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trying to lose some weight and shape up


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Posted by: acidflea

Ok when i first signed up here probably a few years ago i started working out and it only lasted about a month or two. I really didnt notice any weight loss so i guess i figured it was not doing any good. I want to start exercising and eating right, but not sure exacclty what i should be eating. I am not looking to get ripped or anything, but just lose some of the fat and show a liitle more muscle.

Currently i am about 6'1" and 190lbs. I dont seem to gain or lose weight. Every time i weigh myself i weigh between 180 and 190 (probably for the last year). My diet is pretty much whatever sounds good. Like today i had Taco Johns for lunch. I never eat breakfast and usually eat lunch at 11:00 cause i am starving. I usually eat dinner around 5:30-6:00. I also drink at least 6 beers a night during the week and more on the weekend.

I know i probably have a lot taht i need to change so where do i start? Everyone says to eat more meals with smaller portions. The problem is how do i eat more meals when i am at work behind a desk all day and I am definetaly not a morning person. I figure i can do the shake thing for breakfast since it would probably be fast enough for me to still get to work on time... Good luck getting me out of bed early. Here are also some of the foods i like to eat.

Steak
Grilled chicken breasts (boneless/skinless)
Pizza... haha
canned greenbeans (i love to cook them on the stove for like an hour until they get real soft.)
lasagna/pasta
Bratwurst
peanutbutter and jelly
Big B barbecue (comes in a jar)
cucumbers
love peanuts still in the shell...
chips and salsa
mexican food
hot sauce
hamburgers


Any help would be great......

Thanks,
James


Posted by: Prince

start reading this forum, look at other's diets here, you have a lot to learn. this thread should be of help: http://www.ironmagazineforums.com/sh...threadid=21113


some advice:

you need to permantly change the way you eat, which from what you just said is pretty poor, skipping breakfast is one of the worst things you could do, eating Taco Johns is maybe something you can do once per week as a cheat meal.

sitting behind a desk should not make eating several meals a difficult thing to do, I assume that there is a kitchen/break room with a refrigerator in your office?

these foods are okay, I removed the ones that were not:

steak
grilled chicken breasts
canned greenbeans
pasta (whole wheat)
peanutbutter (natural only)
cucumbers
peanuts (other nuts as well)


other foods:

oatmeal
brown rice
green veggies (salads)
fruit (i.e. apples)
fish

basically you need quality complex carbs, fruit & veggies, clean low fat protein sources.

stay away from refined sugars, foods high in saturated fat, processed food, fast food, etc.

eat "clean", eat quality carbs and proteins, quality fats (monounsaturated), try and eat at least 5 meals per day.


Posted by: kvyd

Quote:
Originally posted by acidflea

I also drink at least 6 beers a night during the week and more on the weekend.

I do not know much about drinking and such seeing im 16 but 6 beers a night seems RIDICULOUS, IMO.

seeing you turned those 6 beers to water and started working out you would see results in not all that long of a period.

I would say cut those beers out.

But as prince said complex carbs with good lean protein sources.... and a little less Taco Johns .

Kev


Posted by: acidflea

so if i dont have time for breakfast should i drink a whey protein shake instead? I have some gnc pro performance whey protein that i used before. I think i use to mix it with milk. Is that ok?

I also forgot to mention that i like to eat tuna out of a can... (good stuff)


Posted by: Prince

Quote:
Originally posted by kvyd
seeing you turned those 6 beers to water and started working out you would see results in not all that long of a period.

I would say cut those beers out.
LOL, I missed that part, yeah you really should stop drinking all of that beer too!


Posted by: acidflea

how do you know if pasta is whole wheat?


Posted by: Prince

Quote:
Originally posted by acidflea
so if i dont have time for breakfast should i drink a whey protein shake instead? I have some gnc pro performance whey protein that i used before. I think i use to mix it with milk. Is that ok?

I also forgot to mention that i like to eat tuna out of a can... (good stuff)
well, yeah I guess that is better than nothing, but you should make time for breakfast, there is no excuse to not have 10-15 minutes of time in the morning to eat. (priorities!)

I mix my whey with one cup of low carb 2% milk in the morning, but I also have a cup of oatmeal.

tuna is good, I stopped eating it cause I feared the high mercury content.


Posted by: Prince

Quote:
Originally posted by acidflea
how do you know if pasta is whole wheat?
read the ingrediants.



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