; Thursday- 60.3 ; Friday- 60.7 & Saturday- 59.5 
Now, I was more over my set out calorie & macros goals and I didn't track 1 whole day and didn't track 2 meals the week but my set out goals were:
Calories= 2535
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