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Originally Posted by Frank Munoz

I'm 5'3.5"ish and I want muscle gain(w/o steroids), and a nice stomach.
tips please.

I'm not in bad shape, I just wanna look better. I have access to my campus gym(and pool) and I've been going 4 days a week for the past 3 weeks. I have noticed some nice changes but, I really don't know what I'm doing.
I have no planned diet except to at least eat something in the morning.

I'm also still reading down this thread for helpful information so hopefully I find out what to do.

You need a planned diet if you want to continue to see progress beyond noob gains.

You need to consume adequate (~1g per lb body weight) protein and total calories. If you want to build new muscle tissue optimally you need to be eating more calories than your body needs. If you want to burn fat while preserving muscle you already have, you need to eat less calories than your body needs.

Figuring that out can take some trial and error, but the easiest way is just to think about what you eat normally and use that as a reference. If you're used a particular portion size, increase it if you're trying to gain muscle. Do the opposite if you're trying to burn fat.