Would this be a good, healthy day of food?

FruityLucy
FruityLucy Posts: 14
in Food and Nutrition
Like many, my new years resolution is to make a healthy, skinnier, fitter me. I will be drinking atleast 2 litres of water per day and will be doing the 30 Day Abs Challenge in January, and burning at least 100 calories with other exercises as well. This is what an average day of food would look like:

Breakfast:
40g All Bran Original with 125ml Semi-Skimmed Milk

Mid-morning:
Refreshing Strawberry Smoothie that serves three, but I only have one serving. To make it I put 2 ripe Bananas, 10 grapes, and 8 strawberries into a blender.

Dinner:
Ham Sandwich (Hovis Medium sliced brown bread buttered, 2 slices of Tesco Ham)
15 seedless green grapes (Tesco, again)

Tea:
1 Turkey Breast Fillet (Sainsbury's)
75g Heinz Beans
Jacket Potato (Not buttered)

Supper:
One slice of toasted Hovis Medium Sliced Brown Bread, buttered.

Another tea on another day would have more vegetables, such as:
1 Pork Loin Chop
100g Bird's Eye Field Fresh Garden Peas
50g Chopped Carrots
1 New Potato

Would this be healthy?

Replies

  • hailzp
    hailzp Posts: 903 Member
    I personally would add more vegetables and swap the bread for a wrap with salad and the ham or something like that. Maybe a different breakfast, like oats. But this is just my personal opinion. Whatever works for you is the best way :)
  • skinnyinnotime
    skinnyinnotime Posts: 4,078 Member
    Where are the vegetables? Not much protein to keep you full either.

    It's ok but you need veggies and if you can eat more protein it really does keep you feeling fuller for longer. The breakfast will have you feeling hungry within an hour
  • littlelexical
    littlelexical Posts: 146 Member
    Could you have some nuts at breakfast too - Or make it with a yoghurt instead of milk to give you a bit more protein?

    Its also super quick and easy to pop in a lettuce leaf, and some cherry tomatoes into a sandwich (doesnt even require a knife!) snow peas / alfalfa are also good 'no chop' options to upp the salad/veg intake. Oo and sliced tinned beetroot.

    Popping some protein on your supper might help keep away the hungriness too - or swap it for a yoghurt, or some cheese and veg crudites.

    for dinner with the veg - could you have less of each & more types> ie 50g broccoli, 50g cauliflower, 15gcorn, 15gpeas, 20g carrots? The more variety, the wider the range of nutrients you are accessing.

    They are my thoughts - but - they are of course based on what I believe to be healthy - and everyones view on that will vary here :)
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    it's very low in protein and fat, and high in carbs.

    personally, i'd increase the protein and fat a lot, including some in every meal. i'd replace the bread with more vegies, have a protein/fat/vegie based breakfast instead of a carb one (omelette would be great).

    i'd also not bother with the ab challenge, and try to do resistance training aimed at the bigger muscle groups. doing situps isn't going to help your stomach....seeing a change there is all down to losing fat.
  • Andy_Chow
    Andy_Chow Posts: 20
    This is very personal. I feel that you're not getting enough fat and protein in, and too many carbs.

    I'm 6'0", male, and the minimum daily recommendation for fat intake is 80g daily. Sounds like a lot but that's only 700 calories. Add 100g of protein and that's a total of 1100 calories. Add 100g of carbs and I'm at 1500, which is still very low. If I'm working out I can burn 400 calories with 30 minutes cardio, and eat to 1900 calories a day, this makes me lose about 2 lbs/week, You may want to check for yourself: http://www.healthcalculators.org/calculators/fat.asp

    If you're not getting enough fat in your body, you won't burn fat, you will burn muscle. You need fat for your organs (including the central nervous system). You need protein for many body functions. You don't really need carbs for anything (your body can survive on ketones).

    I wouldn't play with fat and protein intake. I would play with carb intake.
  • jweindruch
    jweindruch Posts: 65 Member
    I'm a firm believer that a mostly organic whole foods plant based diet is the healthiest option for losing weight and overall health. How about incorporating some of these meal options or at least a few more vegetables...

    Breakfast:
    1.
    - Whole grain cereals - Erewhon makes great ones
    - Unsweetend soy milk
    2.
    - Organic bananas
    - Organic apples
    - A variety of granola/protein type bars
    3.
    - Organic Coconut milk yogurt
    - Organic Blueberries
    (Option: toss in chia seeds, ground flax seed, or cocoa nibs)

    Lunch:
    1.
    - Pre-washed salad mixes
    - Avocado, bell pepper, radish, tomato, basically any veggie you want to toss in (Organic is best)
    - Fresh lemon/hint of olive oil
    2.
    - Juicer: you can buy all sorts of organic vegetables and a fruit (two max) for sweetness (better than all fruit smoothie)
    - Supplement the juice with a granola/protein type bar
    3.
    - Hummus
    - Tabouli
    - Pita

    Dinner:
    1.
    - Deboles angel hair pasta made from whole wheat and Jerusalem artichoke flour
    - Organic marinara sauce (low sodium)
    - Start with onion and garlic and add veggies - I love adding spinach…you can change it up!
    2.
    - Vegetable sushi or salmon sushi from the grocery store or take-out
    3.
    Get creative with vegetables - just don't fry them

    Snacks:
    - raw cauliflower
    - raw brocoli
    - Organic low sodium and low fat popcorn
    - small amounts of raw nuts

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