Diet???

Marcus95

Age: 15
Weight:90 kg
Height: 6 foot
Body Fat:21 %
This is my normal day diet;Breakfast:2 poached eggs
Lunch:1 cup brown rice,150g tuna in water
Dinner:200g chicken breast,2 cup wholegrain pasta
Snack:small tin of tuna in water

On calorie counters this is coming in at about 1300 calories,it also says that this si to few calories. Is it ??? Im trying to drop body fat and gain muscle

Stench Blossoms

How are you measuring a 'cup '?

Marcus95

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

How are you measuring a 'cup '?

100 grams ???

wersal gummage

are you being honest there with your diet ?? If you are only eating 1300 calories a day you should be losing a fair bit of weight (not to mention being completely starving!). How long are you at this ?

Some people might say to drop all the carbs (i.e. pasta) for veg or whatever - but if you are coming in way under in terms of calories, and you are eating protein with every meal, i wouldn't be too worried about that personally.

Marcus95

wersal gummage wrote: »

are you being honest there with your diet ?? If you are only eating 1300 calories a day you should be losing a fair bit of weight (not to mention being completely starving!). How long are you at this ?

Some people might say to drop all the carbs (i.e. pasta) for veg or whatever - but if you are coming in way under in terms of calories, and you are eating protein with every meal, i wouldn't be too worried about that personally.

im at this about a week and a half but over the summer months i dropped 2 stone,eating 100 calories a day with a lot less protein....but then I was 5 foot 5 and 16 stone...morbidly obese

Tonto86

100 calories a day?!

Marcus95

Tonto86 wrote: »

100 calories a day?!

1000 calories my mistake

wersal gummage

fair play to you.

other people with much more knowledge will come along and give you some proper advice i'm sure.

in the mean time, all i'd say is that your diet looks pretty healthy. i'm surprised its only 1300 calories - i know you're not eating a huge lot - but you are eating a few meals a day. if you're not starving keep it up. i dont think you'd need to be as low as 1300 calories though (assuming you've counted accurately) - especially if you are doing any sort of exercise.

vegetables are good. i know when i was 15 i wasn't too keen on them, but if you can manage it, get some into you. there's a 'stickie' thing on the top of the page on diet and there's a video there from a guy called transform - he pretty much tells you what you should be eating - well worth a look.

i think the main thing with diets is to try and have one that is sustainable in the longer term. In other words, don't go 1300 calories a day if you're starving and fall off the wagon in a few weeks - better to be up around 1800 or 2k calories if you are more likely to be happy to stick with that for a few months.

macadam

Marcus95 wrote: »

im at this about a week and a half but over the summer months i dropped 2 stone,eating 100 calories a day with a lot less protein....but then I was 5 foot 5 and 16 stone...morbidly obese

Your amazing you grew 7" since the summer months ??????????????

Marcus95

macadam wrote: »

Your amazing you grew 7" since the summer months ??????????????

since the first of june yeh,but so did nearly every one of my friends ??? im 15

Marcus95

wersal gummage wrote: »

fair play to you.

other people with much more knowledge will come along and give you some proper advice i'm sure.

in the mean time, all i'd say is that your diet looks pretty healthy. i'm surprised its only 1300 calories - i know you're not eating a huge lot - but you are eating a few meals a day. if you're not starving keep it up. i dont think you'd need to be as low as 1300 calories though (assuming you've counted accurately) - especially if you are doing any sort of exercise.

vegetables are good. i know when i was 15 i wasn't too keen on them, but if you can manage it, get some into you. there's a 'stickie' thing on the top of the page on diet and there's a video there from a guy called transform - he pretty much tells you what you should be eating - well worth a look.

i think the main thing with diets is to try and have one that is sustainable in the longer term. In other words, don't go 1300 calories a day if you're starving and fall off the wagon in a few weeks - better to be up around 1800 or 2k calories if you are more likely to be happy to stick with that for a few months.

yeh i eat about 7 pieces of fruit a day but they dont have many calories do they so no point counting ??

ash2012

where do you start if you are 23 stone ?? and 17. .what to do for exercise??

wersal gummage

Marcus95 wrote: »

yeh i eat about 7 pieces of fruit a day but they dont have many calories do they so no point counting ??

ha ha ha.

my FIRST question was were you being honest.

a banana would have over 100 calories for example. fruit is also full of sugar.

try and swap SOME of your fruit for portions of veg.

Marcus95

wersal gummage wrote: »

ha ha ha.

my FIRST question was were you being honest.

a banana would have over 100 calories for example. fruit is also full of sugar.

try and swap SOME of your fruit for portions of veg.

well i normally have a banana each day,and i might have 2 apples and 2 mandarins, every day i eat carrots and broccoli with my main meal

wersal gummage

Marcus95 wrote: »

well i normally have a banana each day,and i might have 2 apples and 2 mandarins, every day i eat carrots and broccoli with my main meal

you have said your main meal is chicken and pasta. now its veg. and loads of fruit has appeared.

i'm not having a go - fair play to you and stick at it - but if you are counting calories, count ALL of them !! good man. you are up closer to 2k calories than 1300 I'd bet (which is still fine and more like what you should be at if you're looking to lose a bit of weight).

Marcus95

do i have enough protein ???

Mellor

Marcus95 wrote: »

This is my normal day diet;Breakfast:2 poached eggs 150cals
Lunch:1 cup brown rice,150g tuna in water
Dinner:200g chicken breast,2 cup wholegrain pasta
Snack:small tin of tuna in water

On calorie counters this is coming in at about 1300 calories,it also says that this si to few calories. Is it ??? Im trying to drop body fat and gain muscle

Is the 1 cup of pasta, cooked or uncooked? If its 100g uncooked weight then its more than 1300

Breakfast:2 poached eggs 150cals
Lunch:1 cup brown rice 350cals,150g tuna in water 150cals
Dinner:200g chicken breast 250cals,2 cup wholegrain pasta 700cals
Snack:small tin of tuna in water 75cals

Total 1675 cals

emeraldstar

Mellor wrote: »

Is the 1 cup of pasta, cooked or uncooked? If its 100g uncooked weight then its more than 1300

Breakfast:2 poached eggs 150cals
Lunch:1 cup brown rice 350cals,150g tuna in water 150cals
Dinner:200g chicken breast 250cals,2 cup wholegrain pasta 700cals
Snack:small tin of tuna in water 75cals

Total 1675 cals

Plus the 7 pieces of fruit a day, in addition to the veg he's not bothering to account for at dinner!

Naos

emeraldstar wrote: »

Plus the 7 pieces of fruit a day, in addition to the veg he's not bothering to account for at dinner!

Okay, so he made a small mistake - he's 15.

Marcus, give a breakdown of your diet again there, remember to include EVERYTHING you consume including fruit, veg, softdrinks, orangejuice etc.

Marcus95

Naos wrote: »

Okay, so he made a small mistake - he's 15.

Marcus, give a breakdown of your diet again there, remember to include EVERYTHING you consume including fruit, veg, softdrinks, orangejuice etc.

Breakfast: 2 poached eggs
Lunch:1 cup cooked brown rice(should i change this for a brown pitta bread??),150g tuna in water
Dinner:200g chicken breast,2 cup cooked wholegrain pasta,broccoli,carrots
Snack:small tin of tuna in water(if hungry after training),apple,banana,mandarin,i drink about 3 litres of water a day