Thread: does this diet look ok?

I think you'll lose a lot of muscle again on this diet. I'm 5'7" and diet down to 150 for competition on probably about that much.

Originally Posted by porky

hi all need a little help this time round. about three years ago i went from 300 pound down to 220 approx.
total neglect of my body in the last two years and im back to 260 (think marathon sessions on call of duty and 8 cans of beer a night)
started training again and just want to make sure i got my diet in check because
i think i lost alot of muscle last time. my planned diet is as follows

breakfast. ½ cup oats mixed with protein shake

mid morn. 2 brown bread tuna mayo light and lettuce

main meal. 1 chicken breast 1 cup brown rice and veg

early evening 3 whole eggs scrambled with tuna

post workout. Protein shake
any advice appreciated

One tip for getting help with your diets is to always use a calorie calculator and tell us how much calories, protein, carbs and fats you are getting in a day.

As the above poster said, you may be under eating.

thanx both from my workings out im getting about 189g protein 260g carbs and 1734 calories not sure about the fat i will have to look that up . on a side note my job includes moderate walking all day (picking orders) and i lift 5 days a week.

I think your cals are way to low.
Im 33 at 179lb and eat 2800cals for now with not alot of training(i am training 7 days a week)
lifting 4x with cardio 2x and running 3x(training)
This is to lean me out even more until first of june.
If you don't eat enough your body will hold on to fat to make sure there's a fuel source on hand.
Don't use the cals im eating every one is different(training/work/body)

looks like i need to find a whack load more cals then back to the drawing board

Read homework 1 in my sig; you'll find the info you need to help you set up a smart cutter.

^^ This!

Dude... the thing is - I dieted on 800 cals /day doing 3 hrs of cardio on a keto diet in 2009 for competition. It was exhausting and I lost a lot of muscle. You're sort of doing the same - I NEED 1700 calories to continue functioning, preserve muscle mass and drop bodyfat. You're 100 lb more than I am when I start my cutters. Your body is going to need more than 1700 cals to accomplish anything other than just going catabolic and at best getting you skinny-fat.

Read up on Built's primer. Then check out a good food counts program like FitDay - Free Weight Loss and Diet Journal - its online, has most foods already in its database and allows you to add some if it doesn't have what you're looking for. YOu can enter the info from the label on whatever food it is, or you can probably google "food counts" and whatever food it is to get the info. This will be a HYUGE tool for you to understand what you're eating and also is a great way to play w/ different foods to build a good diet and see if it meets your calorie & macro needs before you actually put the diet into effect.

busy evening for me then thanx bulit,sassy

Rite worked my maintenance out as 250x13=3250cals
so i upped the chicken,oats and bread and fitday gave me
2978 cals
79g fat
253g carbs
299 protein
thats 24%fat 41%protein and 35% carbs.
looks like a lot of eating lol

any idea how long it takes for a mod to authorise a post?

first day of proper eating today. ate more today than i have for a while still got a pre workout protein shake to go. interested to see what the scales say next week.

I believe you'll misplace many of sinew afresh on this diet. I'm 5'7" and diet down to 150 for affray on likely about that much.

Originally Posted by jannet

I believe you'll misplace many of sinew afresh on this diet. I'm 5'7" and diet down to 150 for affray on likely about that much.

dont think i will need more than 3000cals to be honest probably got less than 180lbs of lean mass

Looks solid

little bit disappointed been on the new diet now for only 4 days and ive gained 1 pound.
anybody think this is because i was eating so little for the 3 weeks previously?

workout and run like hell and eat as little as possible with high proteins

Originally Posted by suppRatings

workout and run like hell and eat as little as possible with high proteins

Ignore this ^

Originally Posted by porky

little bit disappointed been on the new diet now for only 4 days and ive gained 1 pound.
anybody think this is because i was eating so little for the 3 weeks previously?

Four days. Not soon enought to know anything. Your colon is fuller and so are your glycogen stores. Hang in for two weeks, and we'll see what's up okay?