I'm 18, just over 6ft and around 210lbs.
My aim is purely to lose weight. I do do weight training 3 times a week, but this is mainly just for a work-out. I also do want to tone up my muscles, but i have to get through a lot of fat first, so for now i want to just lose excess fat. For cardio at least 2 out of the 3 times i'm at the gym i'll do 20 mins of the bikes, and i also play touch football once a wekk, and usually play for around 30 mins.
I've always eaten healthy, but never actually gone to the effort of designing a diet for myself. I think this has been the problem, so i want to start now. From what I've read i should be eating around 5 meals a day, that is breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, then dinner. I was wondering if i put down a rough outline of a diet if you guys could critique it. Tell me what I'm missing, tell me what im having too much of, and maybe give me some variations (i like to experiment with food [im a bit of a chef]) of the meals so that i dont get bored. Anywho, hows this:
Breakfast: Muesli + Nuts with milk. Glass of juice (more than likely coconut + pineapple juice as i love that
) or just water.
Snack: Banana/Apple + ??
Lunch: Chicken, lettuce, pesto and ham sandwich (on whole grain bread) + water
Snack: Fruit Bar + small bowl of mango+yoghurt
Dinner: Roast vegetables (potatoes, mushrooms, zucchini) OR chicken burger + lettuce and mayonnaise
This is a model for one day. If you guys think that this is a pretty decent diet, i'll probably start drawing up an entirely weekly table. So that i can make variations on some meals (for example, i'd probably always have the muesli in the morning, but would want to variate the dinners and lunches) and work out an entire week so that i can stick to it.
Looking forward to hearing what you have to say
My aim is purely to lose weight. I do do weight training 3 times a week, but this is mainly just for a work-out. I also do want to tone up my muscles, but i have to get through a lot of fat first, so for now i want to just lose excess fat. For cardio at least 2 out of the 3 times i'm at the gym i'll do 20 mins of the bikes, and i also play touch football once a wekk, and usually play for around 30 mins.
I've always eaten healthy, but never actually gone to the effort of designing a diet for myself. I think this has been the problem, so i want to start now. From what I've read i should be eating around 5 meals a day, that is breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, then dinner. I was wondering if i put down a rough outline of a diet if you guys could critique it. Tell me what I'm missing, tell me what im having too much of, and maybe give me some variations (i like to experiment with food [im a bit of a chef]) of the meals so that i dont get bored. Anywho, hows this:
Breakfast: Muesli + Nuts with milk. Glass of juice (more than likely coconut + pineapple juice as i love that
) or just water.Snack: Banana/Apple + ??
Lunch: Chicken, lettuce, pesto and ham sandwich (on whole grain bread) + water
Snack: Fruit Bar + small bowl of mango+yoghurt
Dinner: Roast vegetables (potatoes, mushrooms, zucchini) OR chicken burger + lettuce and mayonnaise
This is a model for one day. If you guys think that this is a pretty decent diet, i'll probably start drawing up an entirely weekly table. So that i can make variations on some meals (for example, i'd probably always have the muesli in the morning, but would want to variate the dinners and lunches) and work out an entire week so that i can stick to it.
Looking forward to hearing what you have to say