Thread: please check my diet...

You haven't given anyone anything to work with. Post your stats. Age, weight, %BF, ect...

31 age
bout 38% bf
6foot 6
340lbs

Are you going to workout? Can you list what an average meal looks like for you?

i am working out...5days a week 6 if i get time and loving the gym...
at this tage tuna tuna tuna...lol getting fed up of it lost 20 odd lbs in 2 months was hoping those stats i gave can get me a yay or nay answer if its perporsion?

I think you're eating a little over. Your bmr should be ~3k. I would drop some protein and carbs.

thanx alot...
protien by?
carbs by?
yip bmr is 3100 rounded off

I am in a similar but lesser extent that you. But I believe you are eating too many calories. you might want to try 2500-2600 and see that happens

I am eatng an average of 43% P 27% F 31% carbs

Originally Posted by jagbender

I am in a similar but lesser extent that you. But I believe you are eating too many calories. you might want to try 2500-2600 and see that happens

glad to see im not alone lol

in my reseach i came across a post stating you should NEVER go under your bmr...how far this is true only built will know lol

been stuffing my body up for 30 years busy changing that...want to do it right thou

here is my journal
Jagbender's battle of the bulge

I also reccomend you look up "Built" here on this forum she has some very good advise. check the links in her signature

Try going under your actual BMR 10-15% you should lose 1-2 pounds a week

i worked on my diet this looking beter?



cal=2650
pro=440
carbs=53
fat=27.3
fibre=15

What are your food sources? It's going to be tough to get in 400+ grams of protein and less than 30g of fat unless you are going to be consuming all protein shakes and b/s chicken breasts

Originally Posted by Vlakkie

hi
i worked out my own diet and ended up with these totals my calories and protien are 100%...
not to sure bout the rest...?i want to lose fat but not to much muscel is this the diet for it?
please comment on whats not right so i can go back to the drawing board... :whistle:
Total calories protien carbs fat fibre
3508 370g 212g 93.5g 21g

Originally Posted by Vlakkie

31 age
bout 38% bf
6foot 6
340lbs

Okay, so you carry about 210 lbs lean mass and you should probably lose about a hundred pounds, give or take. Good for you for doing this!
370g protein is 1.8g/lb lean mass, which you may find very helpful for appetite suppression. Your fats are close to half a gram per pound lean mass, which is also an amount I recommend. You might consider bringing your fibre up a bit.

Originally Posted by Life

I think you're eating a little over. Your bmr should be ~3k. I would drop some protein and carbs.

I think Life might mean "maintenance", not Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR). BMR is the energy required to wake up and do nothing but breathe. Maintenance is the daily calories required, under your normal level of activity, to neither gain nor lose. For most non-obese folks, this will be about 15 x their bodyweight in pounds. The fatter you are, the more uncoupled this relationship becomes. Your maintenance may be closer to 15 x your goal weight, which could be in the 3000 - 3500 calorie-per-day range for a man your size.

Originally Posted by jagbender

I am in a similar but lesser extent that you. But I believe you are eating too many calories. you might want to try 2500-2600 and see that happens

I am eatng an average of 43% P 27% F 31% carbs

To the OP, dropping calories is an option, but if you're losing weight now I'd leave it alone. Jag, it's nice of you to share your experience. Could I impose upon you to start thinking in grams per pound lean mass instead of percentages? It's less confusing when we all use the same system.

Originally Posted by Vlakkie

glad to see im not alone lol

in my reseach i came across a post stating you should NEVER go under your bmr...how far this is true only built will know lol

been stuffing my body up for 30 years busy changing that...want to do it right thou

Going under BMR for extended periods of time is not a great idea, this is true. But I don't think we're actually talking about BMR here; I think we're talking about maintenance, and it was referred to mistakenly as BMR.

Originally Posted by jagbender

Try going under your actual BMR 10-15% you should lose 1-2 pounds a week

Under maintenance you mean - and you can go lower than 10-15% under maintenance, no problem.

Originally Posted by Vlakkie

i worked on my diet this looking beter?



cal=2650
pro=440
carbs=53
fat=27.3
fibre=15

Originally Posted by Marat

What are your food sources? It's going to be tough to get in 400+ grams of protein and less than 30g of fat unless you are going to be consuming all protein shakes and b/s chicken breasts

Indeed. No need to change your diet unless you're not dropping now.