Glad others have felt the same way about the transition from full body to a split. I agree that not being a slave to the squat rack at the beginning of every workout is a relief!

I just finished Week 2 of my program, and I'm still enjoying the split. Next week is back to heavy weights for low reps on the 4 main lifts although the weight is still below where I was comfortably before. I'm interested to see how those feel after the past two weeks of lighter weight for more reps. I also happy with the progress I'm making on my accessory work. Some of those exercises were new to me, so I'm still trying to feel out both form and weight for those.

I was 2 pounds down on my weigh-in this morning. I'm not worried though because it's within the range I was bouncing within before and I think my weight might have been a little artificially inflated by the holidays last week. I'm going to stick with the increase of 50 calories a week for a little longer and then reassess. I'll take measurements next week at the end of my first workout cycle for curiosity's sake even though it' way to early to see much progress.

I've been less then perfect with my food intake but I've tried to not to get under 100 calories of my goal. I also know I have a couple of big meals coming up this weekend which should even things out!

Figured it was time for another update. Six weeks in, I've definitely hit a low period emotionally for my bulk. I'm back at college and while I know I'm much more active than I was at home and that's probably raised my TDEE a bit, I'm struggling a little bit mentally being without my food scale and having to make a lot of guestimates about my intake. I also only have access to the scale at my gym, so I won't be able to weigh in under ideal conditions but I know I'll have to bite the bullet and just track the overall trend. I think I still have a bit of a former fat girl mentally, and I'm a little worried that seeing a decent sized increase will send me running back into cutting mode.

I've also hit a point in my routine where improvements are going to come much more slowly. I know this is natural and not necessary a bad thing but sometime it gets hard to ignore the nagging voice in my head that I'm not really doing enough to justify eating more.

I'm trying my hardest to push through those doubts and some occasional feelings of fluffiness which I'm sure are 100% in my head.I'm going to try my hardest to get as close to my intake of 2000 as I can and then decide next week if I want to up another 50 cals. I've still got about 6 more weeks before I re-*kitten* my goals and I've spun my wheels around this for too long to back down now!