Ok here's my story.... bear with me.... lol.

I'm a guy and about 10 yrs ago I was 5' 7" 217lbs.... I know wow!!!

Then I went on this crash unhealthy diet and 6 months later I was 5' 7" and at 140lbs. I know, I know, save the lecture.

At any rate, I have kept it off, here we are approx. 10 years later. I started working out about 2 months ago. My target area was to attempt once again to tighten and lose the excess "flab" from my stomach area. When I started working out I was at 150-155lbs

At any rate I started with cardio at the gym I attend. I run on a Nautilous Eliptical at a level 4 for 30 min. That would get me almost 3 miles. In the last 2-3 weeks I've decided to switch it up and start lifting to get a nice physic. Well to save time at the gym, I kept the cardio, but changed to 15 min. on the eliptical and upped the level to a 8.

With this I am doing machine lifting on crunches, chest lifts, overhead pull downs, curls, and finally I do manual dips and sitting 45 degree laid back kind of a sitting bench press with 30lb dumbells in each hand. I do this exact workout everyday on weekdays and rest on the weekends.

I've very happy with the tone and tight legs, but I am wanting to build my upper body to give me a good look. I just stared with the Creatine today and a protein shake right after my workout.

My biggest issue is the correct amount of food to eat? Like I mentioned earlier I was overweight and will not allow myself to get back to that. Basically I eat alot of fruits and veggies, but lack in other foods. Currently I am at 145lbs.

Ok, you specialist, hit me with your advice........ I'm here to learn!

Thanks in advance
Shawn