Is this a healthy diet?

Question

I'm 14, and I like to eat healthy especially because I play soccer, and it gives me more energy when I do. I was just wondering if my eating plan was ok..I usually have about 1500-2000 calories a day. I drink about 9 glasses of water. I exercise just about every day of the week.

Breakfast: [300 calories]
Old fashioned oatmeal
Danon light&fit yogurt
Banana

Snack:[60 calories]
Apple

Lunch:[300-400 calories]
Turkey & cheese sandwich on whole wheat bread
Wheat thins

Snack:[200 calories]
Nutrition bar (Atkins, Southbeach, or Zone)

Snack:[200 calories]
Nuts or Peanut butter

Dinner:[300 calories]
Chicken Salad
Glass of Soy milk

Answer 1

Wow!!! You go! Wish I could eat like that. That sounds like a really good diet. The only thing I would say to eat to make it even healthier is veggies. I think it is impressive that someone so young is concerned with healthy eating.

Answer 2

Looks like you need more vegetables, some milk or dairy products and some fat in your diet.

Try a green salad with 2 tsp of olive oil and 2 tsp balsamic vinegar with lunch, and some steamed veggies with dinner. You might also want to make sure you are eating fish once or twice a week.

I'd drop the "nutrition bar", those are usually little more than candy bars. If you need another snack to get you through the day, try some low-fat cheese (Laughing Cow makes some great light cheese, so does Cabot's) or cottage cheese. You do need some dairy, especially at your age. You should be getting 3 servings a day. (not soy milk, cow milk)

If you aren't trying to lose weight, keep it on the 2000 calorie a day side, maybe up to 500 more on days you excerise. Otherwise, it looks pretty good to me. Just make sure you are keeping it mixed up, otherwise you'll get bored with your food choices.

Answer 3

That is a very healthy diet, I applaud you because I'm jealous I can't follow that type of diet :)
Since you exercise AND play sports, and are eating about 1500-2000 calories a day... you may need to UP your calories if you're constantly on the move. Your body needs at least that much to stay alive and function normally. (Also, are you drinking enough water?)
There are several tools that you can put in your age, height, weight, and physical activity to get the amount of calories you should be eating daily at websites such as ivillage.com, and at this web address:
http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/fitness/multimedia.jhtml?multimediaId=/templatedata/fitness/multimedia/data/1130272109023.xml&catref=ftn57

Also, you're going through changes in your life, you're growing since you're 14. Otherwise, I'd say you're doing a fine job and you don't have to worry about counting calories and all that jazz just yet, wait until you're 30 :).

I'd say you're very healthy, and not to change anything.

Answer 4

Here is what you need to do, if you are serious about losing weight and keeping it off. Eat 6 small meals a day about every 4 hours. Here what that will do for you, your metabolism will increase (i.e. Loose weight) and you will have more engry. If you go on a diet and eat less, your metabolism will slow down and store to fat. That is why diets dont work. Only the size of your fist, carbs (examples:baked potato, pasta, oatmeal, beans, corn, melon, apples, fat free yogurt, whole wheat breads)in one and protien (examples:chicken breast, swordfish, shrimp, turkey breast) in the other. You can also eat vegetables and salads with any meal, they dont have none or little fat). 30min cardo exercise every day. Any of these(examples: walking, jogging, swimming,running, biking, ect), Monday cardo, tues upper body (arms: curls, tricep extensions,pull ups, front press)(abdominals: leg pull crunch, leg raises), (chest: bench press, butterfly, pullover)(shoulders: front press, arm pullover, cross county skier machine)(back:seated row, lat pull downs, back extension)(YOU DONT HAVE TO DO IN ONE DAY, mix it up) wed cardo, thurs lower body (legs: leg pull,leg press, squats, lounges) fri cardo, sat upper. Sunday eat anything you want and dont exercising, you do this on sunday so your body doesnt go into starvation mode. YOU NEED TO TAKE SUNDAY OFF. If you stilck with this you will have a great body. also drink aleast 8oz of water daily! Stay away from Mcdonals, Wendys, ect because there is nothing good for you on the menu's even the salads are bad (beaon bits, cheeze, dressing, ect) Good Luck :)

Answer 5

that is a very healthy diet. you should check out some sites that will give you some more variety of foods because eating that every day would get you really fed up. if you find a good diet thats as healthy as this one then once a week you can treat yourself to some junk. (but not a lot!!)

Answer 6

Well, make sure that you keep the snacks, or you calories will be WAY too low. Try to shoot for 2000 calories or more (since your very active).

Answer 7

Yes, thats a really healthy way to eat! You could do with more fiber/carbs though if you wanted, especially since you sound like you're running it all off! But you sound like you're in really good shape and you have healthy habits, so keep it up! :)

Answer 8

im impressed you have the dicipline to eat so well at 14.at 14 i was sneaking chips and lollies and chocolate bars and using my pocket money to buy junk food from school.good luck to you.remember not to overdo it though.live a little and have some cake every now and then!

Answer 9

Sounds great, try and get some more calcium in though.drink an extra glass of milk with your snack.

Answer 10

You need to get at least 5 serving of fruits and vegetable a day