Does my meal plan look good for weight loss?

Question

I am 5'7, 175 lbs (5 lb loss last week). I exercise 6 days a week. 15 minutes weight lifting, 20-30 minutes cardio. I really want to get down to 135 or 140. I don't have a set timeline, I just want to lose weight in a healthy way.

This is what I ate yesterday:
Breakfast: shake (frozen banana, tofu, skim milk, ground flax seeds)
Snack: Apple with 1 tbsp peanut butter, green tea
Lunch: tomato soup made with water, grilled cheese (low fat cheese, whole wheat bread, pan sprayed with butter flavoured pam, so bread not buttered)
Snack: chai tea, 1 arrow root cookie
Snack: orange
Dinner: chicken breast, cauliflower sprayed with braggs aminos, peas and carrots
Snack: grapefruit

I am 25 years old (mom of two busy boys!)

Answer 1

sounds very good you could also try this and who knows your boys may even like some of this food. . .

1-2lbs week is healthy, any more and you could gain it back.


also make sure you eat breakfast!
some good breakfast ideas are
-fruit and cereal
-protein shakes
-smoothies and fruit
-granola bars and fruit
-oatmeal and fruit
-eggs(try not to use butter or oil use water to "grease" the pan)
-veggie omlet

***make sure you eat breakfast within an hour of waking up, and make sure portion sizes are small enough to keep you full for a couple of hours

mid morning snack- make sure you have a small snack within 2-3 hours after breakfast some ideas. . .
-a piece of fruit
-carrots,celeray with lowfat dip about 2tblsp
-nuts
-smoothie
*****this should be light just to hold you over until lunch*****

lunch should be within 2-3 hrs after mid morning snack
remember to keep it light and not heavy.
-turkey on wheat with lowfat mayo and lettuce and tomatos + a piece of fruit or vegetable + granola bar + snack sized bag of baked chips
-soup + salad, with low fat dressing + breadsticks

*make sure portion sizes are decent, no overdoing it*

mid-day snack is usually 2-3hrs after lunch
-vegetables with lowfat dip
-nuts
-fruit with lowfat yogurt
-cup of yogurt
-jello
-smoothie
-snack size bag of chips that are baked or pretzels

supper is 2-3 hrs after you eat your mid day snack
-chicken (3-4oz) and pasta (3-4oz) with reduce sodium tomato sauce
-soup + salad lowfat dressing + breadsticks
-meat (3-4oz) + pasta or rice or potatos + fruit or vegetables

**********PORTION SIZES ARE KEY***************
it is also better to eat 5 times a day then to skip a meal, if you skip a meal the food you eat next stays on your body as fat, so keep eating 5 times a day that way your metabolism is always going.

good luck

also try cutting back on soda/pop if you drink alot of that and sugar, try not to eat any of that because it just adds empty calories

since you are trying to lose weight stay between 1700-1900 calories a day

also make sure you excersie at least 30 minutes a day and walk as much as possible

Answer 2

Most diets are completely the opposite of what they should be. The diet meals will help you lose a little weight but the companies that make diet food want to stay in business so that's why they offer the meals in a designed way.

The most important meal is breakfast and it should be your biggest meal. WHY? Because you will be active all day and no matter what you eat you will burn it off. Lunch should be something sensible, sandwich with a bowl of soup, a chicken pot pie with an apple. Supper should be the least amount of food you eat in a day. You will be going to bed after supper and your body will store whatever fat you consume because you are not working it off.

He good foods that are good for you. keep up the exercises and reverse your thinking.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Seriosuly, I don't diet yet.
But my young friend at 25 had the metabolism of an 82 year old.
Explained why none of her diets worked.
My point is, we all need a trainer, like her, to know our bodies and get the right diet.
Good luck!

Answer 5

swap out potatoes for cauliflower which you can eat mashed or roasted

Answer 6

Restrict your food intake drastically will slow down your metabolism

Answer 7

chew more

Answer 8

3 hours of shopping

Answer 9

crank your ipod as you walk at 3 5 mph for 23 minutes

Answer 10

It sounds like its healthy.... However to lose the most weight in the most effective way.. For your size and heighth, try staying under 2000 calories per day. Good luck