LEAN......

@OP: What? Soreness is not muscle gain. It's a sign that the muscle has been worked. The gain comes during the recovery.

Does it get easier next time around, or are you able to lift more?
Do you look better in the mirror?

There is no instant way to tell, you just have to assess your progress, and adjust as necessary.

@OP: What? Soreness is not muscle gain. It's a sign that the muscle has been worked. The gain comes during the recovery.

so is it good each and every time i workout i get muscular pain?

You may get sore muscles. Sometimes you may not.

Read this: http://getfitguy.quickanddirtytips.com/how-to-build-muscle.aspx

Is it a good pain...(you feel sore but in a good way), or is it bad pain (feels like someone is sticking a hot poker into your muscle)?

The good pain is muscle tearing (tiny micro tears in the muscle tissue), then during rest the recovery begins and rebuilding of that muscle to adapt to what it went thru takes place making your stronger.

I like worksheets to track progress. So when I do that same workout next week if I was only able to get 8 reps I have a goal to do more or add more weights.

Hope this helps

Still fine.

i do not see any difference in my arms or any other body part......... have been lifting heavy past 2 months

Did you take photos or measure or are you just going by how you think you look?

yep i have increased my weights..... infact i tend to increase approx. 1/2 kg every week..... started with 1kg weight and now i lift 3kgs

Do you find that amount of weight a challenge, or is it easy?

How much rest are you taking between sets?
I'm thinking doing 15, you are edging into 'muscual endurance' rather than 'muscular growth' let alone 'muscular strength' , particularly if your rest times are low.

Perhaps try to up your weights. It should take a concerted effort to get them up, but not so streneous as that you will abandon your form. Aim for 12 on a set. And when you can consistently hit 12, go up in weight. Its fine to only do 5,6,7 or 8 when you move up in weight. Try to go up to 12, and when you acheive raise the weight again. You can recover a large portion of your strength in on 60-90seconds. Take a good rest , and try to lift as heavy as you can when you hit your sets. Legs usually need a few more reps, so 15 probably a good target for those.

As for pain/soreness in the muscle, there is evidence that this is reduced with frequency, so twice a week is better than once a week, so thats good for you that you are hitting parts twice a week, but it takes time for your body to adjust, compare the time before you began lifting to your time lifting, your body has a lot to adapt to. Pain to be extremely alert for is joint pain, this is really bad, its a sign that you may be using bad form, and it needs lots of recovery and can really set you back if not addressed.

Otherwise don't be concerned with having soreness/not having soreness. There is no direct connection between soreness and muscle growth. Muscle growth can happen with or without soreness.

Idealy you should be giving the muscle/s you worked at least 48 hours recovery.

So if you work chest on Monday don't work it again until Wed the earliest. Like someone stated earlier, repair and growth comes during rest.

^This! Plus, you are not going to "gain muscle mass" if you are in a calorie deficit! You would have to be in a calorie surplus in order to gain muscle mass!