Ridicule My Diet

DULLAHAN2

Below is a sample menu of what my diet will entail. I am not a 100% of the calories but i will look them up and make changes to get the cal's i need. I am going to be working out six days a week 3 days cardio which will be running training and the days i am not i will be using weights. I am trying to get a balance of foods that will enable me to have the energy and to be able to recover aswell as lose weight. Let me know what you think and feel free to give me some suggestions.

Breakfast
1/2 cup porridge with raisins and honey or
Scrambled egg whites with 2 slices of wholemeal toast

Lunch
sandwich on Wholemeal bread with chicken pieces / turkey and tomatoes and peppers. Also some fruit.

Dinner
Stirfry or steamed veg with chicken.
Wholemeal Pasta with tuna or Wholemeal Pasta with sauce and soy sausages.

Snacks i will be having protein shakes or protein bars and couple oz's mixed nuts.

El_Dangeroso

You have wheat in there for breakfast lunch and dinner.

Wheat impedes athletic performance as well as sending blood sugar skyrocketing (even wholemeal) and measurably damaging the gut of over 80% of people.

Leave it out and replace with vegetables, leafy greens such as kale, cabbage and spinach are very good. But root veggies like carrots, parsnips, swede and potato are good too, especially after a good workout. Eating a little fat such as butter and olive oil with vegetables increases the availability of the vitamins.

Eat some seafood a couple of times a week, especially the oily kind. My current favourite is wild trout which is in season at the moment. Tinned sardines in brine are good if your budget won't stretch to wild and fresh.

Ditch the soy sausages. Read the ingredients, completely processed rubbish, really on a par with the cheapest of hot dogs.

Eat your yolks, they pack a massive nutrient load for a small calorie price. The days of egg-white omelettes are confined to the 1980's

DULLAHAN2

Temple_Grandin wrote: »

You have wheat in there for breakfast lunch and dinner.
Wheat impedes athletic performance as well as sending blood sugar skyrocketing (even wholemeal) and measurably damaging the gut of over 80% of people.

Never heard that, ok so thats gone, i could have a salad for lunch with different meats instead of a sandwich.

Temple_Grandin wrote: »

Ditch the soy sausages. Read the ingredients, completely processed rubbish, really on a par with the cheapest of hot dogs.

So i take it there the same as normal sausages instead of meat.

El_Dangeroso

DULLAHAN2 wrote: »

Never heard that, ok so thats gone, i could have a salad for lunch with different meats instead of a sandwich.

Great choice, you're doubling your vitamin intake right there!

So i take it there the same as normal sausages instead of meat.

Yep, if not sometimes worse, ya have to add a lot of chemicals to replicate the taste of meat. If you really love them then have them once in a while but any kind of processed meat or meat substitute really shouldn't be a staple food.

Some fresh meat or fish takes just as quick to cook and would be a better choice.

eimearcmh

As an alternative to pasta/rice you could try cous cous, bulgar wheat or quinoa.
If your a fan of sausages you could try turkey rashers. Ballyfree do them. Quorn also do a meat free sausage version too. I find them healthier. The taste isn't the same though.
You could add some beans and pulses to your diet like chickpeas and kidney beans, butter beans etc.

eimearcmh

Temple_Grandin wrote: »

Some fresh meat or fish takes just as quick to cook and would be a better choice.

Yes, definitely include more fish in your diet.

El_Dangeroso

eimearcmh wrote: »

As an alternative to pasta/rice you could try cous cous, bulgar wheat or quinoa.

Cous cous and bulgar wheat are still wheat I'm afraid!

eimearcmh

True, quiona would be the healthiest out of the three.
I eat all three of them myself as an alternative to pasta purely because i feel bloated after pasta and i don't with the quiona, bulgar wheat or cous cous.

You must be delighted with the emmy win for your film:)

El_Dangeroso

eimearcmh wrote: »

True, quiona would be the healthiest out of the three.
I eat all three of them myself as an alternative to pasta purely because i feel bloated after pasta and i don't with the quiona, bulgar wheat or cous cous.

You must be delighted with the emmy win for your film:)

Haha! Indeed, really gotta change my username now..;)

xn304

Temple_Grandin wrote: »

You have wheat in there for breakfast lunch and dinner.

Wheat impedes athletic performance as well as sending blood sugar skyrocketing (even wholemeal) and measurably damaging the gut of over 80% of people.

Leave it out and replace with vegetables, leafy greens such as kale, cabbage and spinach are very good. But root veggies like carrots, parsnips, swede and potato are good too, especially after a good workout. Eating a little fat such as butter and olive oil with vegetables increases the availability of the vitamins.

Eat some seafood a couple of times a week, especially the oily kind. My current favourite is wild trout which is in season at the moment. Tinned sardines in brine are good if your budget won't stretch to wild and fresh.

Ditch the soy sausages. Read the ingredients, completely processed rubbish, really on a par with the cheapest of hot dogs.

Eat your yolks, they pack a massive nutrient load for a small calorie price. The days of egg-white omelettes are confined to the 1980's

Under normal physiological conditions, blood sugars rarely rise above 7mmol/L (8 at a push). What exactly do you mean by skyrocketing?

DULLAHAN2

Ok so i am going to base my diet around the following foods,

Meat= chicken fish turkey and Sirloin steak as a treat

VEGTABLES= whatever i want sometimes steamed or in a stirfry or raw as a snack. I will include spinach cabbage carrotts celery broccoli kale peppers and tomatoes. I will experiment with other vegs that i am not accustomed to eating.

Fruits loads of fruit which i will be eating alot of. Frozen for smoothies and fresh for snacks. I dont believe there is much difference.

Dairy skim milk, cottage cheese ( never had it hope its nice)and low fat cheese.

I dont think i will be giving up whole wheat totally, i just will restrict it. I will add as much legumes as i can into my diet. Oatmeal will be my number one breakfast food.

Hopefully for the next 12 weeks i will be able to stick to this as much as i can. Why 12 weeks i hear you ask? Christmas work party will be on :D

eimearcmh

Temple_Grandin wrote: »

Haha! Indeed, really gotta change my username now..;)

Is that possible?

El_Dangeroso

xn304 wrote: »

Under normal physiological conditions, blood sugars rarely rise above 7mmol/L (8 at a push). What exactly do you mean by skyrocketing?

Can I get a source on that assertion? I've often gotten blood glucose ratings higher than that with wheat and I have great fasting insulin and glucose levels. I've measured it in others and gotten similar results. I think about one person out of ten didn't have a very high reading from wheat.

El_Dangeroso

eimearcmh wrote: »

Is that possible?

Ya, you have to subscibe. 5 bucks for a month.

eimearcmh

Temple_Grandin wrote: »

Ya, you have to subscibe. 5 bucks for a month.

Ah right. I should have chosen something more anonymous when signing up!!:rolleyes:

El_Dangeroso

eimearcmh wrote: »

Ah right. I should have chosen something more anonymous when signing up!!:rolleyes:

Eimear..is that you?? :D

El_Dangeroso

DULLAHAN2 wrote: »

Ok so i am going to base my diet around the following foods,

Meat= chicken fish turkey and Sirloin steak as a treat

VEGTABLES= whatever i want sometimes steamed or in a stirfry or raw as a snack. I will include spinach cabbage carrotts celery broccoli kale peppers and tomatoes. I will experiment with other vegs that i am not accustomed to eating.

Fruits loads of fruit which i will be eating alot of. Frozen for smoothies and fresh for snacks. I dont believe there is much difference.

Dairy skim milk, cottage cheese ( never had it hope its nice)and low fat cheese.

I dont think i will be giving up whole wheat totally, i just will restrict it. I will add as much legumes as i can into my diet. Oatmeal will be my number one breakfast food.

Hopefully for the next 12 weeks i will be able to stick to this as much as i can. Why 12 weeks i hear you ask? Christmas work party will be on :D

I'm nitpicking but I'd eat full fat dairy. Fat is where most of the nutrition is and fat is the most filling aspect of dairy. But that would be a minor enough point.

Also, just solely out of interest, why as much legumes as you can?

eimearcmh

Temple_Grandin wrote: »

Eimear..is that you?? :D

Eh no...Eimear...who??...why would you think thats my name??:D
(Its a pain that i'm not even able to change the 'e' to a capital letter without paying the €5)

metamorphosis

You'd never guess where i went to college by looking at my username now would ya?

spaceylou

ULstudent wrote: »

You'd never guess where i went to college by looking at my username now would ya?

Emmm - UCC maybe?

OP - if you are trying to include more veg and a bigger variety of veg in your diet then you should set yourself a challenge (or whatever you wanta call it) to add a different veg to the shopping trolley every week. Try get stuff that is in season, it usually tastes better. You'll soon discover the new ones that you love or loath.

eimearcmh

ULstudent wrote: »

You'd never guess where i went to college by looking at my username now would ya?

My friend is down there in Cork too;)

DULLAHAN2

Temple_Grandin wrote: »

Also, just solely out of interest, why as much legumes as you can?

Just to give me more variety in my diet. Thats all

DULLAHAN2

spaceylou wrote: »

OP - if you are trying to include more veg and a bigger variety of veg in your diet then you should set yourself a challenge (or whatever you wanta call it) to add a different veg to the shopping trolley every week. Try get stuff that is in season, it usually tastes better. You'll soon discover the new ones that you love or loath.

That sounds like a good idea i will try that. Thanks