Sunday my program begins. Here's what I am projecting. Please provide tweaks as much as possible and really don't worry about adding foods because I am going by what I am ready for in my diet and can handle. I know there are things I need to add and I will progress but dammit if I don't get this going now I'm screwed. Repetition of diet is ENTIRELY fine by me. Taste is something I can deal with. BMR is like 2600 approx. I am cutting fat so I am shooting for 2100. This is entirely a ROUGH idea list in the building right now I haven't even LOOKED at the calorie counts on it yet and I plan on doing a written log of workouts and diet. I just want to start getting focus on stuff to make sure I am headed the right direction. This list is just a beginning. Oh and I plan on sleeping normal 11PM-7AM patterns, that's going to be killer for me. :/
Liquid intake daily:
80-100 Fluid Ounces of Water
16 Ounce of Skim Milk
16 ounces of Diet V8 Splash
Vitamin:
GNC Mens Sport 2xday(Morning+Mid Afternoon)
Meal break up:
7 AM Eggs(Whites, scrambled, approx 5?)+Frosted Cheerios w/ Skim Milk plus a banana. 16 ounce glass of skim milk to drink. Vitamin #1.
9 AM Grilled chicken. Apple.
11 AM Very lean beef taco w/ fat free cheese and whole grain trotilla. Banana.
1 PM Grilled chicken w/ lemon marinade(Maybe, might not bother with marinade). Apple. Vitamin #2
3PM Grilled chicken wrap w/ fat free cheese and whole grain tortilla. Banana.
5PM Very lean beef burger w/ whole wheat bun. Apple. 16 ounces of Diet V8 Splash
7PM Grilled chicken. Banana.
This is rough right now, its 3 AM and I'm winding down(My depression is starting to get a bit too strong for me to handle right now.) Right now I could use some quick answers:
#1: I should be taking an intake of like 40%Protein, 30% Carbs, 30% Good Fats correct?
#2: I am currently eating Honey Wheat bread for a sandwich(The difference between whole and honey are neglible for the flavor I like, sorry, I'm not giving that up just yet.) but I am looking to move all such things to whole grain, that would be good right? (I like my pasta and bread and all that a LOT)
#3: Is my pre-workout(30 min prep time before running/weight lifting at 7:30) ok? What should I eat at 9 after???
I picked these times because at 9 AM, I need to be heading off to work or getting ready for my second job that starts like an hour later in the day... It also gives me time to digest food before sleeping, I was considering a healthy intelligent snack like 9/10 ish for my body to process over night but I'm not sure. I have heard some say food is bad period... I've also heard of studies saying that it makes little difference in terms of fat. Sleep discomfort, well... I don't think anything light have EVER bugged me. Any insight would be appreciated, I'm gonna do some looking around the next two days and get something setup. Grocery run is Saturday night after I get off work at 6. Thanks for all the help I've gotten here, I feel confident in my plan though very worried. I know, get veggies in my diet(Sit on it and I'll get there.)
EDIT: Ok so I've pretty much made all my meals into a pretty much repetitive standard now. I am looking at roughly 350 calories per meal through the day to get 2100. I'm going to have to sit down and actually look at the details to see if this is fesible or not at some point. I know I need more variety but for right now, I need to get something planned and consistent so I can stop having to run around crazy trying to through a lunch together and then go hungry the rest of the day. I'm going to be doing cooking and all that on Sunday nights before I go out to play pool. Also going to be doing day ahead meal prepping so I am not running around in the morning. I know this isn't even close to perfect, but compared to my old diet of pop/soda, fast food, and well, crap food; I think this is an improvement to get started. I did something similar last year with good effect so I'm hoping it'll work. I'm glad I love chicken, now I need to try and cook it tomorrow on the george foreman to see if that will work. All beef and chicken will be done on the george foreman and as I progress I will probably take my beef down to one meal and a small additional meal a day if not down to just one meal a day. (I like beef so much this is gonna kill me.)
Liquid intake daily:
80-100 Fluid Ounces of Water
16 Ounce of Skim Milk
16 ounces of Diet V8 Splash
Vitamin:
GNC Mens Sport 2xday(Morning+Mid Afternoon)
Meal break up:
7 AM Eggs(Whites, scrambled, approx 5?)+Frosted Cheerios w/ Skim Milk plus a banana. 16 ounce glass of skim milk to drink. Vitamin #1.
9 AM Grilled chicken. Apple.
11 AM Very lean beef taco w/ fat free cheese and whole grain trotilla. Banana.
1 PM Grilled chicken w/ lemon marinade(Maybe, might not bother with marinade). Apple. Vitamin #2
3PM Grilled chicken wrap w/ fat free cheese and whole grain tortilla. Banana.
5PM Very lean beef burger w/ whole wheat bun. Apple. 16 ounces of Diet V8 Splash
7PM Grilled chicken. Banana.
This is rough right now, its 3 AM and I'm winding down(My depression is starting to get a bit too strong for me to handle right now.) Right now I could use some quick answers:
#1: I should be taking an intake of like 40%Protein, 30% Carbs, 30% Good Fats correct?
#2: I am currently eating Honey Wheat bread for a sandwich(The difference between whole and honey are neglible for the flavor I like, sorry, I'm not giving that up just yet.) but I am looking to move all such things to whole grain, that would be good right? (I like my pasta and bread and all that a LOT)
#3: Is my pre-workout(30 min prep time before running/weight lifting at 7:30) ok? What should I eat at 9 after???
I picked these times because at 9 AM, I need to be heading off to work or getting ready for my second job that starts like an hour later in the day... It also gives me time to digest food before sleeping, I was considering a healthy intelligent snack like 9/10 ish for my body to process over night but I'm not sure. I have heard some say food is bad period... I've also heard of studies saying that it makes little difference in terms of fat. Sleep discomfort, well... I don't think anything light have EVER bugged me. Any insight would be appreciated, I'm gonna do some looking around the next two days and get something setup. Grocery run is Saturday night after I get off work at 6. Thanks for all the help I've gotten here, I feel confident in my plan though very worried. I know, get veggies in my diet(Sit on it and I'll get there.)
EDIT: Ok so I've pretty much made all my meals into a pretty much repetitive standard now. I am looking at roughly 350 calories per meal through the day to get 2100. I'm going to have to sit down and actually look at the details to see if this is fesible or not at some point. I know I need more variety but for right now, I need to get something planned and consistent so I can stop having to run around crazy trying to through a lunch together and then go hungry the rest of the day. I'm going to be doing cooking and all that on Sunday nights before I go out to play pool. Also going to be doing day ahead meal prepping so I am not running around in the morning. I know this isn't even close to perfect, but compared to my old diet of pop/soda, fast food, and well, crap food; I think this is an improvement to get started. I did something similar last year with good effect so I'm hoping it'll work. I'm glad I love chicken, now I need to try and cook it tomorrow on the george foreman to see if that will work. All beef and chicken will be done on the george foreman and as I progress I will probably take my beef down to one meal and a small additional meal a day if not down to just one meal a day. (I like beef so much this is gonna kill me.)
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