The Right Direction

S.R.F.C.

First off, i've been a lurker around here for a while so to all the regular posters in here, cheers to all of you as you've already helped me so much and i've picked up so many things from you guys.

Anyway on with the show, i changed my diet around a 2 and half months ago just to lose a bit of fat, didn't think i had that much just a bit of a belly, and really just to start eating healthily as i just thought why not, and to be honest i have been enjoying it. I cut out white bread and rice, cut down on potatoes, cut on portion sizes, cut how much alcohol i drink, upped my fruit/veg intake, and trying now to cut down on sugars.

I'm not sure on my current weight as i don't have a scales but i think last recent time i checked i was around the 70 kilo mark, i'm 20, so now i'm just looking for some guidance just to see if i am on the right path and what adjustments can be made, i still do have a small bit of a belly although i've recently thought more about getting a bit of muscle on me rather than big calorie deficits, maybe i should stick to losing that fat first though!?

Anyway sorry for all that, typical diet;

Breakfast: Porrdige(30g), Flaxseeds(2tblspoons,15g-ish), banana(30g), i'm very consistent with my breakfast

Lunch: Veg Soup with 1 slice w'meal bread(25G), these are both homemade, soup is usually a mixture of broccoli, leeks, peppers, courgette, onion, carrot, celery, potatoes(2), can vary depending on what veg is here but generally that. This is fairly consistent as well, probably 6/7 days a week.

Dinner: This is where there's most variation, it can be one of a few things, pork/chicken stir fry with a good bit of veg(peppers,onions,celery) and w'grain rice(60g), beef burger with mash(approx. 2 spuds), chicken/veg lasagne, and on Sunday we always have a roast chicken, mash, gravy stuffing, parsnips, the works, and a big serving to boot!

Snacks will generally be either some apple, orange or banana, an oatcake, slice of toast w/p'butter and i drink somewhere between 3 and 6 cups of tea a day(a lot i know!). On a good week i could end up not drinking booze at all and on a bad one it can be around 6/7 pints on a sat and maybe 400ml vodka midweek.

That ended up being quite long but i would really appreciate any advice on the overall structure of my diet, i understand it might be quite bad, i think i eat too many carbs and possibly not enough protein? I cycle a lot and have started doing some exercises at home like pushups, reverse crunches, planks, burpees, lunges and squats although i should probably head to Fitness for advice on that part. I would like to work on losing a bit more fat and then working on gaining some muscle/general fitness.

Cheers in advance for any help or guidance, please do be critical, no point in me going on eating badly, missing out on whatever i may be.

S.R.F.C.

Anyone?

columok

Good work dude. Maybe two suggestions would be to try and get some protein in with every meal and some veggies too? So a rake of salad leaves to snack on in a tupperware or premade bag? Or raw carrots maybe. Radishes pretty good for that too. If you can get some oily fish or eggs with your breakfast would be sweet and a good hit of protein for lunch (chicken breast etc.).