how bad is this?

[arbntmare]

well i am trying to get leaner by um december.

but i am trying to get a semi-healthy diet that is easIER to do and maintain...

for lunch i usually get tuna salad -- not home made so i do not know how much mayo they put in it.. but it shouldn't too bad right?

but i was hoping to add a little variety. so i bought this 9 wheat bread and some turkey from the deli ... is wheat bread that bad? will it kill a diet ... -- high protein diet blah blah

 

[GFR]

http://www.ironmagazineforums.com/showthread.php?t=21113

 

[DOMS]

If your goal is to lose weight, especially in a timely manner, you need to know how many calories you're taking in each day. Along with the percentage of carbohydrates, fats, and protein. If you don't know these things (and it doesn't sound like you do), then you need to.

Along these lines, what are your daily goals, in terms of calories, carbohydrates, fats, and protein? If you haven't set these, you need to figure out what they are and live by them.

If you don't know what is in the food you're buying, get something else. As for the tuna salad, why not make your own? It's not hard.

 

[arbntmare]

ah thanks guys.

well i know what i need to do but i am sometimes under extreme pressures (i am in dental school) so sometimes when the stress levels increase i need to cheat. for this reason i don't try to follow a strict diet but just go with the flow and try to not eat something unnecessarly. now you have to understand when exam time comes around--all that goes out the window -- eat peanut m&m like crazy, and fruits..

 

[arbntmare]

but if you like a "sample" of my diet...

Breakfast

1a) 4 Hardboiled eggs (whites)
1b) Oatmeal (instant) - bad but sometimes the eggs get tiring
2) 1 Scope Whey Protein + Water


Lunch
1) Salad from the hospital -- consists of .75lbs of tuna salad + cheese topings + veggies (lettce, green peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes) -- totaling anywhere from 1.1lbs to 1.25lbs -- I pay daily so i know the weight by heart

Snack Pre-workout
Usually either a smaller salad/peanut m&m or none at all

Protein Shake Post-workout
- 1.5 scopes (36 grams) + water or 2% milk

Dinner
Very unpredictable
a) Homemade chili (93% fat free meat) + baked beans + chili seasoning
b) if i am in the hospital still ( i might get a blimpe sub --- tuna
c) seafood fish that i bake with some seasonings..


late studying
a) frozen fruits - blue berries mostly -- i will eat almost .5lbs of it
b) oranges


I usually drink 2-3 cups of coffee a day, with splenda sometimes with 1/2 and 1/2. Sometimes if i am starbucks or something like that i will get a light mocha.



Thanks guys for listening..

 

[arbntmare]

If your goal is to lose weight, especially in a timely manner, you need to know how many calories you're taking in each day. Along with the percentage of carbohydrates, fats, and protein. If you don't know these things (and it doesn't sound like you do), then you need to.

Along these lines, what are your daily goals, in terms of calories, carbohydrates, fats, and protein? If you haven't set these, you need to figure out what they are and live by them.

If you don't know what is in the food you're buying, get something else. As for the tuna salad, why not make your own? It's not hard.

my goals are that i don't want to increase and want to pretty much maintain and get better slowly; until i have more time to concerate on improving..

 

[overthepond]

but if you like a "sample" of my diet...

Breakfast

1a) 4 Hardboiled eggs (whites)
1b) Oatmeal (instant) - bad but sometimes the eggs get tiring
2) 1 Scope Whey Protein + Water


Are you saying you will have one of the three above? If so you should be having the oats with the eggs or the whey. Otherwise you are eating far too little.

That aside, get rid of the m&m's. Why do you need them? Could you possibly replace with some whole nut and fruit trail mix? That would be good for getting you some efa's which it seems you are lacking entirely.

Why so much tuna? Consider alternatives like chicken and other poultry, maybe some whole wheat pasta with that and lean red meats. I am also a big proponant of cottage cheese, at any time but particularly at night. Mix with the pb and your in the money (I must give credit to Jeepster for that one, I read it oh so long ago and have loved it ever since!).