Am I On The Right Path???

[thaphantum]

I'm trying to drop 49lbs. of fat by New Years Eve, but I want to maintain my muscle. I weight train daily, alternating between upper and lower body every other day for each to give the other part time to rest. I also do cardio on the Eliptical or Tradmill everyday. My average meal and calorie intake look like the following, 7 days per week, allowing for 1 cheat meal per week.

Breakfast (8 or 9 am)

oatmeal/banana/16oz Water

After Gym Snack (10 or 11 am)

Yogurt and 16oz Water or Apex Meal Replacement Shake with non fat milk

Lunch (1 or 2 pm)
Tuna Sandwich/16oz Water
1 can of tuna (in water)/1 egg/mushrooms/garlic/pepper/mayo (olive oil)/ tomato/ 2 slices of wheat bread

Snack #1(3 or 4 pm)

8 mini rice cakes (1 serving) and 16 oz Water

Snack #2 (4 or 5 pm)
8 mini rice cakes or yogurt and 16oz Water

Dinner
Whole grain white rice/veggies with baked skinless chicken breast or salmon and shrimp/32 oz. Water

I take in 1270 - 1500 calories per day

I started at 393 on 10/27/08. My current weight is 388

My question is, should I decrease my calorie intake, increase it, or keep it the same? My first few days of weight loss, I lost 4lbs. then gained back 2, then lost 4lbs. This isn't new to me, but last time around, I dropped a lot of weight really quickly, but put it back on over the course of 4 years of inactivity. Sorry for the long post, just trying to provide as much info as possible.

 

[maleficent]

you're not on a path that's going to lead to long term results...

Dropping weight quickly, isn't overly effective if you haven't put habits in place to keep the weight off for good...

Your calories are entirely too low for your current weight... and while you aren't listing the nutrient breakdowns -I'm guessing your protein is too l ow for your current weight..

You want to eat for the body you have because in 50 lbs -you're going to need to readjust your calories and you have absolutely no room to adjust.

March right into the Nutrition forum below and read the stickied threads there - twice... ask questions in those threads that you dont understand...

Then go to On Topic and read those stickied threads..