Ok Eric, will do. It's funny because this whole morning I felt stressed and frustrated because;

A) I'm not getting any muscle, I'm staying the same. At this rate there'll be a thread "3 years on rippetoe's and no gains!"

and..

B) I'm getting fat because of all this eating! I need to eat more to gain muscle, but I don't gain any the more I eat, just fat! I have like a beer belly now it's sickening.

Oh and with all this squatting my thighs are really strong and muscular[so it seems], but my upper body is weak and scrawny still.

I just thought I'd mention this as a "where I'm at" post, whether my routine/diet needs adjustments or not let me know.

I just fear blindfully trudging through this again with another year wasted with no gains. I mean, let's be realistic, I know I'm not going to look like arnold after a week or two of training, but come on, shouldn't I see SOME improvement? Like a teensee bit more 'cut' or 'buff' ?

Hehe thanks guys, and at the moment I'm going to listen to you advice 100% eric, I'm going to stick with this program 100% full effort, not make HUGE leaps small progress and focus on form HARDCORE. Just, judging from the results, or lack thereof, I've been currently getting - let me know if I need to make any tweaks to the program/diet.