Weight Loss Help

slingerz

Hi folks i'm in bad need of some help.

I have returned to training following almost 3 years away from it.

Training is pretty intense cardio fitness work as you would expect for pre season twice a week. I would also go to the gym on my own twice a week doing a variety of core and plymetric exercises as well as some interval training on the threadmill.

My diet I think is pretty good.

Bfast - Porridge/Cereal
11's - protein shake
Lunch - Soup w/ Brown bread and some low fat natural yoghurt
Afternoon snack - Cashew Nuts
Tea - Cereal/protein shake/beans on toast

my trainer seems to think i might be under-eating (i didnt think that was possible) I'm 6ft stone and 99kg i want to get down to 87kg by the start of May

your help/advice is greatly apprecriated!!!!!!

pecker1992

can i just ask before i say anything else..are you vegetarian??

slingerz

pecker1992 wrote: »

can i just ask before i say anything else..are you vegetarian??

no not at all. i dont eat salads though. i would eat most vegetables though. i've just tried t cut things down with the last month but it doesnt seem to have had any effect

pecker1992

slingerz wrote: »

My diet I think is pretty good.

Bfast - Porridge/Cereal
11's - protein shake
Lunch - Soup w/ Brown bread and some low fat natural yoghurt
Afternoon snack - Cashew Nuts
Tea - Cereal/protein shake/beans on toast

your seriously under eating....you need meat in your diet and protein rich meat if your training....its better to get protien from food as opposed to shakes....personally i go for chicken and salmon but im not a big red meat eater......every 2nd week ill have steak...also tuna's great........there's also the matter of a serious lack of veg here.......so i would say heres a good start

(open to corrections/ adjustments)

porridge is great for breakfast

as a snack at 11 include some fruit

Personally at lunch id cut the soup (keep the bread) in favour of
meat..chicken/salmon/tuna and get some veg in there too

nuts are great as a snack high in protein and good fats

for your tea your going to want good meat with lots of protein (salmon,chicken, steak)..a generious portion of veg and moderate serving of carbs.....for example....grilled steak with broccolli onions mushsrooms peas peppers etc theres so much veg to choose from..and as for carbs go with potatoes brown rice brown pasta but sont go too crazy on serving sizes of carbs..... 100g of rice or pasta is plenty providing you have other things in the meal....

i know its nothing major but its much better than what you had there...any questions??

slingerz

Cool thanks for posting that. I would have thought by eating less that I would have lost weight but nothing has moved even with all the training.

Is it that I need to eat more in order to get things burning?

Also i read before that beans on toast is a good meal to have as it has a good breakdown of protein/carbs is this true? I also presume eggs would be a good meal to have so an omlette or even just boiled eggs would be good options?

pecker1992

slingerz wrote: »

Cool thanks for posting that. I would have thought by eating less that I would have lost weight but nothing has moved even with all the training.

Is it that I need to eat more in order to get things burning?

Also i read before that beans on toast is a good meal to have as it has a good breakdown of protein/carbs is this true? I also presume eggs would be a good meal to have so an omlette or even just boiled eggs would be good options?

ive found eating regularly is a better option than eating less....with regards to losing weight its very hard to do without eating the proper foods........i would find that chicken or tuna with toast is a better option than beans on toast (open to correction)....you see there isnt any carbs in either but you still get the protien,,,whereas if you were to eat a 420g tin of beans you have taken an extra 70g of carbs..see below

http://www.batchelors.ie/beans/baked-beans.asp


ive found personally speaking the best way is too keep you high carb foods to 1 serving ex....100g of brown rice has 70g of carbs..which is the same as your tin of beans...but the rice will keep you full for much longer and its even hard to finish a portion that size with other food on teh plate also..i still cannot finish 100g of rice in a sitting its usually 75g and i train 6 days a week..combining this rice with protein rich meat and good veg (greens)is a sure way to get your metabolism up and losing weight.......

in saying this many people dont understand that fruit & veg contain carbs...so you have to work around this also.....if your increasing your veg with carbs decrease your carbs slightly...

now thats just one side..the other side is fat........its very hard for alot of people to understand that fat isnt all bad....its needed...but shouldn't be taken for granted........when people go on an (a) high carb low fat or (b) high fat low carb diet essentially what they do is eliminate a source of energy....when you eat very little carbs your body turns to using fat for energy....when you eat low fat it burns carbs...now heres where it becomes interesting....

If you take a pizza its packed with both fat & carbs....so when its consumed especially with something like chips (again packed with fat & carbs)....its too much for your body to take in....both the fat & carbs are energy..but its extremely hard for your body to burn this all off..so it decides to store some of this energy as what??....yep thats right fat....

so to sum up everything ive said

Its very important to eat regularly when training:D

Fat & carbs are both sources of energy;)

when consumed in excess they cause the body to store them as fat

your meals must have a good balance of fat & carbs......ex when eating rice ( high carb) try not to eat anything high fat with it..or when eatingsomething high fat (rashers & eggs) try not to eat something high carb.....;)

now others will say different things but thats what ive always done and its never failed me




any other questions?????

slingerz

Still have some questions alright man, maybe i'm just crazy impatient but i dont seem to have any success wit losing the weight.

I've kept a food diary and people fail to explain how i dont lose the excess poundage. Its almost as if starvation is the only approach that I havent tried yet.

For example, every morning is 2 boiled eggs, slice of toast and tea

protein shake at 11 dinner, such as roast beef without potatoes or pasta with chicken for dinner.

some pistachio nuts at 4 about a liter and half of water a day.

prob another protein shake or soup in the evening.

There's GAA training/matches approx 3 times a week and 2 nights weights in the gym.

yet i'm still 98kg (15 1/2 stone) and 6 foot. I'd like to get down to 14 stone if at all possible but i'm losing hope at this stage