Help Me Become A Healthier Person Please - Part 1

[DawnToDusk]

Howdy,

For a while now I have been wanting to get in shape. I finally got around to it because its time for me to go back to school and I kind of need to get my act together. At first I had no idea how to go about becoming a healthier person but then I read kyleb's post and I felt like a lot of my questions were answered and pointed in the right direction! But I have some more questions and would like some help if you guys can.

It might help you if you knew a little more about my past and my past phyisical history. In high school I played recreational sports. I wasn't really really into all this varsity stuff and what not, but thats fine if other people like it! So anyways I played rec sports for about 10 years straight. I had practices and games and overall I was skinny. Well not skinny. I guess you could say how runners are long and lanky. That was pretty much me because most of the sports I played was soccer. During high school I weighed 165lbs. Fast forward to today. I am now 22 in college and will be finishing my last year at college. While at college I have had a great time but it has obviously taken its toll. I party a lot and drink a lot of alcohol. I also played a lot of poker where I just seem to be sitting around and the only physical activity was clicking my mouse. I now weight 185lbs. I finally said it was enough when I started to get winded going up a flight of stairs.

After reading kyleb's post I feel motivated and I can accomplish any goal as long as I work at it and keep honest with myself. For now I have a general goal: to add lean body mass and drop fat pounds. As I learn more about having a healthier lifestyle and how to obtain one I will refine it so it isn't so vague (if I need too? that sounds like a pretty good overall one).

My first question has to deal with food and supplements. I am a little overwhelmed. It has been mentioned to me by other people (who are for the most part in shape) that eating smaller meals throughout the day will help regulate your body weight. Kyleb even says it in his post too and posts a chart to help you keep track of what you eat. Logistically, since I am still in school, what would work best for me is eating 4 times a day. I plan on eating between 10am-1pm, 1pm-4pm, 4pm-7pm, and 7pm-10pm. Now I plan on eating 2000 calories a day but just don't see what concievable meals I can eat 4 times a day that keep me withing those limits!

What would really be great is if you guys/gals could suggest some good meals that I could eat four times a day that would keep me within my 2000 calorie limit. And just saying "Well I would eat a carb mean now, and then a protein meal then" doesn't help me very much. Like I need examples. I can't just walk through the store (yet at least) and point to foods and say "Thats protein. Thats carbs. Eating this for one of my meals will help me stay withing my 2000 calorie limit."




My last question has to deal with supplements. More precisely thermogenics. I was looking for an ECA stack (I read up on them and the side effects and effects of ephedrine and I don't believe I will suffer from the negative effects, if so I will stop) but I am under them impression that ephedrine is illegal/banned. But I searched on google for ECA and found places that are selling them. Are they legally selling them? Are they selling phony products that don't work? Do you have a preferred company who makes ECA's that you take (there are so many companys who make them)? How often are you taking an ECA a day? (I THINK I read somewhere that people take them 2-3 times a day but can't find where I read it again so would like to double check and not do something silly like kill myself from taking ECA 3 times a day) When are you taking ECA? (IE when you wake up, before a work out, and before you go to bed)



Thanks a bunch guys! I really appreciate you reading my post and helping me out! I will post a log and let everyone follow along with my progress if you wish!