is it really necessary to monitor calorie intake?

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jonny100

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ok, here is my diet plan:

pre-workout: 1 bannana
meal 1: oatmeal + cinammon + whey protein (when i get some)
meal 2: peanut butter sandwitch + 1 apple
meal 3: tuna/chicken sandwitch with egg, lettuce, low fat salad dressing
meal 4: ham/turkey sandwitch with tomatos, lettuce, low fat salad dressing
meal 5: chicken with brown rice, carrots, beansprouts, onion, peppers, soy sauce and chinese 5 spice
meal 6: milk and cottage cheese

if i follow this then do I really need to do all the calorie monitoring and calculating like people keep talking about?
I think it would be very difficult to actually measure the number of calories that that plan involves.

also, is that amount of bread (wholemeal) ok?
 
do you have any suggestions as to how I can get 2 meals in a school day without having the stuff on bread as a sandwitch? I can't really carry those ingredients on their own and eat them without the bread.
is there a healthier alternative to bread or something that would do the job of holding the ingredients together?
 
If this is your first time, I would suggest two things for about the first month:

1. Count cals.
2. Measure portions.

This will train you so that you know what to continue doing.
 
jonny are you limited in what you can do at school? can you do other things like tuna or nuts or hard boiled eggs or yogurt or fruit or protein shakes?
 
i'm not limited as such. i could do hard boiled eggs and nuts, but i have no way to open a tuna can in school. The problem is carrying the stuff around, nuts wouldn't be so bad because they come in packets, but hard boiled eggs are going to be a bit difficult. I already take fruit with me, and protein shakes would also be easy. Yoghurts would be difficult.

is salad a good idea for eating at lunch? Maybe if I filled a tub with lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, nuts, low fat dressing, egg, tuna and other stuff?
 
you have some good ideas. variety is good.

you can preopen stuff and put them in containers to take with you if possible, thats what i do. :)
 
jonny100 said:
i'm not limited as such. i could do hard boiled eggs and nuts, but i have no way to open a tuna can in school. The problem is carrying the stuff around, nuts wouldn't be so bad because they come in packets, but hard boiled eggs are going to be a bit difficult. I already take fruit with me, and protein shakes would also be easy. Yoghurts would be difficult.

is salad a good idea for eating at lunch? Maybe if I filled a tub with lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, nuts, low fat dressing, egg, tuna and other stuff?
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it's called Tupperware
 
Oblivion02 said:
@ Spock... Why not bread? I eat sandwiches with normal bread... What does bread have that is not good?
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Bread is usually just over-processed and has added ingredients that aren't considered clean. Starches in a clean diet should be brown rice, sweet potatoes, oatmeal,
 
spockafina said:
Bread is usually just over-processed and has added ingredients that aren't considered clean. Starches in a clean diet should be brown rice, sweet potatoes, oatmeal,
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what about 100% whole stone ground wheat bread
 
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