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some advice on diet and program for a beginer please

  • 26-02-2009 9:04am
    #1
    peader111
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    hi there ive started doing weights 4 weeks ago and just wondering if the program im doing and my diet is right for what i want,basically want to lose fat and build some muscle,im 76 kgs at the moment, havent got too much fat but im not toned,the gym program ive been doing is monday chest triceps, tuesday shoulders legs, wednesday back and biceps and then back to the start with a rest day thrown in,(would an all body program be better)and ive been running bout 4 days a week for a half an hour each time,my diet is; breakfast porridge, lunch is fish or meat and veg with brown bread and pasta and a bowel of mixed fruit,dinner is mostly more meat or fish and veg and pasta,and desert usually a appletart or choc cake, (is too much fish bad for you)and i dont really eat after 7,ive also giving up fizzy drinks for lent and givin up alcohal too,is my diet ok or am i eating too much for me to lose weight and build muscle,thank you for any advice you can give


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  • #2
    gnolan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭gnolan


    Considering i put one of these up myself recently i feel i should reply. There are more experienced people on this site who will hopefully pitch in with some better advice than myself.

    As far as your diet is concerned, it seems pretty good, apart from the obvious desert. If you're looking to lose fat then cut that out. If you're eating pasta try to make sure it's wholegrain. I see you're having it for both lunch and dinner. Try just lunch, and for dinner have your meat/fish and a plate full of veg; preferably green. Move your bowl of mixed fruit to mid-afternoon, try get some nuts in between breakfast and lunch and you're pretty much sorted. Check the stickies to see how many calories you should be taking in for your goal, and then sort you're prtion sizes from there. As for the eating too much fish question; you can;t really eat too much fish, but i would limit yourself to one can of tuna a day if thats what you're eating due to mercury content.

    Exercise: Perform compound lifts; bench, squat, deadlift, chin-ups, pull-ups, lunges, inverted rows, barbell rows. There are many more.


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