What Do You Think of My Weight Loss Diet?
What do you guys think of my diet to lose fat? I generally recommend this to people:
Breakfast: Oatmeal, 1 whole egg, 1 orange, and 2-3 tablespoons of all natural peanut butter in the oatmeal (to increase healthy fat intake)
Snack: Oat bran bread and a serving of lean chicken
Lunch: Serving of lean beef/ lean chicken/fish
Snack: Either a small serving of fish, or scoop of Whey protein mixed with all natural peanut butter, water and fruit, especially if after a workout
Dinner: Serving of fish
Before bed: Cup of cottage cheese, or a scoop of casein protein
You sure? I haven't actually been able to count the grams of fat in this diet yet, I'm pretty sure that's not too much fat.
I know the protein is sufficient, I never had time to see the actual quantity of grams of fat and carbohydrates in this diet. The diet should be 30% healthy fats and 30% carbohydrates.
I know it has no vegetables, I don't want to make the carbohydrate intake too high, Vegetables aren't as necessary as most people believe.
They only provide micronutrients (vitamins/minerals). If you are having fruits and a multivitamin then you should be fine.
Kmsca-It really doesn't matter much how you cook the egg, you could make a sunny side up. Also, you should use extra virgin olive oil, that's a healthy oil.
This is basically the diet I gave you, don't know if you noticed, lol. Like I said, make sure you calculate everything, I haven't had the time to calculate myself, so I'm not sure if the diet meets my exact recommendations, my diet was just an approximation with examples.
Thanks Pat, other than that you think the amount of fat is good for a 1,900 to 2,000 calorie diet?
December 27th, 2010 - 17:02
too much fat NO that’s good..fat in the breakfast though not a good idea usually u want ur meals set up like this
protein&carbs (like a post workout meal really)
protein&carbs more complex carbs now
protein&carbs
protein&fat
protein&fat
protein&fat
i mean in ur protein and carb meals aim for under 5g fat and protein and fat meals aim for 15g fat and under 10g carbs if possible ur plan is pretty good cept in breakfast add whey to the oatmeal take out the peanut butter and before bed w/ the cottage cheese add 1oz of almonds so u get that healthy fat in there and some casien protein
and the other thing u might wanna watch maybe add a fiber supplement or get more fiber in cuz w/o the veges and not too much fruit the fiber is limited and with a higher protein intake more fiber is necessary maybe with the lunch add in some brown rice or an apple either one
December 27th, 2010 - 17:02
thats alot of fat
December 27th, 2010 - 17:02
You have no vegetables in your diet!
December 27th, 2010 - 17:02
It looks pretty good. How do you cook the egg though? Also one question I always seem to forget to ask is what kind of oil should you use? What I mean is when they say to cook this or that. What oil if any are you supposed to use? Oops I think I’m supposed to give you an answer and I should stop asking questions. But you know me by now Yamster so I’m not too worried about it. I’m trying to learn also.
December 27th, 2010 - 17:02
I wouldnt put so much fat in the breakfast. If cutting meals should be carb + protein or fat + protein. Not good to have too many carbs and fat in the same meal. your body will likely only use one of the sources as energy and more likely store the other as fat. id bring up some articles on this later when i got the energy to look.
edit – It looks real good for maybe an off day or a lower intensity workout day. On a workout day I’d get in a little more carbs and a little less fat.