Just a few questions about the food I eat

[Juju]

Hey guys. I am making good progress, but I don't want my diet to keep me back. I'm eating quite a bit of:

Baked Beans (cheaper Home Brand - less sugar and salt than watties)

Vogels bread

Whole eggs

Milk (green top)

Weet-bix

Any thoughts on any of those? Are they going to really hamper my fat loss if I continue eating them?

[roadie]

are you vegetarian?

[shruglife]

Hey guys. I am making good progress, but I don't want my diet to keep me back. I'm eating quite a bit of:

Baked Beans (cheaper Home Brand - less sugar and salt than watties)

Vogels bread

Whole eggs

Milk (green top)

Weet-bix

Any thoughts on any of those? Are they going to really hamper my fat loss if I continue eating them?

Homebrand has more protein too :wink:. It depends on the amount your eating and the calories your burning. If your in calorie deficit you will lose weight, if not you will gain fat. Baked Beans, Vogels and Weet-Bix are high in carbs but fine to eat in moderation. Work out the quantities of food your eating, then check the nutritional info and work out the total calories your consuming. If your not losing weight drop the calories. Aim for high protein, low carb/fat meals.

[trainharder]

shruglife is right

and can you be more specific when you say you are eating quite a bit of those things how much a day. give us a breakdown of your meals for any given day. including protien.

one thing thats good is keep a diary over a week everything that you eat or drink.

and then you can tweak it to suit .

anything in moderation is okay but excess calories isnt going to help you.

[Juju]

Hi guys here's a rough breakdown of a typical day:

Breakfast: 8 weet-bix and milk

Mid-morning: 3-4 eggs and a couple pieces toast

Lunch: Whole can of baked beans and 3 pieces toast

Dinner: Some lean protein (i.e chicken or fish) and lots of broccoli and spinach

If I'm going to the gym I usually eat some chicken or a protein shake after.

I'm 192cm (6'3'') and I weight around 98kg. I'm trying to have more food during the first half of the day, then smaller meals with fewer carbs later on, as I heard that's a good strategy.

As you can see my main sources of carbs are vogels bread, baked beans and weet-bix.

[becbec]

What're your goals?

[Juju]

What're your goals?

Same as most people: Muscles a little bigger, less fat.

I've been training nearly a year now and I've seen MASSIVE improvement in my body composition and strength since I started. In fact I've only been on a diet as 'good' as what I described for 2 months or so.

I'm currently on the Bill Starr madcow 5x5 programme.

[becbec]

Try this:

Breakfast: 8 weet-bix and milk

Add some protein powder to your milk. You need to have protein with every meal

Mid-morning: 3-4 eggs and a couple pieces toast

Cut out the toast and have some rice or corn thins

Lunch: Whole can of baked beans and 3 pieces toast

Again cut out the toast. You don't seem to be having many vegetables so i'd add some here, and perhaps add some tuna in with your baked beans

Dinner: Some lean protein (i.e chicken or fish) and lots of broccoli and spinach

If I'm going to the gym I usually eat some chicken or a protein shake after.

Have a protein shake with dextrose. This makes the protein go to your muscles faster

[roadie]

hey my comment would be the overall food intake is a bit light

but if you are happy with progress then maybe just tweak it a bit like others have said.

watch the fat/muscle % and be ready to up the macros if you start to plateau on the muscle gain

[Juju]

hey my comment would be the overall food intake is a bit light

but if you are happy with progress then maybe just tweak it a bit like others have said.

watch the fat/muscle % and be ready to up the macros if you start to plateau on the muscle gain

I forgot to add that on top of that I also drink around a litre of extra milk per day.

Just over a year ago, I was quite fat. I weighed 120kg and was a total weakling. I lost a lot of that fat and got down to around 100kg, which is where i've stayed for about 8 months now. During that time, I've gained muscle and lost some fat but stayed around the same weight, So I must have been doing something right, but I guess I really have to crack down on my diet if I'm going to hit the next level.

I really wish I'd taken some 'before' photos from when I weighed 120kg.

[roadie]

sounds good....just remember one of your goals is muscle gain so if you dont know where that is at (fat %) you may begin to dissolve some of the gains while you continue to lose fat

i dont drink much milk....but have a lot more meat so the fat intake probably balances out a bit

if you write down all your daily food intake i reckon your carbs are ok and your short on protein...probably balancing out with a decent amount of fat

[Travel Express]

I reckon around 1.7g Of protein per kg of bodyweight, and approx 7 to 8g of carbs per kg of body weight, as for fats keep it low. But with weight loss you kinda want to keep the carbs low and fats low, Drop your Calorie intake but try keep Protein levels up so you may avoid losing muscle mass.

Vegetables earlier in the day is a good thing, i don't know why but people keep telling me that, so i just pass the news on