Am I on the right track with this diet ?

Breakfast
Porridge with honey and low fat milk

Snack
Apple and protein (be it food or shake)

Lunch
Eggs (scrambled or poached - are fried eggs ok if you don't use vegatable oil ?)

Snack
Apple and protein

Dinner
Chicken fillet or Salmon (baked) with carrots and brocolli

Snack
Muesli no added sugar (i don't want this snack but I get so hungry, first three ingredients are wholewheat, raisins and oats) with skimmed milk

Then on my workout days (3/4 a week) I would have protein and some raisins straight after. Is this acceptable for what I want to accomplish ?

I'm looking at roughly 2000 calories there with a ratio of I'm not too sure. I am trying not to eat carbs hence the late night muesli snacks (as I get so hungry).

I'm desperate to get back to 10% bodyfat or below, feel too slow and sluggish at 15% and quite frankly, look no way near as good as I do at 10%.

Do I need more lean meats ?

corkcomp

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Breakfast
Porridge with honey and low fat milk

Snack
Apple and protein (be it food or shake)

Lunch
Eggs (scrambled or poached - are fried eggs ok if you don't use vegatable oil ?)

Snack
Apple and protein

Dinner
Chicken fillet or Salmon (baked) with carrots and brocolli

Snack
Muesli no added sugar (i don't want this snack but I get so hungry, first three ingredients are wholewheat, raisins and oats) with skimmed milk

Then on my workout days (3/4 a week) I would have protein and some raisins straight after. Is this acceptable for what I want to accomplish ?

I'm looking at roughly 2000 calories there with a ratio of I'm not too sure. I am trying not to eat carbs hence the late night muesli snacks (as I get so hungry).

I'm desperate to get back to 10% bodyfat or below, feel too slow and sluggish at 15% and quite frankly, look no way near as good as I do at 10%.

Do I need more lean meats ?

diet is fine IMO but why are you having only scrambled eggs at lunch (zero carbs when you could probably do with some @ lunch, from vegetables, salad or wholemeal bread) - the night time snack is not great, swap for cottage cheese .. btw, muesli is about as carb heavy as you can get

Yeah I know, ya see I'm trying to not go on carbs to prove to myself I can function normally without them, I just get so hungry in the evening - l bottle it and crave muesli (small enough bowl) but still.

I'm just trying to get back to my 10% and then slowly introduce the carbs because once I'm in shape and training hard again, I can keep it off no hassle. (well I could before I went travelling)

So If I start eating raw carrots as snacks (trying to avoid bread) and limiting carbs to days when I really need them like after a tough workout etc ? Is that on the right track ?

EDIT: I had brilliant results on this diet in the past - very simple, very boring but fu*k it, it's what I gotta do, I'll do it.

corkcomp

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Yeah I know, ya see I'm trying to not go on carbs to prove to myself I can function normally without them, I just get so hungry in the evening - l bottle it and crave muesli (small enough bowl) but still.

I'm just trying to get back to my 10% and then slowly introduce the carbs because once I'm in shape and training hard again, I can keep it off no hassle. (well I could before I went travelling)

So If I start eating raw carrots as snacks (trying to avoid bread) and limiting carbs to days when I really need them like after a tough workout etc ? Is that on the right track ?

you are on the wrong track (only slighly) IMO - if you are craving carbs and caving in at night then you really need to have (good) carbs during the day - if you want to drop fat you probably wont do it by eating muesli @ night - have eggs at bedtime snack ...

Ok well how about I try not eat carbs at night and just battle on without it and if it get's real tough, then eat something like an egg etc ?

Mellor

Depending on portion size, I don't think that diet is 2000cals
Weight everything for a day and post up with weights

Fitday is lying to me then because according to fitday, I'm looking at 1800 calories before I even add in the muesli.

I eat a lot of vegetables with my dinner, literally one fillet on one side, then the other half of the plate would be carrots and broccoli.

Will try weigh it up though.

ragg

Personally, i'd move carbs for the day before and after training time.
especially if you are training with weights

dubois90

good diet but my advice alternate to spice things up.

in the morning i switch between oatmeal with honey or jam or even peanut butter and my tuna egg mix. 2-4 eggs depending on how much you can stomach(i have a crap appetite in morning so go with 2 eggs with half can of tuna with some pepper fried in olive oil) 1-2 ryvitas with this. i use mayo or a little relish but maby u want to avoid this. i might avoid these sauces when it comes to summer time but this is more nutrious than 95% of food people my age eat in morning so can afford it i think)

then for big break i have like a wholemeal peanut butter and jam sambo washed down with milk. delish.

King of Kings

i'd ditch the evening museli and switch to something more protein/fat based.

for example I'd eat cottage cheese with 2 desert spoons of peanut butter as my last meal in the evening.

nice_guy80

add spuds for dinner? pasta or wholegrain rice?

wholemeal bread for snacks and lunch, with cheese, tuna or eggs?

I'm just realising that I don't eat enough...

I'm trying to limit my carb intake as much as possible. Obviously, if I feel i'm going to crash or if I have considerably lower energy than normal in the next week or so, I'll take some form of carb on board but then again I do eat a lot of vegetables (carrots and broccoli) and that has done ok for me. To be fair, eating lean meats and vegetables has left me feeling great, I haven't been desiring much else, I substituted the muesli last night for a double protein shake with low fat milk going to bed (as I didn't have cottage cheese) and it was fine.

I can function well enough on carbs when I am in good shape, but until I hit my goal of 10% (which is predicted to happen in the next 6 weeks), I will just get on with it. That is if I decide to stay at 10% and not go down to 8% etc. But we will see. I think I look better at 10%.

Are wraps ok or not ok ?

And what about Lentils/Chickpeas ? Really want to start making lentil curry etc.

corkcomp

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Are wraps ok or not ok ?

And what about Lentils/Chickpeas ? Really want to start making lentil curry etc.

you seem to be in a hurry to drop body fat so if that is the case I would forget wraps or bread of any kind until you reach your goal .. dont deprive yourself of carbs totally - have porridge and low gi fruit and plenty of veg .. once you are at your goal your insulin resistance will probably be better so you should be able to have more carbs then ...