i need a variety in my diet?

Question

okay, i am 5'4 - 155 lbs. I workout 4-5 times per week for about 2 hours (cardio and weight training) I also run 3-5 times per week(about 1-3 miles). anyway, this is my diet that i eat now. Anyone know any good meals? anything wrong with this one?

morning - egg beaters with yogurt or oatmeal with yogurt

snack - frut or some tiype of bar

lunch - salad with cheddar cheese and ham cubes

snack - protein bar

dinner - grilled chicken marinated in balsalmic vinegar and hot sauce and broccoli and cheese

snack - varies - not sure what is good

Answer 1

cut back on the cheese a bit, high in fat. skip the protein bar and have some raw nuts and seeds instead, not roasted or salted. More raw veggies, maybe a salad with supper. More fruit for snack. Use olive oil instead of butter or margarine. Butter OK sometimes, get rid of margarine all together, very unhealthy. Have plain yogurt and flavor it with your own choice of fruits or berries, you can buy stevia from a health store for no calorie sweetener and it is very healthy for you. Whole grains cooked, like quinoa, buckwheat, millet, and oats for some, very good for breakfast, they are grains with protein. That's just some ideas.

Answer 2

Please excuse the long answer. I am a 55-year-old woman. Between 2000 and 2003, I lost 140 tbs. and have kept it off. The way I did it was to stop dieting. I had tried every diet out there and even lost weight on them. The problem was that although my body looked fit, I was still fat. A diet is not a natural way of life. I makes one focus too much on food. This isn't to say that following good nutrition practices isn't important. It's just a matter of making it flow instead of march. My breakthrough came when I remembered what my grandmother used to say: "If you want to weigh 120 lbs., eat like someone who weighs 120 lbs" so that's what I did. I watched thin people in restaurants and developed a mental image of what "thin-minded' people did. Then, for about a month I pretended to be thin - even to the point of imagining that there were people around me who were remarking that I ate like a bird. After a month, I realized that I wasn't pretending. In just a few weeks, my body started to follow my brain. Thin people don't diet. They eat what they want, when they want. But....they only eat what they want, when they want which means that if it's dinner time and they're not hungry, they don't eat. If a thin person wants Fettucini Alfredo, they have it. However, they eat only as much as it takes to no longer feel hungry and then stop, no matter how much is left over. I've never seen a "thin-headed" person gorge themselves. The same goes for anything else a thin person consumes - it is generally and without thinking, in moderation. It dawned on me one day that my craving for chocolate was satisfied by one piece and that instead of eating the rest of the 1lb-bar, I put it away and forgot about it. I also suddently realized that I couldn't remember the last time I had junk-food and I didn't miss it. Considering my former 3-7-times-a-week habit, this was nothing short of amazing. I don't stay away from it...I simply don't want it. There is no deprivation, frustration, recrimination, or boredom and therefore, this lifestyle is easy to maintain without even thinking about it. There are days when all I eat is a piece of fruit and some cheese and there are times when I will go for a week, or two being really (for my new me) indulgent, ie: eating 3 full meals - some at great restaurants and even having a decadent dessert. Sometimes I even eat junk-food, although not super-sized combination meals. I never say, "tomorrow I'm going back on my diet." Instead, I've learned to say, "I've had a great time, but I want to go back to my regular way of life." By losing weight slowly and not cutting out this, or restricting that; and even though I cannot workout, my skin retained it elasticity and I don't have any of the folds or "leftover skin" sometimes associated with such a large weight-loss. Incidently, I went from a size 26-28 pants to a comfortable 6 - in my body and my head. I hope that I've been of some help. Keep all of the food groups and some common sense in your diet and listen to your body.

Answer 3

First of all that is WAY too much exercise. When does your body get to recover before you train it again? And the nutrition is ok but can be improved a great deal.

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Answer 4

Try reading a book called "The Real Age Diet". It includes explanations of eating to improve your health, while eating a varied diet of foods that are in season, and therefore generally cheaper. It also explains the particular nutritional needs these foods fill.

Answer 5

See a doctor. With that work out schedule and this diet, you should be losing weight.

Answer 6

the one you have now sounds fine to me - just make sure you arent taking in more calories than you are burning.

Answer 7

You have no carbs. like pasta