Not sure if I am eating right?

darinbaisden

OK So I am new to the hole diet thing. And I need some advice.
I will break down what I have laid out and if someone can tell me if I am going in the right direction.

I am 32 year old male
Weight: 215
Height: 6'3
Body Fat: 16%

I started training MMA 3 days a week for an hour a day.

This is around about what I have been eating a day.
Can anyone tell me if I am on the right path?

El_Dangeroso

If it were me I'd reduce the carbs and up the fat and vegetables, one portion of brocolli is not enough, fruit is fine but I wouldn't count it the same as vegetables.

Eat full fat cottage cheese, there's very little fat in it anyhow and you'll get a little extra nutrition that way.

Also rice is fine but your portions are a little big and considering it doesn't provide any nutrition beyond calories, switch it up with root vegetables like potato and parsnips. Dollars to donuts that diet is deficient in zinc and magnesium, and probably usable vitamin A (retinol - people of Irish genetics tend to have poor ability to convert beta-carotene to retinol)too. All of these are potent muscle building nutrients. Add in green leafy veg and a little red meat. Eat some oily fish a few times a week, sardines have vitamin A and omega 3 and are really cheap.

saa

Fruit is still high in natural sugars would definitely swap the 7 portions of fruit and veg around to two fruit and 7 veg portions.

Swap white rice for brown

Donelson

Mma training is very demanding, on training days your probably 500 to 600 calories shy of maintenance. Maybe have a look at your b vitamins to help with nervous energy and fast reflexes.

Mellor

Donelson wrote: »

Mma training is very demanding, on training days your probably 500 to 600 calories shy of maintenance. Maybe have a look at your b vitamins to help with nervous energy and fast reflexes.

At 16% body fat he prob wants to be below maintenance.

narfsnonsense

Hiya,

Can you tell me what site you're using to get the below?

Thanks!

darinbaisden wrote: »

OK So I am new to the hole diet thing. And I need some advice.
I will break down what I have laid out and if someone can tell me if I am going in the right direction.

I am 32 year old male
Weight: 215
Height: 6'3
Body Fat: 16%

I started training MMA 3 days a week for an hour a day.

This is around about what I have been eating a day.
Can anyone tell me if I am on the right path?

El_Dangeroso

That's fitday.

narfsnonsense

El_Dangeroso wrote: »

That's fitday.

Thanks! Want to sign up to one and that looks like what Im looking for. Any use?

El_Dangeroso

It's good, very american though and therefore a bit harder to find real food, you have to trawl through pages of cheese-flavoured whatchamacallits before finding actual cheese.

narfsnonsense

El_Dangeroso wrote: »

It's good, very american though and therefore a bit harder to find real food, you have to trawl through pages of cheese-flavoured whatchamacallits before finding actual cheese.

Anything similar and less american? Signed up there and the reckon a cappuccino is 9kcal!!

El_Dangeroso

narfsnonsense wrote: »

Anything similar and less american? Signed up there and the reckon a cappuccino is 9kcal!!

Are you sure the portion wasn't tiny? They can be fiddly, I haven't used it but the daily plate is more english based so might have more food you recognise.

Mellor

narfsnonsense wrote: »

Anything similar and less american? Signed up there and the reckon a cappuccino is 9kcal!!

I'd say you had the portion sat to 1oz and not 1 cup.


myfitnesspal is a better one imo.
Has a website and an app

metamorphosis

caloriecount.about.com is good too