How's my diet?

howsmydiet13

I realise there are hundreds of these threads already, but I would like the advice of the Boards member-base. Here's what my average daily diet amounts to:

Breakfast: 3 scrambled eggs on toast (wholegrain toast, real butter) and a glass of milk or orange juice. Alternatively, I'll have some oats (rolled oats microwaved in milk).

Lunch: Tuna (140g) and mayonnaise sandwiches (two sandwiches, again on wholegrain toast with real butter) and a pint of milk. Alternatively, I'll have an omelette (5 or so eggs, mushrooms, scallions, baby tomatoes, ham, maybe some diced grilled chicken, and a few other bits). 3 times out of 4 it's the tuna option, though.

Dinner: Two grilled chicken breasts, or a fillet of baked salmon, with broccoli, green beans and a couple of baby potatoes. Again, with milk.

Snacks: fruit, oats (i.e. porridge), natural yogurt, soup.

I'll also drink at least 2 litres of water each day. I'll eat no more than 5 tins of tuna per week (aldi's pole and line caught in spring water, which, after some research, uses a species relatively low in mercury, so that's not a pressing concern, though I am conscious of it). I'm trying to get a lot of protein because I've been exercising regularly for the past 4/5 months. I've begun using a protein shake, so I can vary my diet a little more now and rely less on my staples: eggs and tuna, which I eat pretty much every day.

My main concern is the amount of bread I'm eating, which is, on average, about 6 slices per day; this is aldi's wholegrain (megatoast, I believe it's called), and is quite substantial in size: about 50g per slice. I want to cut bread down to a bare minimum, perhaps having 2 slices every second day, if even, but I honestly don't know how to replace it in two of my staple meals: scrambled eggs on toast, and toasted tuna sandwiches. What would you recommend? I would like to eat bread rarely - only a couple of times per week - but I'm at a loss as to what could replace it.

P.S. I'm young (early 20s), in relatively good shape (85kg at 190cm), and have no allergies.

Thanks.

Stench Blossoms

howsmydiet13 wrote: »

My main concern is the amount of bread I'm eating, which is, on average, about 6 slices per day; this is aldi's wholegrain (megatoast, I believe it's called), and is quite substantial in size: about 50g per slice. I want to cut bread down to a bare minimum, perhaps having 2 slices every second day, if even, but I honestly don't know how to replace it in two of my staple meals: scrambled eggs on toast, and toasted tuna sandwiches. What would you recommend? I would like to eat bread rarely - only a couple of times per week - but I'm at a loss as to what could replace it.

What's your goal?

Breakfast bread could be replaced with bacon.

Lunch bread could be replaced with a bucket load of salad.