Hey guys,

Here's my story. I like many of you who take up Rippetoe's program intend on getting bigger and stronger. I started working out in April but I have to admit I knew nothing about lifting then. I used to look at Men's Health websites and visit these websites which made bodybuilding look like a complicated case for which they provided crash courses till I reached this HEAVEN (sounds pretty filmy I know). Anyway, after reading up on the forum, I registered and asked about my problem in the teenage section of BB's forum.

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...ghlight=ph0bia.

As you can see, my routine sucked. Now that I look at it I realise I just wasted time.

Then, I noticed where it would be better to post, so I made some changes to my initial program and posted in the Workout Program section. Here:

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...ghlight=ph0bia.

Anyway, I switched gyms and began Rippetoe's program properly 2 weeks ago. I'm doing light cardio 2x20 mins a week at the moment.

My diet:

BREAKFAST
2 whole eggs and 2 eggs whites, fried - with a piece of brown bread
2 glasses of skimmed milk
1 cup oatmeal
Handful of Almonds

PRE-WORKOUT
1/2 cup oatmeal
1 serving ON 100% Whey Protein

POST-WORKOUT
2 servings ON 100% Whey Protein
1 glass of skimmed milk
40 - 100 g Dextrose

MEAL 1
Home-made meal
Orange juice

MEAL 2
Snack with vegetables

BEFORE BED
Cottage Cheese
Natural Peanut Butter
1 glass of skimmed milk

I am 5'10 and weigh 176 lbs now. I started off this program 7 weeks ago with this diet when I was weighing 162.8 lbs. In these 7 weeks my lifts aswell. Been noticing a gut appearing so I've added light cardio.

How does all of this look?