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Dude, you're really over-thinking this whole thing. Take a deep breath, eat right and exercise. Don't get hung up on shakes and it seems like your opinion changes with whoever has your ear at the moment. Learn to filter out the noise, relax, and eat healthy foods.

If you have no clue about your daily intake, how do you know you need a protein shake? For all you know, you're taking in plenty of protein without it. If you're serious about tweaking your body, you'll have to get a little more scientific. And since you're on a MyFitnessPal forum, why aren't you using the tool for its…

A good rule is to not work the same muscle group two days in a row. Recovery is key because when you work muscles, you cause little tears in the tissue. The healing process is what builds muscle mass. So if you don't give them time to heal, you won't build muscle effectively.

What is your goal? What kind of results are you looking for?

Gotta disagree with you. One month, four times a week at the gym can certainly equate to 5 pounds of additional muscle mass.

Weigh yourself to know the truth -- which already exists whether you get on the scale or not. So why sweat it? The scale only tells you a fraction of what you need to know, anyway. You can get healthier and fitter while not losing weight. But if weight loss is your goal, there are other indicators besides your scale. How…

You're lacking some needed information, I think. Do you know your body fat percentage and your fat-free mass percentages? These are important because you may be trying to take off muscle mass and not fat mass, in which case it's not healthy. In other words, if everything on your body that isn't fat weighs 120 pounds,…