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Just a little record of my progress so far. My workout plan is essentially Rippetoe's Starting Strength, with the modification of bent-over rows instead of power cleans. Here's the setup:

Workout A: Squat 3 sets of 5 reps, Bench 3 sets of 5 reps, Deadlift 1 set of 5 reps
Workout B: Squat 3 sets of 5 reps, Press 3 sets of 5 reps, Row 3 sets of 5 reps

I try to work out three times a week on non-consecutive days, alternating between Workouts A and B. Unfortunately, due to school, I wind up usually going about two times a week lately. There have also been groin injuries that have kept some lifts from progressing for a few weeks. Nonetheless, I've tried to increase the squat weight by 10 pounds each time, the deadlift by 10 pounds each time, and the other three lifts by 5 pounds each time.

My diet consists of basically as much protein-based food as I can eat without feeling disgusting or throwing up. Every day I have something resembling the following for food:
- 5-6 whole eggs, 3-5 egg whites
- 4-6 glasses of 2% milk
- whatever meat I can stomach
- 1/2-1 cup of tuna
- 1-1 1/2 cup of cottage cheese
- bananas as necessary
- cereal for boxing days
- a little bit of salad
- as of tonight, a bit of Muscle Milk from the West Campus convenience store, though I doubt that'll be a daily thing - perhaps just after workouts.

In other athletic news, I'm taking a boxing course on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, going to Muay Thai Club once or twice a week, and attempting to go to the Boxing Club as well. I've realized that I need serious cardio work, but I don't have a stopwatch, and yes, that is actually keeping me from running. Will pick one up this coming weekend and start doing HIIT, High-Intensity Interval Training.

Now here are some fun stats.

Started on 8/27/09, weight around 150.

My first day's stats (Workout A, 8/27/09)
- Squat 5x115, 5x125, 5x125
- Deadlift 5x95, 5x115
- Bench 5x75, 5x75, 5x75

My second day's stats (Workout B, 8/29/09)
- Squat 5x135, 5x135, 5x135
- Press 5x45, 3x75 (failed), 4x65 (failed), 5x55
- Row 5x55, 5x60, 5x60

Weighed myself tonight, 10/5/09, at around 170.

My second-most-recent workout (Workout A, 10/2/09)
- Squat 5x200, 5x200, 5x200
- Bench 5x125, 5x125, 5x125
- Deadlift 5x165

My most recent workout (Workout B, 10/5/09)
- Squat 5x210, 5x210, 5x215
- Press 5x85, 5x90 (failure), 5x90 (failure)
- Row 5x95, 5x95, 5x100

Had three bananas and a 230g chocolate Muscle Milk carton afterward. So tasty. Now I'm getting hungry and I'm debating having another banana before bed. Probably best not to, though. A lot of the weight has gone straight to the midsection in the form of good old stomach fat, and despite my legs ostensibly squatting 200 more pounds, walking up the hill from West Campus to get to class has actually gotten harder for me since the beginning of the school year. So yeah, things aren't all peachy. But I'm working on it.