how diet? need any advice!?

[brittany_12]

i'm trying to get in the BEST shape possible

here was diet for yesterday, i eat this much, and this healthy give or take a little on average

i try to hit the gym everyday. this includes cardio 30 min and every other day i do strength training for about 40 min

breakfast-

milk, cereal, banana, oatmeal

lunch-

small salad, tuna, veggies
OR
turkey sandwich, cherries, cucumber

snack-

protein bar or fruit, boiled egg

dinner

8oz salmon, salad, veggies
OR
pasta, chicken, veggies ..ect.

dinners are usually pretty healthy that include fish or chicken with some sort of veggie

dessert-
nuts or trailmix, dark chocolate

i only drink water, vitawater, propel, tea, and skim milk and an occasional diet coke

[vamp]

hello,

every day for the gym? That'a girl! Although I would schedual 1 day off a week to help combat fatigue and give the body a well deserved rest!

Perhaps changing your cardio to sprints/intervals and what does your strength training consist of?

[brittany_12]

i live in a small community with a gym right here down the street which consists of a couple of machines, dumbells, and numerous cardio machines.

i do abs everyday, then switch between back, chest, and arms, -and butt, thighs, calves, and core exercises

[vamp]

brittany, have you tried a full body workout 3x per week? With compound exercises? and cardio on your off days with 1 day off? Or have you always been doing "splits"?

1 – Horizontal Upper Body Pulling (Row variations)
2 – Horizontal Upper Body Pushing (Bench Press and Push Up variations)
3 – Vertical Upper Body Pulling (Pull Up, Chin Up and Pulldown variations)
4 – Vertical Upper Body Pushing (Shoulder Press variations)
5 – Hip Dominant Lower Body (Deadlifts, High Step Up and Long Stride Lunge variations)
6 – Quad Dominant Lower Body (Squat, Low Step Up and Short Stride Lunge variations)

I copied this from another post by Swanso5. If you do one excercise from each of the six groups as heavy lifts 3 sets 8-12 reps, 3x per week. Then do 5x 1:2 intervals with a 5 minute cooldown and stretch.

on cardio days, try 5x 1:2 (90% / 40% to 50%) intervals with a 5 minute real light (30-40%)followed by about 20 minutes cardio at about 60% to 70%. cool down and stretch.

These are some ideas.

Oh, also try and get some protein in your breakfeast as well, you should have some every meal.