Thanks for the input max. I was wondering about overtraining. I'm headed to ranger school in may and thats the reason I've been pushing myself to do so much cardio. I'm definately not consuming enough calories... definately not. I could probably cut the cardio down... not in the mornings since thats squad/platoon PT but I could probably keep it to that and maybe just do my own long runs on weekends or days off from lifting. I lifted on and off (whenever the gym wasn't blown up) in iraq and returned in the beginning of december and started hitting the gym hard. I might have jumped into it a bit fast... I just really want this. I'm not happy with the shape I'm in right now nor my apprearence and I'm looking to change that. The chow hall isn't free... you don't have to reach into your pocket and pay, but they take 283 dollars out of your paycheck each month for it whether you use it or not. The other shitty thing about the chow hall is its not all you can eat. You get one meat, one carb and a veggie. They're stingy and the food sucks ass. So its on me to go out and buy what I need to add the additional calories. Looks like I'll have to head to the commissary. Any suggestions on what to pick up? Chicken breast, tuna, brown rice, peanut butter, brocoli and stuff like that I know are all important and I've gotten some good multivitamins and started taking those and plan on doin protien shakes for extra calories and good protien intake. I'll take all the input I can get and appreciate what has been given so far... I'll do my best to start stuffin myself.