Alright, here's my story. XD
I am 25 and as of now I am 217lbs. From the ages of 15-19 I was 170-180. I was never toned I just played basketball all day everyday. By the age 23 I realized that all the beer and lack of activity was starting to catch up to me. So bout this time last year I started taking Jiu-Jitsu and dieting better (well I thought I was dieting better anyways). For 2 months my diet looked like this: Breakfast- Eggs/Oatmeal/Bread/Fruit Lunch/Snack-Canned Tuna/Chicken Supper-Chicken/Green Beans/Potatoes.
I lost 30lbs on this diet while also training in BJJ. Now that I have done a lil more research lately I realize that this was not a good diet. So basically I lost weight not fat. I have done a lot of reading and I am still confused on a good diet for the goals that I want to achieve and also a workout routine for the gym I just joined. I want to build muscle but lose the gut. Should I eat to build muscle or should I eat to lose fat?
Another thing is that if I was to eat to build muscle, what should I eat? I used a calorie calculator online and for me to gain muscle I needed to eat about 3100 cals.
When I went to figure up what I needed to be eating to get this I had a hard time meeting the goals to eat enough fat and carbs. I dont have enough resources to go and buy all the ingredients for meals. So what would be the best thing for me to do?
Here are some images
I am 25 and as of now I am 217lbs. From the ages of 15-19 I was 170-180. I was never toned I just played basketball all day everyday. By the age 23 I realized that all the beer and lack of activity was starting to catch up to me. So bout this time last year I started taking Jiu-Jitsu and dieting better (well I thought I was dieting better anyways). For 2 months my diet looked like this: Breakfast- Eggs/Oatmeal/Bread/Fruit Lunch/Snack-Canned Tuna/Chicken Supper-Chicken/Green Beans/Potatoes.
I lost 30lbs on this diet while also training in BJJ. Now that I have done a lil more research lately I realize that this was not a good diet. So basically I lost weight not fat. I have done a lot of reading and I am still confused on a good diet for the goals that I want to achieve and also a workout routine for the gym I just joined. I want to build muscle but lose the gut. Should I eat to build muscle or should I eat to lose fat?
Another thing is that if I was to eat to build muscle, what should I eat? I used a calorie calculator online and for me to gain muscle I needed to eat about 3100 cals.
When I went to figure up what I needed to be eating to get this I had a hard time meeting the goals to eat enough fat and carbs. I dont have enough resources to go and buy all the ingredients for meals. So what would be the best thing for me to do?Here are some images