Dieting

[Mher]

Re: Dieting

Hi all, quick question
recently I have put on some weight which I am not proud of, is there a list of things I can eat for break feast, lunch & dinner + exercise

I don't want to do an of that slim fast or those shakes

Please respond only if your willing to help

After being involved in various sports for most of my life, I finally started going to the gym consistently (avg 4X/week) 8 months ago, and along with this I had to learn some things about dieting:

The most important factor when it comes to loosing weight is calculating your daily calorie intake needs to maintain your current weight, and finding a target below to hit every day to reach your weight loss. (This also applies to anyone attempting to gain weight in body building) Naturally you would have to adjust this target as you lose more weight and your daily calorie intake need to maintain your weight decreases. An important thing to remember is to not go more than 1000 calories below your daily need. These type of starvation diets are dangerous, bound to fail, not to mention painful.

An easy way to calculate your daily need is here:

http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm

Also,when it comes to food, everything breaksdown to three basic parts: Fats, Carbs, and Proteins. Its not so much what you eat, or the types of foods you eat, but rather (1) the ratio you eat it in. Its important to keep away from high carb/low protein food items. This is an easy judgement of how many calories are in something. Beyond the obvious junk foods, it would mean avoiding white rice, cereal, bread (especially white/low fiber bread), baked goods, and pasta. It also means its perfectly fine to eat something unhealthy every single day if at the end of the day you haven't violated your daily targets.

You can easily get the nutritional breakdown of just about anything with a simple google search

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+many+calories+in+a+banana&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=fflb

Hopefully that was helpful and gets you started

Here's probably the best source online for any and all question

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/

you don't have to sign up and join to ask
you can search for a question and chances are someone asked the same exact thing before

[MrHyeSev]

Hi all, quick question
recently I have put on some weight which I am not proud of, is there a list of things I can eat for break feast, lunch & dinner + exercise

I don't want to do an of that slim fast or those shakes

Please respond only if your willing to help