Nutrition advice for newby

[muscly_blonde]

Hi everyone, I'm going to take the chance to introduce myself as well as ask my first question. I can't believe I havent found this website like 2 years ago!! I have been wanting to get in to doing serious weights for the last 2 years, but never really knew where to get proper advice from, and this seems to be the right place. You guys all know your stuff extremely well and look forward to getting advice from everyone :-)

Anyway my question is..

Does this meal plan for a day sound right? Do i need to add more protein in to this diet?

Meal 1:

1/2Cup cooked oats

4 Egg Whites

Meal 2:

14 Almonds

1 Small tub Light fresh 'n fruity Yoghurt

Meal 3:

30g Chicken

1/2Cup Kumara

Salad

Meal 4:

45g Tuna

10 Plain Rice Crackers

Meal 5:

30g Chicken

1Cup Vegies (non starchy)

1/2Cup Rice

I am a female 22 years old, 179cm and 70kg.

It might be a factor as to how many calories I need per day? maybe not.. but I thought i better ad that in there for more accurate advice

If anyone can please give me advice to how this diet looks and if it will help me get closer to my goal I will very much appreciate this.

Look forward to starting my new menu :-)

[muscly_blonde]

O woops.. I forgot to say, I am a female 22 years old, 179cm and 70kg.

It might be a factor as to how many calories I need per day? maybe not.. but I thought i better ad that in there for more accurate advice

[GreekAdonis]

Gidday and welcome. :wave:

Your diet looks pretty good but what are your goals?

I would skip the rice crackers and go for wholemeal crackers instead.

[muscly_blonde]

my goal is to lose fat. i want to look like those fitness models. '

do u think i need any protein shakes or having chicken and tuna will be enough?so u think the protein in the above dietis suffiencent for a day?

[Small]

45g tuna...30g chicken... whut?!

[muscly_blonde]

wats that suppose to mean small?

[Small]

that its stuff all food for those meals; esp w your goals.

unless u are saying its 45g Protien from tuna for that meal-meaning your eating a serving of around 200g ?

[muscly_blonde]

well i am here to get advice.. not to be laughed at. so I suggest if u want to make fun of someone that is asking for advice, u go to another post!!

[GreekAdonis]

She probably means thats not very much chicken. You dont want to starve yourself so you could definitely eat more chicken and tuna.

[muscly_blonde]

cool thanks. how much would u recommend tho? i dont want to eat so much protein that its doing more bad than good.

[GreekAdonis]

80-100 grams should do it. Dont worry about protein doing more harm than good as long as you keep drinking water throughout the day as your body will burn more calories trying to digest the extra protein.

[Small]

well i am here to get advice.. not to be laughed at. so I suggest if u want to make fun of someone that is asking for advice, u go to another post!!

watever.

where did i laugh? hmmm?

i asked you a question relating to your post you neglected to answer so if you really wanted information, rather than gettin all touchy maybe you'd like to respond

otherwise good luck to you, "muscly_blonde"...

[muscly_blonde]

im here to take any advice from anyone

[Pseudonym]

Ladies, please! MB, welcome to the forum. I don't think Small was laughing at you, but she can be a bit, uh, abrupt at times. :wink:

What she meant to say was:

Meat is not all protein. A lot of the weight is just water, fat, or other stuff. So a meal containing 30g of protein is good, but you'll need a lot more meat to get that amount of protein. It's an easy mistake to make.

[laurasaur]

your diet is fine but you need to eat a lot more protein/chicken/tuna like small said. the best weight loss I had I was eating 150g chicken at meal times.. 30g is like nothing you will go into starvation mode.

[biggurl27]

I like your name :wink: Tuna: eat a 185gm tin and chicken 100-200gms raw i.e.

Meal 1:

1/2Cup cooked oats

4 Egg Whites or serve of protein

Meal 2:

14 Almonds or serve of protein

1 Small tub Light fresh 'n fruity Yoghurt

Meal 3:

100gm Chicken

100gm Kumara

Salad

Meal 4:

185gm tin Tuna

1/2Cup Rice

Meal 5:

200gm Chicken

1Cup Vegies (non starchy)

Meal 6:

Protein Shake