Damn I can't believe that I did not see this one!
Ok John,
I'm fixxin to give you a crash course in maintaining a good diet and everything else that you need to be successful in every aspect of your life IF you are willing to read the imfo and apply the principles.
FIRST- Go into the members section and look up my name, there you will can locate previous post that I have made in the past. There was an article in a 2 part series called Training the Mind and Training the Mind Part 2. Print them out and beginnin reading. Your mental conditioning is as much important as your diet, or physical training. MORE SO in fact seeing how as much as 95% of all people who fall short of their physical goals do so not because their body gave up, but because they were not prepared for the mental challenge to cope with boredom,anxiety,plateaues ect.
Second- Listen to Billy and Pete, They pretty much hit on everything although I would recommend several small meals a day instead of the average 3. You body will burn lean muscle ass if the required amount of protein is not constantly supplied to maintain it. Further more, your body at 1 to 2 meals such as you mentioned in your post will tend to store bodyfat senseing a period of famine, thus burning more Lean muscle mass to maintain itself. It is one of those prehistoric ancestral gentic traits that we all have.
Third-- Check out the reciepe section. Beleive me if there is one thing that you can learn to do and learn to do well is cook. You will begin to look forward to going to the grocery each week. Kinda of like an adventure so to speak. (You should have heard some of the awful things thses guys would eat before this section appeared!)All of the ingredients are layed out and if there is any strange ingredients that you do not normanly come across they will be listed as to where you can find them. If not PM me and I will let you know as I post most of the reciepes but not all in this section.
Fourth- I am working on a spread sheet that will allow anyone to fiqure out their caloric intake. It has not been posted yet as I am checking with Jason on a few copy rite laws ect but I hope to have it up soon. Use it.
Fifth- If you have any questions post them here. Read as much as you can. I was concerned on how short a time that you have worked out before you began cycling.(5 months was'nt it) Since you have already started keep in touch with Mike, Cycleon and some of the other mods if you run into ANYTHING that does not appear the normon. Safety First. If you have any questions that you do not feel like posting to the board that are kinda personal PM me,Billy ,Pete or one of the Mods for a response.
Given all of this you will be on your way to creating the new you that you want to achieve. Good luck, I wish you well.
Tobey