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I do not participate in any, although I plan to in college (Obviously I will not become like many here, since it is kind of late to start (I'm almost 18)).

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At 18 you're still going to be young starting off. You should stop putting off joining a MA and just go do it. Even if you're going to college in a few months a bit of ground work will do you a lot of good.

Ketchup is supposedly bad for you because it's high in calories and sugar. So you might want to tone it down if you're trying to shed a few lbs, but if you're fit, healthy and enjoy it then I don't see the problem. If people laughed at me because I eat pasta and ketchup I wonder what reaction your ketchup salads must get. Just avoid doing it next time you bring a lady out for dinner .

I would definitly get some milk in there. Those protein shakes taste whey(excuse the pun) nicer with milk in. Also down a glass before bed because it helps with sleep and it slowly digests into your bloodstream thus giving your body protein as you sleep. Go for the low fat kind though.

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do you eat ketchup on your eggs because thats the naistest thing ive ever seen i cant even be in the same room eating with somone who does that><

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I don't eat eggs , not because I'm that type of a vegetarian: because I don't like them .

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Those protein shakes taste whey(excuse the pun) nicer with milk in.

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I usually put it in water and hold my nose as I down it It works.

Thanks to both of you for the advice; I will probably start using skim or 1% milk.

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BINGEING ON FRUCTOSE

Until the 1970s most of the sugar we ate came from sucrose derived from sugar beets or sugar cane. Then sugar from corn--corn syrup, fructose, dextrose, dextrine and especially high fructose corn syrup (HFCS)--began to gain popularity as a sweetener because it was much less expensive to produce. High fructose corn syrup can be manipulated to contain equal amounts of fructose and glucose, or up to 80 percent fructose and 20 percent glucose. Thus, with almost twice the fructose, HFCS delivers a double danger compared to sugar.

(With regards to fruit, the ratio is usually 50 percent glucose and 50 percent fructose, but most commercial fruit juices have HFCS added. Fruit contains fiber which slows down the metabolism of fructose and other sugars, but the fructose in HFCS is absorbed very quickly.)

In 1980 the average person ate 39 pounds of fructose and 84 pounds of sucrose. In 1994 the average person ate 66 pounds of sucrose and 83 pounds of fructose, providing 19 percent of total caloric energy. Today approximately 25 percent of our average caloric intake comes from sugars, with the larger fraction as fructose.

High fructose corn syrup is extremely soluble and mixes well in many foods. It is cheap to produce, sweet and easy to store. It’s used in everything from bread to pasta sauces to bacon to beer as well as in "health products" like protein bars and "natural" sodas.

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And maybe instead of putting ketchup on everything (although I love ketchup too) if you're worried about the sugar content, try just putting tomatoes on things you'd normally use ketchup on. The antioxidants are good for you.

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Interesting fact- the way the tomatoes are prepared and preserved in ketchup makes their antioxidant levels much higher than eating them any other way. Heinz do an organic ketchup, also a reduced sugar and salt ketchup. Switch to one of those and use it as you see fit. Ketchup is an excellent condiment

As for milk, I like skimmed milk, it is a good source of protein, and, when mixed with whey makes it taste much nicer, and, at 19 grams of protein per 560ml, is a cheap way of stretching your whey supplement to last longer.

Yes you should ensure a constant level of protein on training and non training days- its your rest days on which you get bigger and stronger, so drink up