cheers for the feedback i was interested to see what you all thought i just came across that website and wondered what you all thought. Im going to stick with the starting strength and see how i progress with it its only been 4 weeks i suppose like everyone i want to see muscle increase quicker than it really does happen and just found motivation this week has been a little low just need to kick myself up the arse!

i will go and check out those stickies you mention though ross for the calories info, i know that there are some formulas you can use to work it all out i just want to make sure that i have everything as sorted as possible so im not just stabbing in the dark so much with what im eating :-)

thanks for your replies though guys really appreciate your feedback