Need diet critics

[Nat Turner]

Hi, I'm working on taking the whole diet thing serious. Although I really don't like the word diet, I think eating nutritious is a better term. Here's a meal plan I came up with. Any feedback would be great. I will mention that I have celiac disease. I've noticed a lot of people including oatmeal in their diet but that stuff rips up stomach. I bought a gluten free type of oatmeal but I'm not sure how the nutrition contents level out.

7AM - Protein shake with skim milk and banana, 1/2 english muffin with peanut butter

9AM - 1 can of tuna, veggie

11AM - 1 can of tuna, veggie

1PM - Chicken breast, veggie, yogurt

3PM - Protein shake, apple

5PM - Tuna, veggie

7PM - workout

11PM - Protein shake

[HOUSTON TEXAN]

What are your goals? No matter what you need to eat more solid food besides tuna.

[Nat Turner]

goal is to lose weight. I'm roughly 320 right now and I'd like to get down to 260. 240 is ultimate goal. Back in 2000 I went from about 270 to 220 with the help of ephedra and being at the gym 4 hours a day. I kept it off for about 3 years until college and work became very stressful.

[HOUSTON TEXAN]

Try to EAT 2300 cals a day, I say EAT because you need to EAT to gain muscle to burn fat.

Try to sub tuna with turkey or chicken.

You also need some healthy fats in there, peanut butter somewhere.

[Nat Turner]

Question about the peanut butter, is it important to have the nasty stuff that has to be stirred or could I possibly get by on something like the Simply Jif? How about adding almods in there as well?

[HOUSTON TEXAN]

Choose almonds or peanut butter, JIF will work fine because of the peanut oil which is the healthy fat.

[swanso5]

- yes it is abetter term...diets don't work, plans do
- what is celiac disease?
- breakfast needs to be bigger...eat calories don't drink them too so do away with the protein shake or at least add some fruit/cerial/bread in there
- add fruit to meal 2
- how much tuna can one person eat??? you don't want too much of the same food as you'll miss out on vitamins etc from various foods so try not to double up in the same day if you can help it
- take youghurt out of 1pm meal and add salad/veg if you need more food...maybe pop yoghurt in at breakfast if you don;t want what i listed
- 3pm meal solid protein, veg, salad
- can you workout earlier?? it's not bad, at least your training but far from optimal though as you can't take advantage of the anabolic state you are in after training
- as soon as you finish training you ned a protein shake and something sugary...if not having at breakfast then have rice, pasta, bread or cerial here
- before bed have solid protein and veg/salad meal

[DianaB]

Choose almonds or peanut butter, JIF will work fine because of the peanut oil which is the healthy fat.

Check the label. Most brand name PB has most of the natural oils removed and has icing sugar in it as a sweetener. That nasty oil on the top that you have to stir in, that's the good stuff. Tastes better too.
That's a lot of tuna, and I love tuna.

[Nat Turner]

- yes it is abetter term...diets don't work, plans do
- what is celiac disease?
- breakfast needs to be bigger...eat calories don't drink them too so do away with the protein shake or at least add some fruit/cerial/bread in there
- add fruit to meal 2
- how much tuna can one person eat??? you don't want too much of the same food as you'll miss out on vitamins etc from various foods so try not to double up in the same day if you can help it
- take youghurt out of 1pm meal and add salad/veg if you need more food...maybe pop yoghurt in at breakfast if you don;t want what i listed
- 3pm meal solid protein, veg, salad
- can you workout earlier?? it's not bad, at least your training but far from optimal though as you can't take advantage of the anabolic state you are in after training
- as soon as you finish training you ned a protein shake and something sugary...if not having at breakfast then have rice, pasta, bread or cerial here
- before bed have solid protein and veg/salad meal

Celiac disease is a stomach disorder. I have trouble digesting stuff like whole grains and wheat. So anything like wheat bread or oatmeal will put me on the toilet for awhile. I basically just picked tuna since it's a quick protein that doesn't have to be prepared. Is there any other kind of protein source that needs little preparation like tuna?

[Boss Man]

Yes.

Turkey Ham, Lean Turkey from a Packet, Eggs, if you can't find about 2.5 minutes to prep and Scramble some Eggs you've got issues.

Tofu if it's eaten Cold, I think that's okay, but I basically don't do it.

Coeliacs must be a real begger mustn't it. Not trying to sound patronising or naive, as I know that IBD's are one of the worst things a person can get, especially Colitis.

if you've ever heard of it, you can get a Grain source called Teff. Teff is grown is certain countries in Africa, and exported.

It has no Gluten, so it should be perfectly fine for you, if you can get it, and could be another choce for you in your diet.

[cassiegose]

Great Job! Your diet doesn't look too bad overall. :) Maybe just add in a little more solid protein. If you don't have much time you might try cooking up large amounts of protein at one time. For instance, cook up several chicken breasts at night then throw them in a tupperware and you'll have several meals there. Also... have you tried other sources of fish besides tuna? Talapia and Salmon are two of favorites... Again I just cook up a large batch at once then store them for later. Also soy in the forms of soybeans (which are very tasty) and tofu are great sources of protein. For carbs... Can you have brown rice? Thats a good option. Also potatos, sweet potatos, and wild rice would be great options too. I grate up sweet potatos and cook them up with egg whites and veggies. Its a great meal and its very filling.

Have you had any progress since your first post a couple of weeks ago?

Good luck!

[momentum333]

Personaly, I would try and add a few carbs earlier on in the day, even when your'e trying to lose weight you shouldnt cut em out completely. Veggies are good. Try a 40/40/20 split between carbs/protein/fats and calculate your BMI and take off 500 calories from that for how many calories you should be taking in. If you eat too little, you'll be losing muscle too and may have a harder time losing the fat. Good luck

[Boss Man]

BMI is too hit and miss, don't bother using it for working anything out.

[momentum333]

yea, but it still gives you an idea of how much you should be eating, better than taking a wild guess haha

[Boss Man]

Well yes even eating what a 180lb workout buddy eats, (if you have one), is better than a wild guess