Diet Critique

PokeHerKing

I have been doing stronglifts for the past 8 months or so, in that period I have increased my weight from 70kg to 80kg, Im 5'9. My lifts probably do not reflect the period ive been on the programme but its due to the odd injury and the odd period of continued sesh's and what not!

Anyway, apart from always wanting to be bigger Im happyish with how I look now, apart from the wee gut Ive put on, from all the milk and pasta:rolleyes:

I am going away for 2 weeks at the start of October and would like to try and trim down, I will be continuing Stronglifts and hopefully getting 2 metcons in a week as well.

Once I return I will be back to eating like a starved lunatic, well till the next time I have to take off my top!!

My diet as of Monday just gone has been pretty much the same:

8 am-bowl of porridge with slimline milk, piece of wholegrain toast and 2 eggs
10 am- Usually a banna or a handfull of cashew nuts
12 Pm- 2 diced chicken fillets in a salad of lettuce, tomatoes and peppers
2.30-3 pm- 3 oat cakes and 1 can of tuna
4.30pm - Another banana or nuts
5.30pm- Workout- Stronglifts or Metcon, depending on the day
Post workout shake-2 scoops whey, pint of slimline milk tbl spoon peanut butter and tbl spoon of flaxseed
8pm-differs, ususally steak/fish/chicken and veg
10pm-cottage cheese/nuts

Is this enough of everything I need, too much of anything I dont?? All your much more informed opinions are much appreciated!

Cheers

Mellor

You are eating way too much if you are trying to lose body fat

PokeHerKing

Mellor wrote: »

You are eating way too much if you are trying to lose body fat

What would you suggest i reduce? I dont have huge amounts too lose so I want it to be a slow decrease rather then a plumet, Im just useless at this counting cals thing, Fitday is a pain. Never gives me the specific food I want to check!

Eating all around me was the easy part! Any other suggestions would be great?

ray jay

one option is to cut down on portion sizes. Another would be to cut out the nuts since they're very calorie dense. It's impossible to say how much you need to cut back without knowing the surplus you're consuming currently, but if you can run a deficit of 500 cals below your maintenance level you should be able to lose around 3kg by the time your trip starts

Apip99

Hey OP, I was in the same boat. Got bigger with SL, but the gut was showing an increase I wasn’t too pleased with.

I cut out bread and pasta completely from my diet. I’m a veggie (who eats fish) So when I’m laid of the bread pasta and nuts, I saw a huge difference in a 2 weeks. I also didn’t do much cardio on non lifting days (tut tut) so started to get a go in 3 times a week. All helped so much that the mystical hidden six pack started to appear.

Here diet past two weeks: Its not perfect, but has given me the results I wanted:
Breakfast: ¾ pint milk with table spoon peanut butter, one banana, hand full frozen fruit, scoop of whey.
Moring Snack: Porridge with banana or apple
Lunch: Large salad with tuna or cottage cheese.
Afternoon snack: Apple and muesli bar
Dinner: Salmon veg, something along those lines.
Protean shake (one scoop) on lifting days.

A load of water through the day as well

Oh and I also took two weeks of the wine.

In fact I’m the healthiest I’ve ever been at the moment.

Oh and I try not to eat anything after 9pm. Hard at first but soon got used to it. Those brazil nuts before bed were tough to stop!!!!!