A Healthy Diet

Now isn't this an exciting way of eating with heaps of variety!!!!

Just reading that makes me want to punch myself in the face

The topic seems wrong? It should be "A diet where you will either die of starvation or boredom".

Breakfast: Big Bowl of oats with milk but no sugar.

Snack: 1 fruit

Lunch: Protein(Chickpeas, lentils, navy beans, black beans ,eggs, tuna or skinless chicken) + salad

Snack: 1 fruit

Supper: Protein(Chickpeas, lentils, navy beans, black beans, eggs, tuna or skinless chicken) + dark green vegetables

Drink 2 litres of water a day
No refined sugar in any form
No refined carbs

More water would be good. Be careful of tuna it has a lot of mercury in it and mercury accumulates in fat cells and cannot be removed. What are the amounts for your foods.

http://www.ewg.org/tunacalculator

Results for a female weighing 120 pounds:
(Assuming you eat no other seafood)
Albacore:

According to FDA health standards, you can safely eat 3.8 ounces of Albacore tuna per week (assuming that every can of tuna has an average amount of mercury*). That's two thirds of a can of tuna. Albacore tuna has three times as much mercury as light tuna.
Light Tuna:

According to FDA health standards, you can safely eat 10.9 ounces of Light tuna tuna per week (assuming that every can of tuna has an average amount of mercury*). That's 1 and three quarters cans of tuna.

Just reading that makes me want to punch myself in the face

HHAHA this..
I would never stick to a lifestyle change that looked like that, but that's just me.

Where is your protein for breakfast?? You can't have just carbs for breakfast.

You are on the right track but you can be MUCH more creative and you can probably eat MORE. It is good though that you are snacking and getting a lean protein with veggies for lunch and dinner. Now just get creative and find different veggies and protein and experiment with different ways to cook them.

I agree with what you say - except for your first statement! You CAN have just carbs for breakfast. I always start the day with a coffee, banana and bowl of porridge, usually with dried fruit in it adding to it's carbiness and it never did me any harm in losing weight!

err.. this doesn't sound good or appealing at all.. I would definitely give up on my healthy ways if I had to eat this.

Honestly you could eat a lot more variety and quantity of food and STILL have a healthy diet!

Seems healthy if your caloric intake is enough for your body weight and gender and you have no underlying health issues.

Where is your protein for breakfast?? You can't have just carbs for breakfast.

You are on the right track but you can be MUCH more creative and you can probably eat MORE. It is good though that you are snacking and getting a lean protein with veggies for lunch and dinner. Now just get creative and find different veggies and protein and experiment with different ways to cook them.

I agree with what you say - except for your first statement! You CAN have just carbs for breakfast. I always start the day with a coffee, banana and bowl of porridge, usually with dried fruit in it adding to it's carbiness and it never did me any harm in losing weight!

Just curious, How many cups of coffee do you have a day?

My point was not that carbs in the morning would hinder weight loss (although I don't think it would exactly "help" weight loss either), my point was that only carbs in the morning is not a good start to the day for your body. When you start with only carbs it gets your brain off to a foggy start and that is what tends to cause people to drag in the mornings. You should aim for equal amounts of protein and carbs to truly get your body off to a good and healthy start.

Just the one cup of coffee... that's all I need.

I think it's just one of those things that can't be a blanket statement, your point is too exclusive and doesn't fit a good chunk of people. You CAN have just carbs (although as someone else pointed out, there is protein in milk) I think my usual breakfast has about 9g of protein, which was always fine for me. In fact, I make a point to have all of my carbs in the earlier part of the day and taper them off so that my evening meals are protein heavy, I never faced any problems with weightloss doing this and don't really face any now in maintenance either. I realise the argument is a little petty as it basically falls into schematics, what you say has truth in it, but it CAN'T be applied as a fact or norm.

I agree with you that I shouldn't have been so vague in my first statement but if you will go back and look at my last reply. My reference to the fact that you shouldn't have just carbs in the morning is not necessarily for weight loss. The purpose for aiming for equal amounts of carbs and protein in the morning is simply to get your body and brain off to a great start! Rev up your metabolism and keep your brain functioning well until lunch time. Too many carbs in the morning is what causes most people to need 2-5 cups of coffee to get going in the morning. Typically when you find someone that drinks coffee until noon, they either don't eat breakfast at all or eat mainly carbs and sugar. I recommend this more for overall body function not just for weight loss. Not trying to argue, hope you don't take it like that!

I would rather live fat than eat this but each must find what works for them.

Just reading that makes me want to punch myself in the face

Couldn't have said it better myself.

:sad: This diet makes me sad. and hungry.