I think the levels go:
0
1
2
3
That's probably the source of your confusion.
He got to level one, needs a meteorite to get past/to some random level (3 i think and probably past since he claimed to have never been lucky enough to have gotten meteor chunks?),got himself to two since the meteors seem to be a rough equivalent of rare candies, and is now taking his pokevitamins for EV training.