The Perfect 5 meal Diet

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NapoleonIV

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I am a 21 year old male looking for the most balance and nutritional 5-day diet I can find to go along with 30mins-1hr of daily exercise.

I would love any suggestions I can get for what you think would be best Breakfast, Snack, Lunch, Snack, Dinner format diet.

I intend to eat this identical menu daily. I would even prefer the meal items be as identical as possible, especially the snacks, to make it easier. I am really only looking for cheap store-bought open-and-eat kinds of items such as cans of tuna and the like. I have no problem using a microwave but I don't want to mess with anything that even looks like a recipe.

I realize a lot of people may not be able to handle such a repetitive diet, but it actually fits my lifestyle and personality perfectly. Any menu suggestions and especially menu plans you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
 
Can you handle cutting up fruit and vegetables? youcould doit as a once a week event and just bag them in the fridge -some groceries even sell precut up fruit and veggies

Breakfast
1 Cup Low fat cottage cheese or Low Fat Yogurt
2 cups assorted fruit

Snack
1 package Oatmeal (Instant Hot Cereal) or 1/2 cup low fat granola cereal

Lunch
Tuna w/ a squeeze of may and a squeeze of relish for crunch (you could even alternate with salmon- the canned salmon is nasty, the stuff that comes in the packet is pretty good, though a little pricer -I actually like the packets because it's a perfect 3 ounce portion)
whole wheat bread

Snack
Vegetables (celery or carrots) with Hummus (high fiber, made from beans, good for you) or some other low calorie dip (the dairy case or deli area usually has this prepackaged, it's 50 calories for 2 tablespoons which makes for a really nice snack)

Dinner
Lean Cuisine/Smart Ones/Budget Frozen Meal (basically any frozen dinner that's under 300 - 350 calories)

evening snack
Jello cup or pudding cup

Rough estimate on that - that should bring you to about 1300 calories for the day
 
Sounds pretty balanced to me. I would prefer nothing but the Tuna straight up for the lunch. Also the first snack would have to maybe an oatmeal or granola bar to fit with my work schedule. The only other item is the breakfast, but only because I have only a few minutes between shower and out the door. Do you think a low fat or a fat yogurt cup would substitute?
 
yes, but it might not be enough calories for you - that's why i suggest getting fruit and leaving it cut up in easy to grab packages... or even an apple or a pear would work...
 
Sounds like a simple diet plan maleficent!! I'm going to try it. I don't think I get nearly enough food during the day, but I don't want to over do it. I like everything on your list so I think I'll give it a shot. I'll let ya know how it goes!! Thanx!!
 
except for the dinner (I have an intense dislike for processed foods) that's pretty m uch what i've been eating (minus the oatmeal) and have been doing pretty well with it...

My dinners are usually a marinated chicken breast that I've grilled or broiled, or a piece of fresh salmon or tuna, or tonite is going to be buffalo meat which looked especially good at the grocery store... and some sort of vegetable.

It's simple... I usually buy one big cantaloupe and one chunk of watermelon a week and cut it up i chunks and leave it in the fridge and it's good for 5 days... Fruits can easily be varied - strawberries on sale? get them- blueberries look especially good? get them...

using my food journal as a guide it's also been getting in around 25 grams of fiber a day... Depending on what veggies I've picked for dinner.
 
Today was my first day to give this a shot. Started with a cup of low-fat yogurt for breakfast, hadn't bought the granola bars yet so no snack, a can of plain in-water tuna for lunch, a mix of raw vegetables for an afternoon snack, and just now a green apple and some grapes for dinner. This all was very easily done for me and I had no hunger issues.

My only question is if I have a good balance. The yogurt and granola has some fruit in it and I figure I got the rest covered for dinner. The tuna takes care of protein, the yogurt dairy, and the vegetables work well. I figure I cover the tiny fat/oil tip with the granola bar.

My worry is that the largest chunk of a food pyramid is the bread and pasta group and besides the granola I don't have any other items in that chunk. Also I wonder if a can of tuna is enough protein.

Again I don't have any problems with the amount of food, I just want to make sure I am balanced.
 
Dinner will give you more protein -I thought you were going to go with some sort of frozen food type dinner most of the low cal frozen dinners are pretty well balanced.. you probably will want more than just grapes and an apple.

If you want some variety you could add in beans once or twice a week (like a black bean soup or antoher bean based soup) for some added protein.

Stoneyfield farms makes a soy yogurt that will have more protein than a regular yogurt, or just some soy milk (low fat) as a snack that would give you a protein boost.
 
Well I don't mind the frozen dinners but 1 a day can add up. So far my plan calls for an average of $15 or so a week which is not necessary but works for me. I was considering beans for dinner. I might take a look. I also dig sardines so I think I'll check them out too.
 
maleficent said:
tonite is going to be buffalo meat which looked especially good at the grocery store...
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How was it? I tried a vacuum wrapped buffalo steak... really bloody, and was organic too. Looked really good, 0% fat, and expensive. But because no marbling of fats, was really difficult to cook nicely. I ended up eliminating beef altogether from my diet because even good cuts of steak are high in fat and I wasn't loosing weight doing it.... Now I just eat chicken and fish for protein.
 
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ImaFatass said:
How was it? I tried a vacuum wrapped buffalo steak... really bloody, and was organic too. Looked really good, 0% fat, and expensive. But because no marbling of fats, was really difficult to cook nicely. I ended up eliminating beef altogether from my diet because even good cuts of steak are high in fat and I wasn't loosing weight doing it.... Now I just eat chicken and fish for protein.
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It was the vacuum packed stuff... It was really well marinated so it was extemely flavorful... I had read elsewhere to be careful cooking it because if you over cook it - it turns to shoe leather pretty quickly - -because of the lack of fat in it - so I pretty much just seared it - about 2 minutes per side and then let it rest about 5 minutes... It was pretty good - I'm not sure i want a steady diet of it -and it's the first beef I've had in a month.. but it was good... I think the package was 6 dollars for 2 steaks in it.. which is pricey but not exhorbitant because it's two meals - perhaps 3 if i stretched it... I'll probably just stick to fish and chicken though :) (I really wanted a burger but there's no difference in calories between buffalo ground beef and regular ground beef :(
 
NapoleonIV said:
Well I don't mind the frozen dinners but 1 a day can add up. So far my plan calls for an average of $15 or so a week which is not necessary but works for me. I was considering beans for dinner. I might take a look. I also dig sardines so I think I'll check them out too.
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Ig uou like sardines, those have protein and calcium in them... Beans you can do a lot with - bean soups are usually pretty cheap and hearty, or just plain canned beans which you can mix up with some veggies and some low fat dressing will make a nice meal
 
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