Am I doing something wrong?

[nazzisoroush]

Well, I have been using fitTracker for 3.5 weeks now. This is diet usually:

6 am: 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1 tbs peanut butter, 1 tsp brown sugar, (coffee sometimes)

9am: either, a 1/2 tbs pb with 2 slices whole grain bread, or a fruit&nut bar, or a small chicken sandwich with wholegrain bread

12 pm: lunch.. usually, a salad (letuce, tomatoe, olives) + chicken+ 4-6 crackers

2-3 pm: tuna sandwich iwth 2 slices whole grain

4-5 pm: Gym

6pm: protein shake after workout: (1 cup skim milk, 2tbs vanilla yogurt, 1.5 scoop soy protein, 1 banana, 2 cups water )

7-8 pm: dinner, 2 eggs with 2 slice whole grain bread, or chicken with bread, or another 1/2 oatmeal,

I workout 4-5 times a week for 1 hr each time. I do 30 min elliptical (either interval or strenght program---I change level each week) and then I do 30 min weight training (I do upper body everyother day, and lower body the other days)
For lower body days i do: Squats, lunges, hip abducter and adducter, leg extension
for upper body days i do workout on the cable and with weights, and hten bench press... (i dono the specific names, but htey are the common weight workouts for biceps) also, i do cruches on the ball


I havent had too much progress, but I have been true to plan for most of hte time...
I have lost little, only 1.5 lbs.

I know changes occur slowly, but I just wantedd to make sure if i'm doing everythin correctly... do i need to make changes?

Thanks

[Boss Man]

6 am: 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1 tbs peanut butter, 1 tsp brown sugar, (coffee sometimes)

(Could add more Protein here. Chicken, Turkey Eggs, Lean Ham etc etc)

9am: either, a 1/2 tbs pb with 2 slices whole grain bread, or a fruit&nut bar, or a small chicken sandwich with wholegrain bread

(Chicken sandwhich is better. Fruit Bar won't make best use of the Fruit because it's combined with Whole-grain, which will affect the Fruit digestion. Probably better than the PB option too, for the Protein content.)

12 pm: lunch.. usually, a salad (letuce, tomatoe, olives) + chicken+ 4-6 crackers

(Seems fine.)

2-3 pm: tuna sandwich iwth 2 slices whole grain

(Don't be reliant on Tuna it's Mercury Rich, restrict to 2 cans a week max and use other stuff like Chicken, Turkey, Ham, Beef etc etc.)

4-5 pm: Gym

6pm: protein shake after workout: (1 cup skim milk, 2tbs vanilla yogurt, 1.5 scoop soy protein, 1 banana, 2 cups water )

(Don't waste the Banana, it's not worth it. Could have things like Cashew Carbs, Crushed Iats, Honey etc etc.)

7-8 pm: dinner, 2 eggs with 2 slice whole grain bread, or chicken with bread, or another 1/2 oatmeal,

(I'd change the Bread for things like Veggies, or Legumes or Rice / Mushrooms. You're probably getting more Whole-grain per day thhan needs be.)

[nazzisoroush]

I checked weigh this morning and i was back at 128.8... I dono what to say though.

[Boss Man]

Weight fluctuates throughout the day.

Also if you weigh at night when you have some undigested food, and some waste matter in your body, it will affect a reading, compared to first thing in the morning when you're Stomach is empty, and you've been to the toilet, so don't sweat stuff like this. Unless you've gained a silly amount in a week, it's not a problem.

[nazzisoroush]

yeah, i'm gonna try not to worry about that.. I weigh myself first thing in hte morning, so undigested food wouldnt be a big problem

[cassiegose]

Hi,

Remember your weight can flucuate by up up to 5-6 pounds a day just depending on your water content. The body is over 60% water so consuming an extra amount can show up as weight on the scale. Also, if you consume a signifant amount of sodium you body will be more likely to retain excess water.

Have you though about getting your body fat measured and going by that measurement instead of the scale? If you've just started lifting weights there is a chance that you will be building muscle and burning fat, but you wont be able to tell by simply weighing yourself as muscle is more dense than fat.

Just thoughts... Keep up the hard work!

Cassie

[swanso5]

meal 1 - full cp oatmeal, fruit, peanut butter
meal 2 - fruit, solid prtoiein, veg, salad
meal 3 - solid protein, veg, salad
meal 4 - same
train
meal 6 - shake, bread that you'ree currently having during the day or pasta/rice
meal 7 - solid rptoein, veg

carbs to be kept at breakfast and post training, not in btw meals

still too many crap exercises for training, again look at what clare is doing exercise wise