10lb to go

[fitness4life]

Hi everybody,

In three months my family and I are going on a cruise to Disney. I have been trying to lose about 10lbs of fat without losing a sinificant amout of muscle. I lift 5 days a week and do moderate amounts of walking but still have not lost the weight. I eat five meals a day with a majority of them using mealreplacement bars and protein powders. Can anyone give me feed back as to what else I can do?

 

[w8lifter]

MRP bars aren't the best way to cut fat. You need to eliminate sugars & eat real food. Can you post a sample diet?

 

[Maximum]

As you lose the fat you could be replacing it with muscle, you should get a body fat percentage taken or take pictures of yourself to compare it would be more acurate, scales are only a number of how much your whole body weighs.

You probably have lost the fat but the scale can't tell you that

 

[Arnold]

what brand are the MRP's and bars you eat? many of them are loaded in sugar.
but as w8lifter said, you need to eat real food, at least 3 of your meals.

you say you lift 5 days per week, can you elaborate on the work-outs?

 

[fitness4life]

My meals change routinely because I do shift work. For the most part my meals are as such:

Breakfast - 6 egg omelet(one yolk), 1 cup of oatmeal, cup of coffee
Midsnack- mealreplacement bar(protein plus power bar)
lunch- chicken or tuna sandwich with a piece of fruit
snack- JBN's protein powder
supper- steak or chicken with some pasta with a piece of fruit
snack-JBN's protein powder
also about 8 glasses of water a day
T
he protein bars have 23 grams of surger

My workout:
M-legs-quadraceps
T-chest,triceps
W-back,biceps
Th-shoulders,
F-hamstrings,calves
S-rest
S-rest

 

[Maximum]

w8
when you say MRP do you mean MRB, cause if it don't stand for bar what does P stand for

 

[w8lifter]

P = powder

You really need to cut out those bars...23 g sugar!


Breakfast - 6 egg omelet(one yolk), 1 cup of oatmeal, cup of coffee

****try 2 yolks, 1/2 cup oats

Midsnack- mealreplacement bar(protein plus power bar)

****Real food or a low carb, sugar-free protein powder w/ 1/3 cup oats & 1 tbsp flax

lunch- chicken or tuna sandwich with a piece of fruit

****no bread, fruit = apple, grapefruit, strawberries, blueberries...no bananas

snack- JBN's protein powder

****??? don't know the breakdown...add some veggies & flax

supper- steak or chicken with some pasta with a piece of fruit

****Pasta is a big no-no! Brown rice or sweet potato would be much better.

 

[fitness4life]

Thanks w8lifter,

I will try your recomendations and see if there is an improvement in my percent bodyfat.

 

[SteveDeBeave]

If you have to eat a bar try a Nitro-Tech peanut butter chocolate chip.

These bars cost more but you get better nutrient values out of them.

35gm protein
6gm carbs
8gm fat
2gm sugar
4gm fiber, damn it even has fiber!
The only down side are the 290 calories.