Cleaned up Diet

[gti steve]

so far, in a plan to rid myself of some bodyfat, i took some of your tips into consideration and i tried to clean my diet up best i could.

this is what ive done

6:00 am - protein shake, banana
7:30 am - 6 egg whites, 2 whole eggs, low-sugar oatmeal
10:00 am - can of tuna or cottage cheese
12:30 pm - salad with 6 oz grilled chicken, eggwhites, avocado
2:30 pm - protein shake
5:30 pm - gym
7:00 pm - dinner (usually 6-8 oz meet or chicken, 3 cups of romaine lettuce with no dressing)
10:00 pm - shake

sits right about 240 protein, 120-140 carbs, 35-45 fats

how is it looking so far in terms of ratios to carbs proteins and fats? should i add in cardio to jump start my fat burning furnace?

i was thinking of doing sprints in HIIT format.

[Tim Wescott]

gointhruit said:

so far, in a plan to rid myself of some bodyfat, i took some of your tips into consideration and i tried to clean my diet up best i could.

this is what ive done

6:00 am - protein shake, banana
7:30 am - 6 egg whites, 2 whole eggs, low-sugar oatmeal
10:00 am - can of tuna or cottage cheese
12:30 pm - salad with 6 oz grilled chicken, eggwhites, avocado
2:30 pm - protein shake
5:30 pm - gym
7:00 pm - dinner (usually 6-8 oz meet or chicken, 3 cups of romaine lettuce with no dressing)
10:00 pm - shake

sits right about 240 protein, 120-140 carbs, 35-45 fats

how is it looking so far in terms of ratios to carbs proteins and fats? should i add in cardio to jump start my fat burning furnace?

i was thinking of doing sprints in HIIT format.

Looks good Steve!!

However,I would eat some complex carbs with your dinner as it is your post-workout meal.Yams,brown rice,or a baked potato.........very crucial at this meal.

In fact,I would add complex carbs in small amounts to meals 2 +3 also,then eat salads or veggies at the other meals and no complex carbs late at night.

At your 10:00 PM meal,since you`ve had 2 shakes already,I would eat cottage cheese,tuna,or 4-6 oz. of chicken breast.

Other than that it looks great to me.

[gti steve]

yea i was iffy about the shake at night, since ive already had 2 during the day. the cottage cheese might be the better choice for the casein.

for my lunch at 12:30, should i add a small amount of brown rice to my salad, i think that might help keep me full till the 2:30-3:00 mark.

i was trying to keep the carbs low because i want to drop the body fat, some days i hit 140 carbs, and other i hit like 35-40. at first it was difficult to do this, but not that im in the swing of it, it really isnt that bad.


thanks for the advice tim

[Tim Wescott]

The rice would be fine..........as well as the cottage cheese IMO.