DIET HELP!

[edub]

Hey guys,

I'm new to this whole forum thing but this is my query.

I'm 186cm and weigh 140kgs and am at University so need a meal plan which can be easily fixed up the night before.

At the moment i'm in off season from rugby and am going to the gym 4 times a week including cardio and weight training (my gym times vary to fit around uni).

My goals are: Ultimately slim down and lose fat

I've decided to start eating 5 times a day instead of three larger meals.

Can you guys give me some advice as to which direction I should be heading in with my diet.

Currently the plan is something like

0730:2 poached eggs, 2 vogel toast and a banana

1100: 1/2 Chicken breast with mixed veges

1300:Other 1/2 Chicken breast with mixed veges

1600: Banana and fruit (don't know what to have here)

1900: Grilled steak with cauliflower and other veges

Any help would be much appreciated!

[Phedder]

Diet seems ok, but a little on the light side for 140kgs, and very low fat. Depending on how large the chicken breasts are, you could make the 2nd and 3rd meal a whole chicken breast each. At 1600 Maybe have an apple or other fruit instead of a banana as you already have one in the morning, just for a bit more variety, and add a protein/fat source, More eggs, can of tuna/salmon etc. Could add peanut butter to one of your chicken breasts (think satay chicken ) for some more fats.

[mike27]

large leafy salad with evo oil and grilled chick breast or lean steak

drink loads water!!

id prolly say u should eat more? u weigh 140kg? i weigh 82kg and cutting and eat a lot more than u

[edub]

Hey Guys,

Thanks for the speedy replies.

140kgs is no where near muscle so there is a lot of weight to lose so that's why I've been trying to cut the fat out of the diet.

Is this the right thing to do?

Thanks heaps.

[Dubble_D]

Cutting overall calories to drasticly will basicly shut your metabolisium down and you will burn out and most likly not be able to be consisitint. eat more to lose more, good food of course :wink:

[edub]

Thanks guys,

Sorry for being slow and all! :?

So probably add some more carbs and fats into the diet? Just not too sure on the whole 'eat more to lose weight' thing.

I get the whole eating more meals throughout the day though. Wouldn't adding more fats to my diet just add to the problem?

At 1600 Maybe have an apple or other fruit instead of a banana as you already have one in the morning, just for a bit more variety, and add a protein/fat source, More eggs, can of tuna/salmon etc. Could add peanut butter to one of your chicken breasts (think satay chicken ) for some more fats.

Would a better diet be this?

0730:2 poached eggs, 2 vogel toast and a banana and Porridge

1100: 1/2 of prepared meal made of 2 chicken breasts and pasta

1300: Second half of meal

1600: Apple/ Protein shake?

1900: Grilled steak with veges

Thanks for all the help guys! Been very helpful and surprising getting such quick and good advice.

[teamfatboy]

Yep, what they said.... suspect you're actually not eating right / enough...

One thing that strikes me is that you're effectively fasting from 7pm thru 730am - you could usefully add a shake (casein for best results, whey is good) last thing before sleep.

Other details - although you'd need to add up the total protein over the day, two whole eggs isn't actually a lot of protein first thing. Ten egg whites makes one helluva omelette and it's almost pure protein.

I suspect that if you were to keep carbs for training days and aim to boost protein and essential fats (from eg nuts, oils like fish oil or flaxseed oil) you'd probably get better results.

[edub]

Hey Team Fat Boy,

Cheers, thanks for the help!