Weight-Loss Is this too much for a day?? Tips/opinions needed!!

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LisaKane

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Breakfast
2 Weetabix with 1% Fat Milk

Lunch
Jacket Potatoe w/beans

Dinner
Bowl of porridge
2 slices of toast w/jam

Snacks
Fresh Pineapple
Tub of fresh grapes

I know it's all pretty healthy but is it too much?
Anyone got any ideas for what I can eat for meals?
Tips needed !!
Thanks
xx
 
First we need to know your height, weight and how many calories you food totals to!
 
Sorry.. very ambiguous post by me haha... 5'8.9" and 144lb... not sure how many calories the food is though :( will remember to record that tomorrow!
 
Ah, now you're up my alley :D

You need to work out how many calories you need (for weight loss/ gain/ maintenance), and how many you're eating. Use this website to work out what you need (don't take the BMR number, take the one next to your goal). You shouldn't eat under 1200 calories a day under any circumstances.

Then work out what you're eating and how that compares. Google "(item of food I'm looking for) calories" or "(item of food I'm looking for) nutrition". For example, I've just done that with the weetabix, and there are 117 calories in two weetabix. More for the milk but I can't quantify that as I don't know how much you used (chances are you don't either, I got a nasty shock when I started measuring my stuff). I'd recommend keeping a food diary and tracking every morsel of food you put into your mouth- if you're anything like me, you'd be surprised at what you're eating/ not eating.

But you also need to look at your nutrition. Are you getting enough fruit/ veg (5 serves a day- preferably more of that coming from vegetables than fruit), or protein? I'd change the dinner for something else- like a meat (or vegetarian alternative) dish with a side of vegetables.

You also need to look at what suits you. Are you happy with that? Does it keep you full? If the answer is yes, then it's in your diet's favour (although you also need to look at other factors). If not, then change it.
 
Well usually I eat a hell of alot more fruit - weekly shop tomorrow though so there's hardly anything in the fridge haha.
I don't really eat meat - and I would eat quorn but my oven is broke at the moment won't be fixed for another week.. so I have to make do at the moment :(
Well yeah it keeps me full - I just think it seems like a lot of food for a diet - although I'm not after huge weight loss just a bit of fat loss (mainly thinking about stomach for summer ha).
 
You need to work out your calories. That's what it comes down to. For example, I need 1776 calories a day to lose 0.5kg a week (which I worked out using that website). 1776 calories is 440.7 grams of cheddar cheese (says my calorie calculator), or 321.15 grams cashew nuts, or 3.552 kilograms gala apples, or 7.104 kilograms of raw cauliflower, or 12.686 kilograms of iceberg lettuce. Amount doesn't come into it (although obviously no diet should be comprised of one food, I just worked that out to make a point).

There's really no need to starve yourself. If you choose nutritious foods with low calorie density, you can eat quite a lot and still lose weight (I've lost 5kg- a little over 11lb- in six weeks, and I'm a serious glutton. I eat a lot, I just now eat low calorie food).
 
Worked out calories I ate yesterday, it was 1880... is this ok? or too much?
I go to the gym at least 4 times a week and do both cardio & resistance training in each session.
 
You need to work it out based on your stats, goals and your own estimation of your exercise. Here's the website I linked to before: If you want to lose a pound a week and your figure for losing a pound a week is 1890, then 1880 is a good number. If it's 1800, you've overeaten. If it's 1250, you've binged. It's all relative.

Based on your height and weight alone, I would urge extreme caution in trying to lose weight, as you already have at the low end of a healthy BMI (21.89 presuming you're 5'8").
 
At a first glance I'd say that this seems like too little food for a day unless you are tiny or the portions are huge and as you say you're not short at all :)

Maybe you're fine with your weight and you just need to work out for some lean muscle instead? :)
 
Thanks, checked out that nutrition website apparently I need 1882 calories to lose 1lb a week - sounds too easy!
 
Well it's not my weight that's the issue, I just want a more toned torso - however, needs more improvement than a case of a few sit ups to sort it out haha
 
What I'm wondering is... where's the protein? Where's the vegetables? You need these things!
 
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