Please criticize my diet.

mohamedkadir
mohamedkadir Posts: 2
in Food and Nutrition
So I started my diet and excercise about 1,5 months ago.

I generally ate oatmeal and proteinpowder for breakfast, followed by 2 chicken thighs and LOTS of kidney beans for lunch, then I went to the gym, drank proteinpowder + water afterwards, and for the evening I ate maybe some boiled egg and some fruits.
I also drank a ton of water every day.
I lost from 94kg -> 89-90 kg in about a month. And then I plateau'd at 89 kilos.

I decided to look over some websites and stuff, and I realized I was grossly undereating(I was really overestimating my calories).

I go to the gym about 5 times per week, and I do alot of compound excercises. Squats, Deadlifts, Pullups, Dips etc. Along with about 10-20 mins of elliptical. I stay at the gym about 1hr - 1,5 hrs depending on how good I feel that day.


I realized I was only eating about 1400 cals per day which was way too little, I calculated that I needed about 3000 calories to maintain my bodyweight.

So now I have decided to readjust my diet, and I wanted to see what you guys think of what I eat. I'm not gonna show you the exact amounts because I am way too lazy right now(maybe i'll add it later).

So I've bumped up my diet to around 2000 calories a day. I'm expecting that I will probably gain some weight at the beginning before I start losing.

DIET:

50 grams of groats in an intervall about every 3 hours,
35 grams proteinpowder + water in the morning,
2 Chickenthighs (without skin) for lunch, with some kidney beans
35 grams of proteinpowder + water after gym,

Random tablespoons of peanutbutter throughout the day( calculated to help me achieve my calorie needs)
If not peanutbutter, I eat almonds.

Since I generally don't eat alot of fruit, I sometimes buy some strawberries or eat some lemon with my chicken, I also take some multivitamin supplements.

Along with all this I drink about 4-5 Liters of water every day.

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  • sarski77
    sarski77 Posts: 79
    It depends what you're like but I'd get seriously bored of eating the same things over and over again.

    Add some fun to that diet! Personally I think it's the only way you'll be able to stick to it in the long term.

    Is there any reason why there's no veg or carbs in your plan?
  • mohamedkadir
    mohamedkadir Posts: 2
    Hey, yeah my carbs come solely from the groats which have 75 grams of carbs per 100 gram, I do eat some tomatoes or red union with my chicken. Don't know if yellow/kidney beans counts as veggies but I also have those =)

    I sometimes do treat myself to the occasional "good" food but it only happens once every week or sometimes every 2 weeks. Since I am a student eating like this is easy for me everyday since I can keep it as a routine

    Oh and by the way, since i LOVE peanut butter, it kinda helps a bit hehe


    A bit about my self:

    I weigh 89 kilos, 179 cm tall, I am pretty strong and somewhat muscular, but it's all covered right now by a high fat %
  • Trentb93
    Trentb93 Posts: 1
    Is your fat intake high enough? a good number to go for is 0.4 - 0.6 Grams of fat per pound or a gram per kilogram of Bodyweight, fat helps regulate hormones and satiety. make sure your'e also eating enough vegetables for the micronutrients.

    check out
    http://iifym.com/introduction-to-iifym/ &
    http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=133163973 for optimal macronutrient intake
    keep up the g work, i think your metabolism may have shut down to prevent weight loss due to the large caloric deficit which is common for dieters. A re feed day every 2 - 8 weeks depending on your current BF% can help.
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