I decided a month or so ago to get serious and get in shape (i.e. I am out of shape.). For me, this means weight loss, fat loss, building muscle. I have an additional goal of being able to go longer distances, but if I get the other common items, this one should take care of itself.

I have a feeling that a lot of what you consider common knowledge may be new information to me. Rather than poking around in the dark, I thought I would start a thread so you can tell me the ideas, terms, other threads I should be looking at and books I must buy.

Rather than telling you what I am doing. Tell me more about what I should be doing.

Hopefully this thread will be valuable to other people also.