heya, i think your definitely on the right track with things. now i need to mention that i dont track calories (i think 99.9% of everyone here does lol!), so i think i'd advice you to also track cals to be on the safe side. to be honest for me its just because i think i'm at a place where i'm eating okay but i really think i need to start counting especially if i hit a plateau.
okay, so i'm no professional on the calorie counting but from your menu i think it looks a little low on calories. i'd suggest peeking into other peoples diaries to see their meal plans and also maybe post your meal plan in the nutrition section and ask what people think and for ideas. you can also check some other posters who've posted their meal plans in the nutrition section and try and get info from what they were advised.
okay so again i'm no professional on the calorie counting but will try to help you out with the starting info that i've gathered so far just in case i'll start counting calories myself in the future. so far in terms of knowing how many calories you should eat per day this is a site i've seen recommended on a few of the responses
Calorie Need - Nutrition Guide for Women
and then for tracking your daily calories to know what each food is in calories there's fitday.com where you can input each food item and it lets you know the no. of cals per meal, per day, per week and so on. there's another website i heard mentioned for tracking cals but can't remember it now.
i think also on the nutrition stickies there's lots of info to let you know things like makings sure your getting good fats (from fish, nuts (almonds are good i have 12 a day), seeds (there's those pre-packs at the stores, i usally buy crushed flaxseed and add to my breakfast), olive oil etc) as opposed to bad fats like butter, fried foods etc. i see you've got lots of fruit and veg which is great. for breakfast i think i'd suggest adding something like a cereal you like preferably with high fiber, i either do all-bran or oatmeal (the instant packs you just need to add milk and pop in the microwave), i also bought powdered wheat bran to add to my oats as well. the more fiber you get in your diet the better because it helps move things along, and of course if your having more fiber then you'll need to make sure your having lots of water too.
all the above are just suggestions and i'm not by any means saying its the only way, i usually see in different diaries people have lots of great ideas for their meal plans. the thing with me is i pretty much cook my own meals so i'm never motivated to make any fancy stuff...lol!
i think thats all i can think of for now....if you can read the stickies stuff it would be a big plus...it's funny because i always tell newbies on the forum to read the stickies and i'd never read them untill just sometime last week, and when i did they were looong and eh not as interesting but the info there is very very useful. this one is a nice short summary
http://weight-loss.fitness.com/nutrition/13065-easiest-nutrition-guidelines-ever.html#post272122 and then the super long one but very important is this one
http://weight-loss.fitness.com/nutrition/5534-nutrition-101-a.html
umm for protein it should be lean as possible and for carbs wholemeal options are the way to go.
the good thing with a meal plan is you can make it up the way you want it to be so if you want to add a treat once in a while it's okay. and from what i see with others is that they still eat some of the stuff they want to but in moderation but include them in the calories. so it's all upto you.
okay, i think i've bombarded you with enough info for now..lol! wishing you all the best hun...WE CAN DO THIS!
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I need to get this down - the scale told me that the fat in my body currently weighs 14st 9lbs or 92 kilos - so I'm hitting my exercise routine running today.