Are these the right foods?

darraghw

I've always been quite an active person playing team sports, going to the gym and just general exercise but i've always had a very bad diet which really held me back. Recently i've decided to get my act together and just wanted some advice regards my diet...am i eating the right foods?

Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs, 4 slices of wholemeal bread, 1tspn of mayo
or 2 egg omlette with ham or tuna and cheese.

Lunch: 1-2 chicken breasts, mushrooms, egg noodles w/ soy sauce

Dinner: differs from day to day...steak+potatoes/lasagne/bolagnese
(i usualy try not to eat as much carbs at this time)

Snacks: serving of mass x, tuna sandwich, peanuts.


Any input would be greatly appreciated!

EileenG

Unless you are bulking, or doing very high intensity training, I'd cut back a bit on the amount of bread and noodles.

Otherwise, my main concern is that you almost no vegetables. Try putting an a green vegetable at all sit down meals. Maybe replace the sandwich with a huge tuna salad?

I'd try to cluster the high gi-carbs like bread around your workouts, and stick to low-gi carbs at other meals.

corkcomp

darraghw wrote: »

I've always been quite an active person playing team sports, going to the gym and just general exercise but i've always had a very bad diet which really held me back. Recently i've decided to get my act together and just wanted some advice regards my diet...am i eating the right foods?

Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs, 4 slices of wholemeal bread, 1tspn of mayo
or 2 egg omlette with ham or tuna and cheese.

Lunch: 1-2 chicken breasts, mushrooms, egg noodles w/ soy sauce

Dinner: differs from day to day...steak+potatoes/lasagne/bolagnese
(i usualy try not to eat as much carbs at this time)

Snacks: serving of mass x, tuna sandwich, peanuts.


Any input would be greatly appreciated!

that diet doesnt look too bad, except you could do with adding more fruit / vegetables ... what are your goals? are you trying to loose weight or just improve performance? I would let the carbs in at breakfast time but maybe have porridge instead of the bread or one slice of bread and some porridge

darraghw

Thanks for the replys, my training is quite intense with 2-3 weights sessions and around 3-4 2hour cardio/training sessions, this however all takes place monday - thursday so i might keep the noodles in for these days.

At the moment i have no specific goal, im just trying to focus on eating right first and then in the while move on to gaining some lean muscle.

I want to add peanut butter as a snack but theres over 7grams of fat per tablespoon? how much should you be eating? Also is it ok to be eating 2 eggs everyday?

Thanks again.

Pugsley

Peanut butter varies wildly in quality, nut's contain a lot of fat (usually about 45-50%), but it's mostly good fats, if it's good natural peanut butter it's fairly good for filling you up, as you don't need a lot of it and it takes a fair while to digest. If you get budget peanut butter it will be full of sugar and heavily processed, so you will lose a lot of the health benefits, and it won't keep you full for any time at all.

EileenG

You can make your own, or buy a jar of good peanut butter (Meridan or Whole Earth, for instance) and then grind some ordinary roasted peanuts (rub off some of the salt first) and mix it in. Double or triple the amount of PB for very little extra.

If making your own from scratch, grind your peanuts (or blitz in the blender) and then mash down with a strong spoon or a pestle until it is blended. You can add a little olive oil if you like.