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ok, I have some medical problems, and as part of that, I have gynecomastia, I'd like to lose my chest. I'm fairly overweight, but eat fairly well, don't snack much, but need some sort of meal plan or guidelines on what I should or should not eat. I've cut out sugars and fried or fatty foods from my diet, I also take a vitamin/dietary supplement, I drink lots of water and don't drink anything carbonated if I can avoid it, but as a result of a medical related issue, I'm much thirstier than everyone else, and thats an understatement. I am even thirsty while drinking liquids, I drink somewhere in the area of 7-10 gallons easily in a week, mostly water, I work out on monday, wednesday, and friday, I do not count calories, nor do I know how to, I drink a protein shake with 23 grams of protein, thats only on days I work out, and I stopped replacing a meal with protein shakes. I workout using a total gym and am also looking for a treadmill for more fat loss since I seem to be gaining more muscle instead of losing fat. I've lost maybe 20 pounds in the last 2 months, but I would really like to lose a lot more, I thought about that gastric bypass surgery, but I'm the type of person that likes to do things the hard way. any help is greatly appreciated, thanks. :D
 
I can give you a semi detailed example now, and a more detailed one later.
breakfast(6am) - 100% whey protein shake with a banana on days I work out (MWF), usually sausage and eggs or toast on days I don't work out.
11 am snack - veggies or animal crackers(low fat).
Lunch - 12 or 1 pm - sometimes 2 sandwiches on wheat bread and a few veggies or baked chicken, hot dogs, whatever is easiest, I try to always have a vegetable of some sort on the side.
2:30-3pm - fruit or veggies or animal crackers.
Dinner ~ 7-9 pm - Mostly things that are easy to make or are filling such as veggie burgers.
I eat the animal crackers because a nutritionist told me that they were healthy and helped hunger. I'm about 6' tall and about 260 lbs.
I take a general vitamin/dietary supplement once in the morning and once in the evening. I avoid chips or fatty/greasy snacks.
I know that I have lost more weight than the scale shows because my clothes fit a lot better and some are loose.
 
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thanks for the links, I will read them through tomorrow evening. I also reworded my post so it's easier to read.
 
I see a lot of bread in there. On non-workout days, toast for breakfast, then bread on the sandwiches for lunch, and then bread on the turkey burgers for dinner. I realize that was just an example, but I don't think you need to eat any bread, really. And I am assuming it is wheat bread too, if it's white bread, stop eating it immediately, it is doing nothing for you! I used to eat wheat bread, but then cut that out, along with potatoes and rice, and kept my carb sources to oats, veggies, and fruit and this helped me on my way to losing a lot of fat.
 
hot dog or hamburger buns are normally on white bread, only toast and sandwiches use wheat bread thus far. I used this link to figure out my calorie requirements to maintain my weight so I can subtract 500 or so, the total is 2462.3402, so my guess is that I should eat about 1900 calories a day? And it may help to mention that my current body fat percentage is 36.
thanks.
 
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