This thread sounds ideal for me.

I just started my split routine at the gym today, done chest and biceps. Got it made today and done first session!

For the background, well it all started maybe just over half a year ago when I got a home gym which I used for a few months. And I put on a lot of weight (which started consciously a couple of months before that) to go from about 147 lbs (where I was all skin and bone) to about 180 lbs. Then I was busy with exams but joined a proper gym about three months ago. I just used machines but three weeks ago I got a proper induction to the freeweights and took things more seriously. Since then I started to put weight back on seriously, and have rose from 178-186 pounds since I got back from my trip to Belfast three weeks ago (when I lost the eating discipline).

So for todays exercise I did bench press, machine curls, seated curls, olympic curls, some cable exercise, incline presses, flys and an eight one I can't remember. I think I got those names right...

For what I ate. Well...

Breakfast (12:30) - bran cereal (200 cal)
Lunch (4:00) - beans (300 cal) and 4 sliceswholemeal toast (400 cal)
Second Lunch (8-9:30) - 2 kfc mini fillets (500 cal) and icecream (150 cal)
Dinner (11:30) - 5 fresh chicken thighs (600 cal) and 4 slices wholemeal toast (400 cal)
Supper (to happen at 02:30) - bran cereal (200 cal) apple and banana (300 cal) and snickers (300 cal)
Throughout day - 2 litres milk (1,500 cal)

Yes I ate kfc and a snickers, I don't care I'm going for weight and calories! And that appears to be around 5,000 calories for today. Yay!

idk what realistic goals are. Maybe 1lb weight per week so reach 192 for this challenge? No idea about weight targets either, it would be a bit messed up since I'm just getting used to new exercises.