TheRhino

hey guys so ive been working out for 5 years in the gym and been fighting for 4 years in MMA and i do know alot about dieting. ( at least i thought i did) i met my girl like 2 years ago and i finally got her into the gym about 3 months ago and she loves it now, i slowy put her on a diet lower her cal, carb count, so to not shock her body and to get used to it. so now it beens 3 months she works out with me mon thru fri and sometimes sat, but there has been no weight lose, i have notice a lil more defintion, but thats about it, she is super strong for a chick, and i push her like i push myself.

now she is 5'11 175 pounds ( all legs and ass )

here is an example of what she is eating right now, she does have a hard time with what i have going cause she used to not eat very much

morning half cup oatmeal, water, or 1 bagel

break 1- 930 am a breakfest bar with water

lunch - 12pm two slices of wheat bread, one slice of low fat cheese, lettuce, and three pieces of turkey, a side of either veggies, or 13 pieces of wheat thins

break 2- 2pm yogurt


dinner- after work out about 6 or 7 pm either chicken, fish or meat, with salad, fruit, or red potatos, or rice.

cheat day on fri or sat.

Yanick

IMO that is a terrible diet no offense. Lots of processed carbs with little to no poly/monounsaturated fats and barely any protein.

Patrick wrote a good article about setting up a diet for beginners here.

I'm not sure anymore if he mentions this, but FitDay - Free Weight Loss and Diet Journal is the best thing to happen to dieting since sliced bread.

Some may find it difficult to keep to a caloric range with macro guidelines etc. I like to ease people into lifestyle changes by teaching proper food choices (unprocessed carbs, lean protein sources, poly/monounsaturated fat), portion control (measure your food somehow, use a scale or use a cup measure and go by volume. Point is you want to start getting a feel for how big a 5oz piece of chicken is or a cup of rice etc), label reading, food awareness (I use this term to describe knowing, for example that chicken is Protein, Rice is Carbs, Oils are Fats, Peanut Butter is a mix and so on and so forth. It seems simple but you'd be surprised how many people are clueless about this stuff and ask me all the time, "Did you know a banana has Xg of Carbs?"). And the final thing I can think of is balancing meals, to keep it simple in the beginning and not scare people away, you basically tell them to get in a carb, a protein and a fat. The plate division thing is great to teach meal balancing.

I want to re-iterate the part about easing her into this stuff, and making it clear that this is a lifestyle change not just a diet (re-inforce the hell out of this point). In some time this type of eating will become a routine and then it will become second nature, but I find its always better to introduce it slowly or you wind up scaring people away.

"The greatest obstacle to knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge." -Barry Marshall, Nobel Laureate

Merkaba

lol...Nope sorry you just don't know jack about dieting obviously. Its ok. I second that diet sucks. You should be offended. Not by us but by the diet. That way it will get your attention. So tell her it's your fault.
A diet like that during the week and cheat meals on the weekend? Sheesh. Drop the freaking bagel and breakfast bar and get some real food. yea it sucks. But so does no weight loss in three months. Its easy to choke down some starchy crap as a meal and quite fun. I wish I could right now. Lean protein, veggies. Tell her to do some oatmeal or rice and some lean protein a few hours before the workout. The post workout meal looks halfway decent. Go to fitday.com and see what that diet looks like that you posted. she needs to see how lousy it is and maybe it will motivate her to eat better.

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TheRhino

ya this sucks i guess i just know what works for me ha its hard to try and help someone else! thanks guys. ill just have to do some reading and search around on diets and what not.

m11

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