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goldair23
goldair23 Posts: 160
edited January 5 in Health and Weight Loss
I'm trying to cut down on sugar/wheat. I feel better and less sluggish when I eat fewer carbs and less sugar. I don't even eat 'bad' carbs - wholegrain toast is the main culprit. Anyway, is this meal plan healthy and nutritious enough? It will vary slightly obviously but for the most part I normally eat this anyway, just usually more carbs and less protein.

Breakfast 5am: Belvita breakfast 'biscuits'
125g yoghurt

Snack 10am: 8 almonds
5 rice thins

Lunch 2pm: 125g lean mince with carrots and broccoli

Juice 4pm: Spinach, berries, 1 small banana and pineapple (or other stuff)

Dinner: Lots broccoli with some grated parmesan and lemon juice

And before you mention that's not enough for dinner, I've eaten this most nights for as long as I can remember. I'm not very hungry around dinner time, more midday and afternoon. Plus broccoli is one of my favourite foods so no complaints ha ;)

I'm just concerned there's too much sugar with all the fruit in the juice? My food diary on here had me over my sugar limit by twice the original intended amount (27 to 53).

Also with breakfast, that's all I can have as I don't have time to make some eggs or whatever else at 5 in the morning, plus I'm not at all hungry at that point anyway. And I work in retail without a back room so I need a 'snack' type food that keeps me full for breakfast and I find these work really well.

ANYWAY! Is this balanced enough? Is there too much or too little of anything? Dependent on how hungry I am, I may have a slightly larger portion for lunch as I'd normally be going to the gym around then too and I find I feel really sick if I go without eating beforehand.

My aim is to lose 11kg, at around 0.5kg-1kg per week. Is this achievable with this meal plan?

Thank you and sorry it's so long! xo

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  • Danni3ll3
    Danni3ll3 Posts: 365 Member
    What is that in total calories? I didn't add them up but it doesn't seem like enough food.
  • goldair23
    goldair23 Posts: 160
    1209 calories, just to be precise ;) What would you recommend adding? I was thinking maybe a boiled egg with the afternoon snack? But other than that I feel like it's enough, as I need it to be different to what I've been eating already/past 10 years haha.

    And I think, because I barely drink and don't really eat junk food, carbs are the thing making me Little Miss Chubby. (That and portions!).

    So any suggestions? Do you think it will work? x
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    I would be more worried about not getting enough protein than how much sugar you are getting.
  • sz8soon
    sz8soon Posts: 816 Member
    I have to agree with Sara- Where is your protein?
  • goldair23
    goldair23 Posts: 160
    Really? The food diary thing said I was over in protein for this day? It had me at a goal of 51 and I ended on 71, if you can make sense of that. I do want it to be well balanced, so what would you suggest for adding protein in? I could maybe have a little chicken for dinner? I'm just not a big meat eater so ideally I'd avoid that. Maybe add a boiled egg in like I mentioned previously?

    Also, what would you recommend before/after the gym with avoiding carbs? A banana?

    Thank you x
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