Thread: need expert diet advice

Give us a typical day! (and are you doing cardio?)

Do more Cardio, stick with low fat, low carbs high protein diet like chicken breast, tofu, tuna, egg whites. Get your Carb sources through fruits, and try to just eat fast food once a week, if not, stop eating it. Avoid candy, chips, chocolates, etc and you are on your way to lose some bodyfat

I posted this same thing on another board and they some how came up with low calories and high fat totals, but all these numbers are right off of the packages..
OK, I had a chance to get all of my totals off of my packages: here it is, cal:fat:carbro
1 (5oz) can chicken: 150, 2.5, 2.5, 27.5
2 ww bread : 180, 2, 34, 6
1 tbsp ff mir.whip : 15, 0, 2, 0
4 liquid egg beater: 60, 0, 2, 12
1 cup brocolli : 33.3, 0, 6, 3
8 OZ Chicken breast: 232, 5, 0, 43
3/4 c. oats : 225, 5, 40, 7
2 tbsp natural p.b.: 200, 16, 6, 9
8 hard boil egg wh.: 267.2,0, 0, 27.2
TOTALS.............: 1362.5, 30.5, 92.5, 134.7

Meal 1
1/2 c. oats
1 tbsp nat. p.b.
2 egg whites
Meal 2
2 WW bread
2 TBSP FF mayo
1 can chicken
Meal 3
4 oz chicken breast
1 cup brocolli
Meal 4
4 oz chicken
3 egg whites
Meal 5
4 egg white omelete
1 tbsp nat p.b.
Meal 6 (post workout)
1/4 c. oats
3 egg whites

sorry, yes I am doing cardio, 5 days a week after I lift at night. I also take a multi-vitamin. I just started doing cardio 5 days a week, I used to only do it 2-3 days, I am trying to get to 35-45 minutes right now..

Can you tell me your stats? (age, gender, weight, height, etc.)

also, are you a endomorph body type?

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Just because the majority believes it, does not make it true!

not to sure what endomorph means, I am
5'-5"
145-150lbs
26 years old
female
been lifitng for 5 months, thought I finally fine tuned my diet about 3-4 weeks ago, now I'm questioning it..thanks

ok, I looked it up, yes I am an endomorph body type...

How long have you been on this current diet?



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Just because the majority believes it, does not make it true!

I have been on this exact diet for 3-4 weeks, but before that I was on one very similar, just more fat for about 3 months. I haven't had any bodyfat loss as far as I am concerned, my pants are a little more snug than they used to be, I am getting very discouraged about all this crap.

3-4 weeks is not that long. How do you know you have not lost any bodyfat? Are you having it measured every month? Could it be that your pants are more snug due to muscle gain?

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Just because the majority believes it, does not make it true!

So, are you saying that this looks ok then? Do I need more vegies, for carbs? Should I substitute green vegies for the oats post workout? or should I keep it the same..thank you for replying to this

I would never say eat less veggies - especially the brocoli type stuff (spinach etc). Always eat MORE.

Also, I wouldn't go with the ww bread (if that means weight watchers) - they usually just make the pieces smaller so they can say they have less calories - I would eat a whole wheat bagel or something like that - but that's just me.

Looks ok to me - but Prince knows more than me.

ahhhhh....is that what the "ww" stands for?

I think those places are a scam. But, they can help educate you on good eating habits, such as smaller portions, etc.

But, ultimately I think they just want to keep you coming back to them to sell you expensive ww food that you could buy at any grocery store.

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Just because the majority believes it, does not make it true!

DERH - you have to excuse me, I've been on vacation for 2 weeks! And I've got my mom on the brain and she eats that crap!



<FONT COLOR="#000002" SIZE="1" FACE="Verdana, Arial">[Edited 1 time by MtnBikerChick on 06-19-2001 at 01:32 PM]</font>

Honestly, I'd say calories look a bit low....

This might help? It can give you some guidelines anyways.....

The Basal Metabolism Results Were Calculated.

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Based on Your Individual Criteria:
Input Weight is: 145 in U.S. PoundsInput Height is: 65 in U.S. InchesInput Age is : 26Input Gender is: female--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Metabolism Results Are:1479.1 calories per day is your Basal Caloric Rate. This is:
no more then 49.305 grams of fat (30%) for your Basal Caloric Rate
55.469 grams of protein (15%) for your Basal Caloric Rate
203.38 grams of carbohydrate (55%) for your Basal Caloric Rate


1922.9 calories per day recommended for your Active Caloric Rate. This is:
no more then 64.097 grams of fat (30%) for your Active Caloric Rate
72.109 grams of protein (15%) for your Active Caloric Rate
264.40 grams of carbohydrate (55%) for your Active Caloric Rate


No less then 1200 calories per day recommended for safe consistent Weight Loss. This is:
no more then 40 grams of fat (30%) for your Weight Loss Caloric Rate
45 grams of protein (15%) for your Weight Loss Caloric Rate
165 grams of carbohydrate (55%) for your Weight Loss Caloric Rate
At this safe consistent Weight Loss Caloric Rate,
you will lose 1 pound every 12.536 Days



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If you can't run with the big dogs...don't get off the porch.

I would stick with your current diet a few of weeks longer, if you still don't have any noticeable fat loss, then look at changing it.

Your body is going to fight to keep the weight, it takes time for it to adjust. Especially, if you just recently started this program. If you are a true endomorph, fat loss is very difficult, and will take time. Be patient and stick with it!

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Just because the majority believes it, does not make it true!

NO, it means whole wheat silly...
Prince, does it sound ok or what? I value your opinion...thanks mtnbikerchic for your reply..