Opinions on my diet

Cages2Clouds

Hello, I'd like to hear some opinions on my diet. The purpose is to enter ketosis to lose weight and a lot of protein for muscle recovery after working out. As it stands my current diet is a cutting phase, in another 4 weeks I'll be able to have more variety.

Breakfast: 2 cups of spinach
4 eggs scrambled

Lunch: 1 can of chicken
1/2 - 1 cup of low fat cottage cheese

Dinner: 1 chicken breast
2 cups of spinach

105 oz of water a day sometimes a cup of diet green tea.

XzeroY

How do you have any energy

JessAndreia

You don't need to enter ketosis to lose weight. You need a caloric deficit.

amusedmonkey

Looks unhealthy. That's too little food for a human and too little nutrient variety. It would bore the hell out of me by day 2.

TavistockToad

Unless you're very small that doesn't look like enough calories to start with.

And very boring given that it's made up of just 4 things.

HeliumIsNoble

If you want to do keto, why are you planning on low fat cottage cheese?

mjolnir81

It doesn't look like enough calories to me and if you are aiming to follow a keto diet it looks too low fat (you would eat full fat variations of food, moderate protein and low carb).

I'm sure you'll still reach ketosis if you ate that every day but how long could you sustain it? And you haven't posted the calorie content of everything above, so even if in ketosis you won't lose weight if eating over your maintenance calories (doubt this is but calories are what is important) You don't need ketosis to lose weight, just a calorie deficit. But at least with Keto, the higher fat content can make you feel satisfied, I know what you have posted would not make me feel satisfied and I couldn't eat like that longer than a few days before binging.

Eat enough protein, a small calorie deficit and eat foods you enjoy, including treats in moderation which you can work in to your calorie goal. For good nutrition, eat a balanced diet full of a variety of fruits, veggies, nuts, seeds etc. Honestly....you don't have to stick to foods like you show here to lose weight.

Cages2Clouds

It's not a "keto" diet tho the body does enter ketosis, I think we all know ketosis is when you consume as few sugars/carbohydrates as possible so that your body burns its stores of glucose and begins burning fat for energy. This diet does that. Like I mentioned earlier it is high protein to aid with muscle growth/recovery. Due to the lack of carbohydrates normally people would increase fat to burn as the energy source but I am trying to burn current stored fat so I don't plan on adding more to the diet now in the cut phaze.

As to my size I am 6'0 and have a shoulder span of 51 inches, so decent sized.

Total calories are a little over 900 and I think my recommended calories is around 2200 so theres a pretty good deficit not including my work outs of course.

As to time into the diet/boredom, I've already been in it 2 weeks only 4 more to go. Yes it is boring as hell but it is not bland as hell at least lol. Also like I mentioned esrlier once I finish this cut faze I will have a wider variety of food. Variety is important but why fruits and nuts? They have too many sugars or carbohydrates same with root vegetables. I certainly plan on haveing a wider variety of vegetables and meat after the cut faze.

tiptoethruthetulips

I thought keto had a much higher percentage of fat intake than appears in that menu?

TavistockToad

Cages2Clouds wrote: »

It's not a "keto" diet tho the body does enter ketosis, I think we all know ketosis is when you consume as few sugars/carbohydrates as possible so that your body burns its stores of glucose and begins burning fat for energy. This diet does that. Like I mentioned earlier it is high protein to aid with muscle growth/recovery. Due to the lack of carbohydrates normally people would increase fat to burn as the energy source but I am trying to burn current stored fat so I don't plan on adding more to the diet now in the cut phaze.

As to my size I am 6'0 and have a shoulder span of 51 inches, so decent sized.

Total calories are a little over 900

As to time into the diet/boredom, I've already been in it 2 weeks only 4 more to go. Yes it is boring as hell but it is not bland as hell at least lol. Also like I mentioned esrlier once I finish this cut faze I will have a wider variety of food.

eating only 900 cals is far too low.

JessAndreia

Cages2Clouds wrote: »

It's not a "keto" diet tho the body does enter ketosis, I think we all know ketosis is when you consume as few sugars/carbohydrates as possible so that your body burns its stores of glucose and begins burning fat for energy. This diet does that. Like I mentioned earlier it is high protein to aid with muscle growth/recovery. Due to the lack of carbohydrates normally people would increase fat to burn as the energy source but I am trying to burn current stored fat so I don't plan on adding more to the diet now in the cut phaze.

As to my size I am 6'0 and have a shoulder span of 51 inches, so decent sized.

Total calories are a little over 900 and I think my recommended calories is around 2200 so theres a pretty good deficit not including my work outs of course.

As to time into the diet/boredom, I've already been in it 2 weeks only 4 more to go. Yes it is boring as hell but it is not bland as hell at least lol. Also like I mentioned esrlier once I finish this cut faze I will have a wider variety of food. Variety is important but why fruits and nuts? They have too many sugars or carbohydrates same with root vegetables . I certainly plan on haveing a wider variety of vegetables and meat after the cut faze.

Don't eat them if you don't want to, but carbs are not bad for you.
900 calories is too low for a 6 ft tall person. Bigger deficit doesn't mean it's better.

HeliumIsNoble

Cages2Clouds wrote: »

Total calories are a little over 900 and I think my recommended calories is around 2200 so theres a pretty good deficit not including my work outs of course.

So you have a deficit of 1300 calories per day before exercise. So 2.6lbs a week plus.

This is one of the worst diet plans I have seen on MFP, and it's made all the worse by the fact you actually realise how big your deficit is.

It doesn't matter how much protein you're consuming, your body will burn muscle tissue for energy along with the fat at an intake that low.

Where are all your vitamins and minerals coming from on a diet that consists of small quantities of four foods? Is there even enough fat in there for you to absorb fat-soluble vitamins like vitamins A, D and E?

tinkerbellang83

Terrible plan - as others have pointed out ketosis is not necessary for weight loss, but even if you were preferring, what you've described doesn't have near enough fat for a normal diet, nevermind ketosis.

Your recommended calorie intake if it's through MFP already includes a deficit so there is no need to be eating 900 calories, which is probably less than the average toddler. The minimum any male should be eating is 1500 and that's aimed at a lighter, sedentary male. I'm 5'8", female and lose on 1800 net cals per day.

This is a recipe for malnutrition and muscle loss in the short term and worse if you keep it up longer.

tinkerbellang83

HeliumIsNoble wrote: »

Cages2Clouds wrote: »

Total calories are a little over 900 and I think my recommended calories is around 2200 so theres a pretty good deficit not including my work outs of course.

So you have a deficit of 1300 calories per day before exercise. So 2.6lbs a week plus.

This is one of the worst diet plans I have seen on MFP, and it's made all the worse by the fact you actually realise how big your deficit is.

It doesn't matter how much protein you're consuming, your body will burn muscle tissue for energy along with the fat at an intake that low.

Where are all your vitamins and minerals coming from on a diet that consists of small quantities of four foods? Is there even enough fat in there for you to absorb fat-soluble vitamins like vitamins A, D and E?

My guess is that the 2200 isn't even maintenance for a 6ft Male that's likely what MFP gave him for losing so it's even higher than a 1300 deficit. My maintenance is around 2400 at Sedentary, 5'8" female,

HeliumIsNoble

EDITed because I CBA'd with the minutiae of ketosis.

tinkerbellang83 wrote: »

HeliumIsNoble wrote: »

Cages2Clouds wrote: »

Total calories are a little over 900 and I think my recommended calories is around 2200 so theres a pretty good deficit not including my work outs of course.

So you have a deficit of 1300 calories per day before exercise. So 2.6lbs a week plus.

This is one of the worst diet plans I have seen on MFP, and it's made all the worse by the fact you actually realise how big your deficit is.

It doesn't matter how much protein you're consuming, your body will burn muscle tissue for energy along with the fat at an intake that low.

Where are all your vitamins and minerals coming from on a diet that consists of small quantities of four foods? Is there even enough fat in there for you to absorb fat-soluble vitamins like vitamins A, D and E?

My guess is that the 2200 isn't even maintenance for a 6ft Male that's likely what MFP gave him for losing so it's even higher than a 1300 deficit. My maintenance is around 2400 at Sedentary.

Oh my goodness, I think you're right.

Fricking hell.

MalkinMagic71

That plan is awful. You are hurting yourself more than you are helping.

Keto_Vampire

Same height & larger shoulder span than you (only slightly) yet eating 3+X the amount of kcals you are...for maintaining.

Chef_Barbell

So much no here... 900 calories is no where close to enough. :noway:

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