How Is This Meal Plan...?

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This guy i know just gave me a meal plan and told me that its excellent for loosing weight quite fast.
To be honest, i think it looks good and i am really considering using this meal plan.

However, i dont just do things because someone tells me to. I want to check it out before i commit to it.

I am no expert when it comes to diets, in fact i know nothing about them. So thats why i would like to know if there is anything wrong about this meal plan. Would it be harmful or dangerous to follow? Are there any risks?

I would be extremely greatful if you would let me know.
Thank you very much

Here is the meal plan:

All Breakfasts
Minimum 1 cup black Coffee or Tea NO sugar, cream,
milk (you may drink extra coffee or tea during the day if you wish)
NO sugar (No sugar substitutes) NO cream, NO milk
½ Yellow Grapefruit (if not possible, pink/red will do)
Note: You can drink as much coffee/tea as you wish

Day 1
Lunch
• 2 Hard boiled Eggs
• ½ cup green string beans (Runner Beans/French string) steamed
or boiled
• ½ cup squash(butternut Squash or zucchini) steamed or boiled
● 1 cup tomato juice
Dinner
● 1 hamburger Patty- 4-6oz - Baked or broiled
(Only ground beef, no additives)
• ½ cup green string beans (Runner Beans/French string) steamed
or boiled
• 1 small apple

Day 2
Lunch
● 1/2 cup celery (uncooked)
● ½ cup green string beans (Runner Beans/French string) steamed
or boiled
● ½ cup tomatoes (fresh raw tomatoes not juice)
● ½ cup cantaloupe (From the watermelon family)
Dinner
● Baked chicken Breast 6-8oz (no Skin)
● ½ cup squash (butternut Squash or zucchini) steamed or boiled
● ½ cup tomatoes (fresh raw tomatoes not juice)

Day 3
Lunch
• 2 Hard boiled Eggs
• ½ cup green string beans (Runner Beans/French string) steamed
or boiled
• ½ cup squash (butternut squash or zucchini) steamed or boiled
● 1 cup tomato juice
Dinner
● 1 Steak (6-8 oz, Broiled or Baked)
● 1 cup stew tomatoes (poached/cooked)
● 1 small apple

Day 4
Lunch
● 1 cup celery (uncooked)
● ½ cup squash (butternut Squash or zucchini) –steamed or boiled
● 1 small apple
● 1 cup prune juice (unsweetened if possible)
Dinner
● 1 hamburger Patty- 4-6oz (Only ground beef, no additives)
● ½ cup green string beans (Runner Beans/French string) steamed
or boiled
● ½ cup tomatoes (fresh raw tomatoes not juice)
● 2 cup prune juice (unsweetened if possible)
 
I would highly advise that you do not do that. There are so many problems with this it's not even funny. I did a rough calculation, and I don't think you are even hitting 800 calories, which is ridiculous. You need to understand the basics of nutrition, and you will quickly see the HUGE flaws in this diet. You won't lose weight on this program because your body is going to be preserving every ounce of tissue, sensing that it is not getting enough nutrients (which it isn't). Not to mention, you will feel like complete **** if you eat like this.

First, tell us your stats, height, age, weight. With that information, you can determine how many calories you need to eat.

Some basics.

1. Protein source at every meal. Chicken, fish, whey, dairy, etc.
2. You need to eat fats, your body needs fats to burn fats. Peanut butter, any kind of nuts, olive oil, fish oil, flax seeds...
3. Veggies are your friend! That might be the only right thing about this so called diet. It just needs lots more food combined with it.

Look at the "stickies" on this forum, in this weight loss section and nutrition section, they cover the basics in more detail.
 
hmm, so it doesnt sound good then?

here is more info about me:

Sex: Male
Age: 20
Weight: 105kg
Height: 182cm

I am quite fat, i dont have any muscle definition and so would like to loose weight. Im not trying to take the easy way out. I used to run a few miles a day and noticed a difference, not to mention i enjoyed it aswell.

Im just looking for alternatives.

after reading through it, i noticed that there arent many carbs.
so is this just like the atkins diet then?
 
Extreme diet is an understatement with this. That is so unhealthy I can't even begin to describe it. You weigh about 230 pounds, so a rough calculation tells me you should get about 2700 calories to lose weight safely and effectively. If you eat such a small amount, you body is in a state of starvation, and will be completely resistant to burning fat for fuel.

3 things need to happen if you want to do this right. 1, you need to get started on a weight training routine. Research compound lifts, and full body workouts. If you do these 3 times a week, you give your body a reason to hold onto muscle, and not burn it along with the fat. It is a serious fat burner. 2, you need to get your diet nailed down and stick to it. Calculate you BMR, and adjust it according to your activity level. You then subtract 500 calories, and that puts you in a diet deficit. With that number, you need to dedicate some to protein sources, some to carb sources, and some to fat sources. With that amount of energy, your body will be satisfied and not starved, but will need to use some of its fat stores to make up for the 500 calories. Over time, you will see the fat shrinking away. 3, cardio. Running, HIIT, biking, swimming, anything you can or want to do will only speed up the process. But I stress that diet and weight lifting are the most important.
 
No only is the original meal plan an unhealthy way to "lose weight" it is also unsustainable....meaning there is high chance that you will put the weight back on and then some once you stop.

Be a little more patient and you will burn a greater percentage of body fat, build muscle (very important) and best of all do it in a way that is completely sustainable.
 
You will lose weight with that plan, but you will lose a significant amount of muscle as well of fat.

If you eat such a small amount, you body is in a state of starvation, and will be completely resistant to burning fat for fuel.
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This is false, sure the body doesn't want to burn the fat. but it will...and he would lose weight just in an unhealthy manner.

If you want to go extremely under your maintenance level, then don't go anywhere under 1200 calories.
 
Phate89 said:
You will lose weight with that plan, but you will lose a significant amount of muscle as well of fat.


This is false, sure the body doesn't want to burn the fat. but it will...and he would lose weight just in an unhealthy manner.

If you want to go extremely under your maintenance level, then don't go anywhere under 1200 calories.
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I still disagree. When the body gets put into this state of starvation, your glycogen stores are constantly depleted, since an individual is never fully replentishing them. Glycogen carries with it a lot of water, so the only "weight loss" someone sees from starvation is water weight leaving the body since there is such little glycogen stored on a regular basis. Also, the body is much more likely to burn muscle tissue for energy, which will slow the metabolism down. Once someone comes out of a starvation diet, the metabolism is so low because muscle tissue has been burned away. Regular eating takes place and instead of replacing the lost muscle, it's just fat that gets stored. It's a vicious cycle, that will just cause a yo-yo effect. Answer: don't do it!!!
 
MarkMyWords said:
I still disagree. When the body gets put into this state of starvation, your glycogen stores are constantly depleted, since an individual is never fully replentishing them. Glycogen carries with it a lot of water, so the only "weight loss" someone sees from starvation is water weight leaving the body since there is such little glycogen stored on a regular basis. Also, the body is much more likely to burn muscle tissue for energy, which will slow the metabolism down. Once someone comes out of a starvation diet, the metabolism is so low because muscle tissue has been burned away. Regular eating takes place and instead of replacing the lost muscle, it's just fat that gets stored. It's a vicious cycle, that will just cause a yo-yo effect. Answer: don't do it!!!
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Since I go by experience, i still believe i'm right.

I didn't exactly lose my all my weight in a healthy manner..ate about 700-900 cals a day for the first 30lbs of weight loss, didn't really realize this was unhealthy until i started reading up on nutrition. I lost some muscle, but i still mostly lost fat..so by experience..i believe you are incorrect.
 
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And I also would like to state obviously i did not go through the "yoyo effect" and gain all the weight back once i slowly started raising my calorie intake back to normal.
 
OK, just to clarify, what I'm saying is applying to someone who isn't exercising, which we don't know whether the OP is or isn't. So, I still believe that if one isn't exercising, they can expect most of the weight dropped to be water and muscle. If you were lifting while on starvation diet (how in the hell one could have the energy for this I don't know), I suppose you would stand a better chance of burning some fat, but you are still going to lose muscle.

I guess the whole point is, avoid losing muscle, lift weights, and eat 500 under your maintenence level, not 1500 or more under. That's nuts.
 
Phate89 said:
And I also would like to state obviously i did not go through the "yoyo effect" and gain all the weight back once i slowly started raising my calorie intake back to normal.
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Yeah, but you are probably one of the rare cases who taught themselves the right before it was too late, and you eased into the proper way of losing fat.

The large majority of people would go on a starvation diet, lose a bunch of weight, end said diet, start eating normally, and shoot up to the original weight or higher.
 
Yea. i didn't just start eating normally all of a sudden it happened very slowly..slowly but surely i allowed more foods into my diet, and i did lift weights while i lost the weight..but occasionally and didn't have a set routine. It was mainly isolational stuff ( skull crushers, curls, etc ) But mainly did insance cardio ( 30min + jump skipping medium/high intensity jump skipping )

Honestly, I felt perfectly fine while i was only consuming 800cals a day, better than I ever have in my life to be honest. I didn't realize it then, but today my diet back then would be considered the "fruitarian diet" since like 85% of my diet came from fruits/veggies ( literally would have 8 apples a day )

yea, it wasn't so healthy according to science..but here i am today.. :)
 
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I hear ya. There was a time before I had seen the light, when I would just run my ass off, never touching a weight, and ate complete ****. I wondered why it was so hard to get below 200 pounds and stay there. Now I know!
 
Either way, it's bad for your mind, it's bad for your body, it's not sustainable and will almost undoubtedly end in one of a number of bad ways. Read the nutrition stickies and learn how to manage a healthy diet. You'll feel better, you'll look better and you can follow it for life.
 
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