Hoping to lose 2 stone

happy hotspur

Hi all, I am looking to get down to about 11 stone from my current weight of 13 stone. I have filled in my details on various websites to see what my daily calorie intake should be and to lose weight it is recommended I take in about 1400 calories. Now here is the problem, after reading various articles and the stickies here on boards I seem to be confusing myself regarding good fats, bad fats eating late and not eating late etc. If I may give you some information about myself, my diet and how I exercise maybe some of the more informed people can help me out.
Firstly I am male, 5' 7", aged 33 and current weight is 13 stone.
For exercise I go mountain biking every sunday for 2-3 hours at least and on monday I play astroturf for about an hour and a half. Unfortunately thats all the decent exercise I get for the week.
So now then my diet:

BREAKFAST 7.30 AM
2 SLICES OF WHOLEGRAIN BREAD WITH A LITTLE BUTTER
2 BOILED EGGS
GLASS OF WATER

10 AM SNACK
1 APPLE
GLASS OF WATER

12 AM BREAK
2 SLICES OF WHOLEGRAIN BREAD
1 BANANA
ORGANIC PEANUT BUTTER SPREAD ON THE BREAD
GLASS OF WATER

2 PM SNACK
APPLE OR BANANA OR ORANGE
GLASS OF WATER

3PM BREAK
A SANDWICH CONSTING OF;
2 SLICES OF WHOLEGRAIN BREAD,
LETTUCE,
RED ONION,
2 SLICES TURKEY,
1 SLICE OF CHICKEN
GLASS OF WATER

5PM SNACK
GRAPES OR NUTS
GLASS OF WATER

7-8 PM DINNER
4 POTATOES WITH A LITTLE BUTTER
EITHER A SMALL PORTION OF TINNED PEAS OR BEANS.
ONE OF FISH, CHICKEN, BACON, LAMB
AS MANY TURNIPS,CARROTS, GREEN BEANS, SWEETCORN,
MUSHROOMS, MIXED VEG
2 GLASSES OF WATER

10PM SNACK
BOWL OF NATURAL YOUGART WITH GRAPES,APPLE,BANANA,HONEY
GLASS OF WATER

I do this every day mon-fri as it is structured regarding work and breaks etc. but the weekends I don't do as well because we are usually out and tend to just grab whatever for lunch and dinner. Also when I go mountain biking I eat maybe 2-3 chocolate bars.
Is this diet any good for me and what kind of calories would it be bearing in mind I should only take in about 1400 every day. Thanks for looking.

Bottle_of_Smoke

Way too much bread.

Have one slice with breakfast, one at your 12pm break and make a salad instead of your sandwich at 3pm. MAybe halve your potato intake too

You don't need to go down to 1400 calories, even if you dropped to 1800-2000 calories you'd lose approx a pound a week

1400 you'd be starving all the time at your current weight

Transform

happy hotspur wrote: »

Hi all, I am looking to get down to about 11 stone from my current weight of 13 stone. I have filled in my details on various websites to see what my daily calorie intake should be and to lose weight it is recommended I take in about 1400 calories. Now here is the problem, after reading various articles and the stickies here on boards I seem to be confusing myself regarding good fats, bad fats eating late and not eating late etc. If I may give you some information about myself, my diet and how I exercise maybe some of the more informed people can help me out.
Firstly I am male, 5' 7", aged 33 and current weight is 13 stone.
For exercise I go mountain biking every sunday for 2-3 hours at least and on monday I play astroturf for about an hour and a half. Unfortunately thats all the decent exercise I get for the week.
So now then my diet:

BREAKFAST 7.30 AM
2 SLICES OF WHOLEGRAIN BREAD WITH A LITTLE BUTTER
2 BOILED EGGS
GLASS OF WATER

10 AM SNACK
1 APPLE
GLASS OF WATER

12 AM BREAK
2 SLICES OF WHOLEGRAIN BREAD
1 BANANA
ORGANIC PEANUT BUTTER SPREAD ON THE BREAD
GLASS OF WATER

2 PM SNACK
APPLE OR BANANA OR ORANGE
GLASS OF WATER

3PM BREAK
A SANDWICH CONSTING OF;
2 SLICES OF WHOLEGRAIN BREAD,
LETTUCE,
RED ONION,
2 SLICES TURKEY,
1 SLICE OF CHICKEN
GLASS OF WATER

5PM SNACK
GRAPES OR NUTS
GLASS OF WATER

7-8 PM DINNER
4 POTATOES WITH A LITTLE BUTTER
EITHER A SMALL PORTION OF TINNED PEAS OR BEANS.
ONE OF FISH, CHICKEN, BACON, LAMB
AS MANY TURNIPS,CARROTS, GREEN BEANS, SWEETCORN,
MUSHROOMS, MIXED VEG
2 GLASSES OF WATER

10PM SNACK
BOWL OF NATURAL YOUGART WITH GRAPES,APPLE,BANANA,HONEY
GLASS OF WATER

I do this every day mon-fri as it is structured regarding work and breaks etc. but the weekends I don't do as well because we are usually out and tend to just grab whatever for lunch and dinner. Also when I go mountain biking I eat maybe 2-3 chocolate bars.
Is this diet any good for me and what kind of calories would it be bearing in mind I should only take in about 1400 every day. Thanks for looking.

man you are wayyyyyyyy over 1,400 cals if thats what you are aiming for (even if thats too low) but seriously do you really need to eat at 10,12,2,3,5,7pm?

Its just wayyyy to much of everything and cut back to eating every 3-4hrs.

Yes the bread (swap to oatcakes) and potatoes (swap for sweet potatoes/butternut squash) is an obvious one but on a fundamental level you are just eating farr to many meals (8 blooming meals in a day!!)which is just bumping up that total calorie intake in a big way and your body hasent even digested the previous meal and you are putting more food in.

someone could work it out but the 10pm 'snack' must be at least 300cals with all that fruit and yogurt.

A snack for me is 2-3 squares of dark chocolate and i am a quite lean 14st and extemely active

Hope that helps and start eating for the body and weight you want to be NOT the weight you are

this username isnt taken

"Meals are at eleven, one, half-two, three, five, seven, and nine, and if you want a quick snack, you can just ask Mrs. Doyle there."

happy hotspur

Thanks for the replies lads. I will reduce the bread like bottle of smoke recommended and also will cut done on the actual meals as transform suggested.

happy hotspur

this username isnt taken wrote: »

"Meals are at eleven, one, half-two, three, five, seven, and nine, and if you want a quick snack, you can just ask Mrs. Doyle there."

Why be such a smart arse? You have a similar number of posts as I have but at least I have the cop on not to go and wreck threads by posting stupid meaningless replies. Grow up a little, and have some respect please.

smiles302

Ah come on, an apple is not a meal!

Have you actually counted up the calories though? That's waay over 1400.

You should be eating more than 1400 but less than what you are actually eating now lol.

2 potatoes is a big portion.. 4 is giant. Unless you mean baby potatoes?

Also lot of bread. Swap one of the bready meals for porridge or a salad

Amtmann

happy hotspur wrote: »

Hi all, I am looking to get down to about 11 stone from my current weight of 13 stone. Firstly I am male, 5' 7", aged 33 and current weight is 13 stone.

I'm 28, 5'7 and was 14.5 stone (92kg). I am at 66kg at the moment (10.5 stone) and to be honest I could go down to 10 stone quite easily. In fact I probably will. See where you are at when you reach 11 stone though.

I seem to be confusing myself regarding good fats, bad fats eating late and not eating late etc. If I may give you some information about myself, my diet and how I exercise maybe some of the more informed people can help me out.

There is only one type of bad fat - hydrogenated/trans fat. All other types of fat, including saturated fats, are not "bad" provided you don't over-eat.

During fat loss, eating fat is actually helpful because it fills you up for longer and you end up eating less in general. The things to avoid, in my experience, are carbs such as baguettes and potatos. Not because they are inherently fattening (nothing is inherently fattening) but because they don't keep you full for long.

As for eating late at night: it is perfectly fine to eat late at night. It will NOT make you gain weight and those who tell you that it will don't know what they're talking about. The ONLY thing that determines whether or not you gain weight is excessive calorie consumption over an extended period (a few days to a week).

Nothing else matters with regard to weight gain/loss.

I advise you to watch these trustworthy videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEG5KOKrp1c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLRGt-Yijfs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PTyXnoDfVw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB_zQ_Knnq0

this username isnt taken

happy hotspur wrote: »

Why be such a smart arse? You have a similar number of posts as I have but at least I have the cop on not to go and wreck threads by posting stupid meaningless replies. Grow up a little, and have some respect please.

Jesus, I'm only having a laugh. Good luck with the weight loss.

Transform

this username isnt taken wrote: »

"Meals are at eleven, one, half-two, three, five, seven, and nine, and if you want a quick snack, you can just ask Mrs. Doyle there."

thats actually from father ted and i did have a giggle at that one!

Best of luck mate and just get the basics right as i suggested

Bottle_of_Smoke

I assumed he was giving his current diet so people could improve on it. Wish everyone who posts up asking how to lose weight would do that!

happy hotspur

Thanks for your help guys.

@tremelo those videos are most helpful thank you sir.

littlefriend

Transform wrote: »

A snack for me is 2-3 squares of dark chocolate and i am a quite lean 14st and extemely active

I read that as extremely attractive

mmc2010

Quote:
Originally Posted by Transform

A snack for me is 2-3 squares of dark chocolate and i am a quite lean 14st and extemely active

I read that as extremely attractive


LOL!!!!!!!!!!!

Transform

mmc2010 wrote: »

Quote:
Originally Posted by Transform

A snack for me is 2-3 squares of dark chocolate and i am a quite lean 14st and extemely active

I read that as extremely attractive


LOL!!!!!!!!!!!

LOL!!!

Well I would bloody hope I am a little more ATTractive and look like i spent some time in the gym than the german guy in those videos above. All good info but jasus I had to turn him off after a minute because of the voice and the lovely aran jumper his mum bought him

metamorphosis

His voice makes me want to punch me in the face. How does that happen??!

Amtmann

Ah lads. I wish I could speak German as well as he speaks English. Credit where credit is due. He busts a lot of myths and does so intelligently. He's one of the good guys. Cut him some slack!

metamorphosis

oh i like what he says

just the voice!

the voice!

I reckon if i could speak German well, id sound more hardcore.

Transform

Tremelo wrote: »

Ah lads. I wish I could speak German as well as he speaks English. Credit where credit is due. He busts a lot of myths and does so intelligently. He's one of the good guys. Cut him some slack!

look its all ok info but seriously the jumper and the voice!!