It Begins! Day 1

I did it. I fought the mental agony and woke up at 4:30 AM to be at the gym by 5:45. I spent a good portion of Sunday prepping my multiple meals for work today. I have to down six meals faster than I think I can possibly consume them- but I'll do it. I had multiple 'last suppers' over the weekend so I would not be tempted with anything remaining in the house!
I am currently on a 1400 calorie per day for light days (I had to increase my calories by 200 because I kept getting faint during workouts) and 1600 calorie per day on heavy days. My macro- nutrient breakdown- for now- is 50% Carbs, 30% Protein, and 20% Fat. I am testing my cals and macros for now because I'm about where my body seems to do well on it.
Do note I am not using a nutritionist; I have searched countless diet plans all over the place, but I do stick closely to what Jamie Eason's plan is, just because of the convenience and her body type is similar to mine.
To the workout: I did a very intense hour and 15 minutes of Legs today. My routine includes squats, lunges (stationary and walking), split squats, lying leg curls, step ups, dead lifts, butt kickbacks (I named those lol), and blasted my calves. The calves are the only leg routine I do until failure at the heaviest weight possible. This is my most stubborn muscle to grow and I need to focus on getting some mass there. I do them every 3 days, sometimes every other day.
I do not do leg presses and before you correct me on that, it is for the simple reason that my quads are EXTREMELY developed, even when not weight lifting. I did leg press and quad targeting exercises early in my traiing and it increased my mass significantly even with low weight. You use what works and leg presses do not work for me- I am sticking to bikini and fitness model dicvisions so too mass there is not what I need.
Tomorrow I'm doing arms and I'll start up my dance classes next week again. I have begun studying for the NASM exam along with my boyfriend and a couple other personal trainers, as well, as of yesterday. So on top of my job, my side job, my training, my dance, my security + study group during work lunch, I am also studying for the NASM exam. Busy is my new norm for a while!
Will post pix soon!
xo