Beginner Advice

I'm a sixteen year old male.
6'2" 140 lbs.

When I go to the gym I just normally do all the machines, at the highest amount I can lift, doing normally 3 sets of 5-7 reps (upper, middle, and lower body). I start with some running. Anyway, I don't know if this is good or not. I'm not big on free weights. I'm moving to San Diego in a year and a half and vacationing there in leff then 3 months. Do you think I would see any resutls by then and what kind? I eat terribly, fast food mostly. I am trying to go to the store buy heathly things, but I really don't have the money for it.

Anyway, pointers?

i dont understand how you eat mostly fast food but dont have money for healthy foods ?
 
first things first and most importantly, you got to change your diet!!
 
secondly, since you're just starting out you will see beginners fast gains. but you will probably see better results if you switch to free weights.
 
welcome to the forum!

i recommed free weights first , as a beginner myself , ive been doing this for a year exactly now , i went from 145 to fluxuating between 175-185 .  eat healthy foods buy a weight gainer , work out hard find a good routine . a year and a half.. u could bulk like crazy for a year and cutt for the half , and if u stick to a strict diet , u could see amazing gains... its all discipline , for example the first 6 months i worked out , i wasnt strict on my routine , if i missed abs legs , shoulders i didnt care cuz as a newbie i just wanted big pecs and arms , but u gotta balance it out , plus to this day my diet is not good i dont have it in me , but i am determined to get it right and i will. because im bulking not all my gains are muscle , but if i ate right idimagine they would be,,,,  so id say about 6 months ive been training right with regaurds to rep ranges and  switching things up and ive gained 30lbs this year. lift hard eat big take vitamins , a year and a half is a generous amount to get where u wanna be

I eat terribly, fast food mostly. I am trying to go to the store buy heathly things, but I really don't have the money for it.

Money spent on one day's worth of fast food will probably buy you almost two days worth of good clean healthy foods!  Well, maybe not exactly, but close!  Do a little research on this board, and the net in general.  It won't take very long to come up with a good clean shopping list.  Otherwise, here's a good start:  chicken breasts, lean beef, salmon or other fish, brown rice, sweet potatoes, quinoa, broccoli, green beans, some fruit.........

I'm not big on free weights.

You get big on free weights.  Most machines just cannot hit all the stabilizer and synergist (sp?) muscles that free weights do.  Ditch the machines and hit the free weights!  Do a full body routine centered around the big, basic compound lifts: Squats, deadlifts, bench press, overhead presses, rows, pull-ups....

Sounds like you are smaller than me (never thought I would say that!),or pretty darn close.  I am 5' 10" and 150#.  I started out at the beginning of the year weighing 130#.  I had to get my drivers license out a couple days to get my number ago and never realized that my license said I was 128# just three years ago!

Diet first!  If your diet isn't good, you'll be waisting your time working out.  Well, not TOTALLY waisting your time, but you won't make the same gains as you will with a good diet.  Check out the NUTRITION section on the board, there is a TON of great info there.

If you have an ectomorph build like me, and can eat everything under the sun and still not gain weight, welcome to the club.  You need to eat the right foods to gain weight, and by weight I mean lean mass..... muscle!  Spread your meals out to 6-8 a day (or every 2-3 hours).  Eat a good, big breakfast.  That's the most important one.   Have a shake and a snack (fruit, power bar, etc) a little later on in the morning.  Eat a good healthy lunch.  Another shake/snack mid-afternoon.  Dinner.  Another snack/shake.  Then down some cottage cheese or milk right before bed.

Oh, and get a good cooler!  You will find yourself packing food with you all day! 

Eat, eat, eat, then eat some more!  But eat the GOOD stuff!

I am by no means an expert, but this is what I have found through lots of research on the web, reading, and talking to others who are built like me and have found success.  It's working great so far!

Good luck bro!