Gobadgrs
Thu, February 12th, 2004, 03:50 PM
Anything I could improve?
Over the last 3 weeks I am averaging
2196 calories
58.5g Fat
204g Carbs
203g Protein
Im 6'5" @ 175.5 currently at 12.1% bodyfat. When I started 3 weeks ago I was at 15.1% body fat. :)
One of my favorite meal day plans is something like this...
Breakfast
2 cups cheerios and 1 cup skim milk
1 protein shake
midmorning snack
2tablespoons reduced fat PB and celery
lunch
13oz chicken breast and 12 oz broccoli
1/2 cup reduced fat ice cream sweetened with splenda
afternoon snack
protein shake and 2 pretzels (snyders of hannover)
dinner
2 pieces of cod and 12 oz broccoli
post workout
banana and 2 tablespoons peanut butter, protein shake
Gobadgrs
Fri, February 13th, 2004, 03:08 AM
anyone?
Sake Ninja
Fri, February 13th, 2004, 04:19 AM
My first move would be to drop the Ice Cream and replace it with another veggie or fruit. That would be an obvious improvement. You can easily substitute it for something more nutritional that tastes just as good :) An apple, pear, or small salad wouldn't be bad there. The salad would compliment the chicken nicely. You could even mix the two if you wanted.
Nitpick things:
Some people prefer oatmeal in the mornings opposed to cold cereal. I do, because it's hot, but when you get down to it, there's not much difference between the instant oatmeal from Quaker and Cheerios (Unless you add something).
Also, most of your protein is coming from shakes and one meal. I prefer mine more spread out, and try to keep it low during the morning. A shake for breakfast, and turkey sandwiches for Lunch/Late snack, with veggies/fruit in the middle (early snack), and after the workout, chicken breast along with a double serving protein shake. Just make sure you're awake for a few hours if you take your protein in as late as I do.
Here's my diet for comparison:
Breakfast:
Oatmeal, two eggs, Protein Shake
Lunch: Turkey Sandwich with lettuce, pickles, and mustard on wheat bread.
Early Snack: Banana/apple. Occasionally celery w/ peanut butter, but I've been neglecting that lately.
Late snack: Another turkey sandwich, same as above, except with celery and broccoli.
Dinner: 8oz Chicken breast, Broccoli, occasionally celery, but usually just lots of broccoli :D Protein Shake here as well, and if I lifted, double serving.
Today though (And I'm going to start doing this weekly), I ate at least 12oz of Chicken because I did a lot of leg work today (John's routine). I neglected the broccoli because I was too tired to even cook it :( Long day too.
Almost forgot the most important part: LOTS and LOTS of water. I drink, at least 120oz/day, all at work. That's not including the bit glasses I drink at home. Needless to say, the coworkers HAVE inquired about the no. of trips to the bathroom :)
taffer
Fri, February 13th, 2004, 06:25 AM
heres a few other things...
dont get reduced fat peanut butter, you eat peanut butter for the fat! go get some natural peanut butter and eat that
also your diet seems a bit artificial, too many protein shakes, and not enough turkey sandwiches!
same with the ice cream, sure its not BAD for you, but it aint good for you either, its pretty empty, your better off drinking a glass of milk!
seeDerekNow
Fri, February 13th, 2004, 10:59 PM
13 oz chicken in one meal? That's seems like a lot of chicken. Are you eating two chicken breasts at time?