Share your diet plan

jaydangler
jaydangler Posts: 28
in Food and Nutrition
Everyone, share you diet plan and why you stick with it!

How is it working out for you? Do you see results along with gains in your workouts?

Is it tough to maintain or like second nature to you.

Do you enjoy it? Dread it? Look forward to meals?

I'll share mine.

My diet is primarily, meat, nuts, and vegetables! With some carbs too.
I chose this because there are many misconceptions about the "downfalls" of consuming meat. Having adequate high bioavaiable proteins keeps your body in an anabolic state, increasing your chances of fat loss and muscle gain. What many people overlook with their diet plan is to access how the hormones work. Eating high protein meals also triggers the protein Glucagon, that keeps your body in a controlled anabolic state with fat burning enzymes such as HCL. I have roughly 6 meals a day, and by doing this my energy levels are manifested in a controlled way with no fluctuations.


Most of my carbs are consumed in postworkout, the optimal time to fuel your body with simple proteins and simple sugars that both go to the muscles to build and repair the broken down muscles.

My carb intake varies! For example, a day I'm doing strength training I'll consume extra carbs that day. Compared to a rest day, it'll be a lower carb high protein and high fat day.

I love this diet. It is like second nature and my secret ingredient I will share with you is coconut oil. It is GREAT for you and adds so much flavor. I use it on all my meats and in addition with the flavor it keeps the meat nice and juicy. Learning the right spices and natural healthy ingredients to add to your foods makes all the difference.

I could write pages but that is the basics! There are a lot more complexities that I could write but not going to go there :)

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  • VenharBaby
    VenharBaby Posts: 95
    Meat, fruits, veg, whole grains, dairy. Can't get enough of Greek yogurt. Carb counting for 15 was cuz I'm type 1 diabetic. I am sometimes a binger but on a good day I steer clear of all fast food chip candy and sweet etc etc...I need to clean up and give this some time before I can answer any of the other questions. I soooo hope t will work just by sticking to it! Lifting heavy and some cardio. Gonna hit this hard come the new year. Just not that focused right now. The truth, I wanna eat lots of yummy food this Xmas and not care about it. I'm bad. I know.
  • AprilLizbethWire
    AprilLizbethWire Posts: 38 Member
    I'm debating whether to post in this or not, because my diet is so much different than yours. But you called it "Share your diet plan" not "Share your diet plan if it's similar to mine only" - ha. So here goes!

    I try to follow the plant based diet. I chose this diet after watching the documentary Forks over Knives and following up on some of the main points with research on my own. After that research I thought it would be a good idea to give it a good, long try to see how it effected me personally. It includes mostly fruits and vegetables, whole grains, beans, nuts, that kind of thing. Whole plant foods, basically. It's heavy on carbs and lower in protein and fat - but I still get pretty close to my recommended levels. I'm only a few months into it, and I don't think I have the hang of it all the way yet, but so far it's working great for me! I feel pretty great and haven't really had cravings for the things I gave up like meat, dairy, and sugar. I look forward to my meals more and more as I learn how to cook and eat differently. I'm always excited to try a new recipe. Even if it turns out terrible it's at least a learning experience. I'm making myself try new and different vegetables. I'm also retrying ones I always thought I didn't like. I'm thinking (MY OPINION) that because I work on meeting nutrient goals every day, my body doesn't crave those things I gave up because it doesn't need it.

    Also - my husbands ideal diet would be just like yours. He wants to lose weight, but he's not into the plant based thing like I am. Do you do dairy? What are some of your favorite meals to eat? I like your suggestion for coconut oil. I'll have to research how to incorporate that into the meals I cook for him.
  • ladymiseryali
    ladymiseryali Posts: 2,555 Member
    Not on a diet. On a lifestyle change, a new way of feeding myself. I do keto, or low carb/high fat/moderate protein. It's second nature really. I consume low carbs and I feel better. Been doing it since late July. My workouts don't suffer and I just overall feel more energetic and less sluggish than I did when I was eating high carbs. Plus, I'm 12 lbs away from my ultimate goal.
  • RawFoodBelle
    RawFoodBelle Posts: 10
    I am doing 80/10/10 raw pescetarian (not very strict). So a ton of fruit, vegetables and some fish (sardines and herring 1-2 times a week). Don't feel deprived, because I eat a LOT and regularly. It is hard to overeat on this lifestyle. Losing weight steadily, and I also don't deprive myself during the holidays, so I know for a few days around Christmas I will be eating whatever I want. To me, it is all about focusing on health (body & mind), rather than losing weight. Obviously I want to lose weight but that'll come when you focus on good health and balance.

    I enjoy this because I eat a large amount and don't have to get through the day thinking about food all the time and my sweet tooth is satisfied. Also, since I don't like wasting time in the kitchen, it is easy to just grab, peel and eat, sometimes blend. I like spending my time on other things than cooking :)

    I don't discuss my lifestyle on here, because I know from previous years how judgemental these forums can be ;)
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    calorie deficit...
  • Topsking2010
    Topsking2010 Posts: 2,245 Member
    Bump
  • paleojoe
    paleojoe Posts: 442 Member
    Most of my carbs are consumed in postworkout, the optimal time to fuel your body with simple proteins and simple sugars that both go to the muscles to build and repair the broken down muscles.

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  • angelzprophecy
    angelzprophecy Posts: 130
    my meals are mostly clean consisting of mostly protein - shredded chicken and pinto beans, 96/4 cheeseburger lettuce wraps. and the mornings i will start off with a protein shake with some stok coffee shots (gotta have that caffeine) and a ham, egg and cheese sandwich or omelete.

    i fill my carbs with mostly snacks like thai coconut crackers, flavored rice cakes, dannon lite and fit greek yogurt. and donuts...

    i get my fats from honey roasted peanuts or smoked almonds. Sometimes ill put some earth balance coconut oil and peanut spread into my protein shake

    i do 1.25g protein and .3~.5g fat per lb i weigh and i fill the rest with carbs. ill play around with the carb/fat macros depending on if im going to workout the next day

    i dont eat any fruits or vegetables like i should :P
  • Flex382
    Flex382 Posts: 257
    Here is my meal plan please be honest. i am 27 years old, 210lbs, 6ft, bouncing between 16-17% bf. I just started my cut 6 weeks ago from 235Lbs and 23% for my next show in April. Goal weight in April is 186lbs 3-5%bf.

    530 Strong black tea
    30-45 mins Cardio
    0700 4 egg whites, 2 whole eggs, 1 cup of oats, 250ml of skimmed milk, hand full of berries, and 1 tblsp of flax oil
    0900 6oz bison burger, 2 pieces of Ezkical Bread, 1 tblsp of peanut butter
    1100 6oz chicken breast, 1 cup of veggies, 1 tblsp of Extra virgin ovil oil
    1300 6oz chicken breast, 1 sweet potato, 1 scoop of performance whey protein
    1500 6oz tialpia, 1 cup brown rice, 1 cup veggies, 1 tblsp of extra virgin ovil oil
    1530 5g creatine, 5g l-glutamine, black tea
    1600 train
    1730 2 scoops of performance whey protein, 5 g creatine, 5g l- glutamine
    1800 cardio
    2000 6oz bison steak, 2 cups of veggies, 1tblsp extra virgin ovil oil
    2200 cottage cheese


    Protein 1.5g per body weight
    Carbs 1g per body weight
    Fat .5g perbody weight
  • rybo
    rybo Posts: 5,424 Member
    I have no set plan. The majority of my foods are meat, fish chicken, eggs, fruit, nuts/seeds and veggies. I eat very little processed foods but have no worries if I want a bowl of ice cream or cake or cookies. I do eat fair amounts of Greek yogurt & cheese. Occasionally I will have some granola mixes as well, but I don't go out of my way to eat many grains at all. I don't avoid them, but I don't eat them often just because I am not a fan of bread & pasta.
  • soldiergrl_101
    soldiergrl_101 Posts: 2,205 Member
    I don't "diet" I changed the way i look at food. i eat because I need to in order to keep my body functioning..not because I want to or because i am bored. I still allow myself indulgences that I crave such as cake or ice cream, however its much smaller in portion and in moderation. I am also more aware of everything I put in my body so if I intake something unhealthy, I am sure to make up for it throughout the rest of my day :)

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