Is this good enough ?

jimmyjoe951

Ok so I'm 17 and 190 lb, just under 6 foot.
I'm of fairly big build , big shoulders, but have put on quite a bit of a belly in the past year.
Over the past few days I've only been eating three times a day, and have joined the gym and I think I can stick at it. I don't really have a routine yet but since I've started I've done at Least 5k on the bike and 3k jogging. I go every day . Also every 2 days I do a few sets of free weights , dead lift , bench press etc. I feel I'm on the right track but just wondering is my diet ok?
Breakfast 7.40: porridge
Lunch 1.00 : chicken lettuce and tomato with two slices brown bread and cup of vegetable soup
Dinner 5.30 : usually chicken breast, but my local butcher has got in turkey burgers and sausages . Would these be any good? What would be the best side to Chicken?? I have to admit I do be starving at the end of the day, as I go to the gym at 6 every day and have nothing after , but I think I can stick it .... Do you guys have any reccomendations ? Thanks

Zombienosh

first off there's way too much space in between meals there.

jimmyjoe951

What would you reccomend doing ?

Denis322

It may seem like eating little is the way to cut fat, but in reality you need to eat more . You should be eating small meals every 3 hours, the idea being to keep your metabolism going and burning fat, rather than it conserving fat and getting rid of it slowly as it knows it will be a while before the next meal.
The porridge seems good, mybe you could throw some fruit into it as well. The rest seems to be ok, just try for more meals, maybe some wholegrain rice with the chicken but mainly eat more often. Tuna is also good too

Zombienosh

As above, eat more. you can't go 5 or 6 hours without eating. also theres no fruit or veg in there. check the stickies for detailed nutrition info.
Is it just fat on the stomach you're interested in cutting? as in, skinny enough everywhere except fat on the stomach? aka a "skinny fat person"

jimmyjoe951

Zombienosh wrote: »

As above, eat more. you can't go 5 or 6 hours without eating. also theres no fruit or veg in there. check the stickies for detailed nutrition info.
Is it just fat on the stomach you're interested in cutting? as in, skinny enough everywhere except fat on the stomach? aka a "skinny fat person"

Yeah im preety good every were else, its really just the belly were all the fat is,
What would be a good healthy enough snack to keep me going at 11 am -?
Forgot about tuna:P The house is full of cans of it:P and i love it:)
So would this be be better?

7.40 - Porridge , bannana
11.00 ?
1.00 Brown bread chicken lettuce and tomato vegetable soup and maybe an apple?
5.00 - Chicken breast, few vegetables, wholegrain rice
9.00 after gym- tin of tuna?

RidleyRider

Zombienosh wrote: »

first off there's way too much space in between meals there.

He's probably in school at 17 so he can't eat a lot til 4/ half past maybe.

Zombienosh

Use nuts for snacks or I eat rice cakes with peanut butter.

BlueIsland

Denis322 wrote: »

It may seem like eating little is the way to cut fat, but in reality you need to eat more . You should be eating small meals every 3 hours, the idea being to keep your metabolism going and burning fat, rather than it conserving fat and getting rid of it slowly as it knows it will be a while before the next meal.
The porridge seems good, mybe you could throw some fruit into it as well. The rest seems to be ok, just try for more meals, maybe some wholegrain rice with the chicken but mainly eat more often. Tuna is also good too

Incorrect IMO*and most evidence.
OP if you are starving at end of day alter your spread out of calories throughout the day for the sake of trying to maintain this lifestyle (not for any bogus medical advice about metabolism).
If you are grand eating 3 meals- cool. If you are grand eating 8-cool. If you wanna eat one big massive one- cool. Just look at how many cals you eating and the macro breakdown of those cals- hit that target and you will be on track! Its not about when you eat, its what!!!

Your diet consists mostly of lean protein and some carbohydrate.

It's incredibly unsatisfying, and that's why you're hungry all the time.

You need to increase your intake of fats/lipids. Oily fish, nuts, avacados, eggs etc all need to come in here.

A common error is to think "eating fats makes me fat", when in fact, to cut bodyfat I recommend running your body on a fuel mix of mostly lipids (fat) and proteins.

jimmyjoe951

Thanks for the help guys , think I have a fair enough idea of what I should be eating now , just one last thing though is eating a tin of tuna after the gym at around 9 ok? Is it to late or anything like that.? If usually be in bed around 12 or before

TerrorFirmer

Fine, but if you're going to the gym and doing weights, you could switch, tuna before gym and then chicken/some carbs post gym at 9. Your body needs them then after the weights.