what should i eat

Okaaaaayyyy I'll try help!
You want to be having Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner and between each section you want to be having a snack.

So for breakfast a good meal that would fill you up for a couple hours would be a bowl of oatmeal! And mix it around like try having it with almond milk some days and semi skimmed another day OR just make it with hot water , whatever you'd prefer. But because oats are so filling it'll leave you satisfied for at least 2-3 hours.

Snack no.1, try a mixture of Brazil nuts, walnuts and almonds with some grapes. The nuts are a bit calorific so u don't want to have too many, but you don't need that many anyway cos they fill you up so quickly. Because these nuts are good fats they help to break down the bad fats... That's if u buy them from like natural, don't get like extra salted or flavoured nuts. Anyway these will leave you filled.

Lunch, you should try to avoid bread as much as you can! Even whole wheat isn't that good for you. Try having humous and crackers with vegetables like cherry tomatos, celery, cucumber and lettuce. It's tasty and will leave you satisfied. Also be sure to get the light humous as it's less fat and sugar. Also if you're building muscle as well as loosing weight you should add some protein to the meal so just have some chicken with it too.

Snack no2, rice cakes with peanut butter! Rice cakes are yummy, full you up and low in calories (make sure to get the plain ones). And the good peanut butter which contains good fats so it's a source of protein and breaks down the bad fats.

And DINNER... You want to be having dinner protein related! They're so many protein dinner recipes on the Internet you can just come up with a load. And with every dinner you should always have a side of salad!!

Hopefully that helps, also good pre workout snacks are bananas, apples and nakd bars. Try avoid bread, breakfast bars (full of sugar and not good for you), and lots of fruit juices like orange, pineapple and apple juice.
Have a good day

livingleanlivingclean wrote: »

asterpasta12 wrote: »

Okaaaaayyyy I'll try help!
You want to be having Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner and between each section you want to be having a snack.

So for breakfast a good meal that would fill you up for a couple hours would be a bowl of oatmeal! And mix it around like try having it with almond milk some days and semi skimmed another day OR just make it with hot water , whatever you'd prefer. But because oats are so filling it'll leave you satisfied for at least 2-3 hours.

Snack no.1, try a mixture of Brazil nuts, walnuts and almonds with some grapes. The nuts are a bit calorific so u don't want to have too many, but you don't need that many anyway cos they fill you up so quickly. Because these nuts are good fats they help to break down the bad fats... That's if u buy them from like natural, don't get like extra salted or flavoured nuts. Anyway these will leave you filled.

Lunch, you should try to avoid bread as much as you can! Even whole wheat isn't that good for you. Try having humous and crackers with vegetables like cherry tomatos, celery, cucumber and lettuce. It's tasty and will leave you satisfied. Also be sure to get the light humous as it's less fat and sugar. Also if you're building muscle as well as loosing weight you should add some protein to the meal so just have some chicken with it too.

Snack no2, rice cakes with peanut butter! Rice cakes are yummy, full you up and low in calories (make sure to get the plain ones). And the good peanut butter which contains good fats so it's a source of protein and breaks down the bad fats.

And DINNER... You want to be having dinner protein related! They're so many protein dinner recipes on the Internet you can just come up with a load. And with every dinner you should always have a side of salad!!

Hopefully that helps, also good pre workout snacks are bananas, apples and nakd bars. Try avoid bread, breakfast bars (full of sugar and not good for you), and lots of fruit juices like orange, pineapple and apple juice.
Have a good day

How about not.

OP - you sound like all sorts of confused. To lose fat, you need a caloric deficit. To gain muscle you need a surplus. No one food makes you fat or lean. How much you eat determines this.

Train smarter not harder. You don't need to train for hours a day. Learn the importance of rest.

Eat for your goals - decide whether it's time to lose some fat before bulking again. You can eat whatever you like as long as it fits your goals - nutrient dense choices most of the time will help keep you healthy, but there's no reason you can't include bread... Or pizza/icecream/cake etc if it's what you like and if it works wih your cals!

Why not? I just think when you stick to a healthy diet it's makes you feel better in yourself, I'm not saying you CANT eat like bread and stuff. It's just better to not eat excessive amounts of it. I have a cheat day where I'll eat like cake and stuff. So could try having cheat days, it's something to then look forward to after putting in the hard work of a good diet from the rest of the week. But anyways everyone has their own opinions, so yeah go with whatever floats your boat ❤️

GhostX1994 wrote: »

Thank you ill give it a shot. But iv tried having oats for breakfast and beleive me i can have over 4 serves and still be starving haha but yeah ill try to eat more like you said as im unsure exactly on whats good for me to eat and not. Biggest thing i want is muscle gains but id like to try tone up at the same time.

You can't.

Pick one.

Eat to suit that goal. If you're just eating more because you're hungry, you likely won't be in a deficit so you won't lose fat.

Work out your goal, go to IIFYM.com to work out your macros to suit your goals and eat what you like to meet those.

OP your profile shows that you're currently trying to lose weight? You cannot do that and build muscle at the same time. In order to build muscle you have to eat at a calorie surplus, along with heavy lifting. You can do heavy lifting while losing weight, to help preserve existing muscle, but that's as far as it goes at the weight loss phase.

If your goal is weight loss right now, just focus on eating at an appropriate calorie deficit. Secondary to this is exercise, and to also keep an eye on macros, especially protein.

Once you get to goal weight, then you can change focus and begin working on building muscle.

Also, meal timing/meal frequency is a preference thing and nothing more. You definitely don't have to eat 3 meals/2 snacks a day to be successful

GhostX1994 wrote: »

Cheers and yeah i just want to tone up but gaining muscle is more important to me then losing weight i guess as it should look more toned up the bigger i get amyway really

If you are already overweight, and are aiming for a leaner look, start by losign the fat. Trying to bulk when already overweight will nto magically transform fat to muscle if this is what you are hoping for. It is highly unlikely you will bulk and gain only muscle, you will also gain extra fat. And will just look fatter, not more toned up.

asterpasta12 wrote: »

livingleanlivingclean wrote: »

asterpasta12 wrote: »

Okaaaaayyyy I'll try help!
You want to be having Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner and between each section you want to be having a snack.

So for breakfast a good meal that would fill you up for a couple hours would be a bowl of oatmeal! And mix it around like try having it with almond milk some days and semi skimmed another day OR just make it with hot water , whatever you'd prefer. But because oats are so filling it'll leave you satisfied for at least 2-3 hours.

Snack no.1, try a mixture of Brazil nuts, walnuts and almonds with some grapes. The nuts are a bit calorific so u don't want to have too many, but you don't need that many anyway cos they fill you up so quickly. Because these nuts are good fats they help to break down the bad fats... That's if u buy them from like natural, don't get like extra salted or flavoured nuts. Anyway these will leave you filled.

Lunch, you should try to avoid bread as much as you can! Even whole wheat isn't that good for you. Try having humous and crackers with vegetables like cherry tomatos, celery, cucumber and lettuce. It's tasty and will leave you satisfied. Also be sure to get the light humous as it's less fat and sugar. Also if you're building muscle as well as loosing weight you should add some protein to the meal so just have some chicken with it too.

Snack no2, rice cakes with peanut butter! Rice cakes are yummy, full you up and low in calories (make sure to get the plain ones). And the good peanut butter which contains good fats so it's a source of protein and breaks down the bad fats.

And DINNER... You want to be having dinner protein related! They're so many protein dinner recipes on the Internet you can just come up with a load. And with every dinner you should always have a side of salad!!

Hopefully that helps, also good pre workout snacks are bananas, apples and nakd bars. Try avoid bread, breakfast bars (full of sugar and not good for you), and lots of fruit juices like orange, pineapple and apple juice.
Have a good day

How about not.

OP - you sound like all sorts of confused. To lose fat, you need a caloric deficit. To gain muscle you need a surplus. No one food makes you fat or lean. How much you eat determines this.

Train smarter not harder. You don't need to train for hours a day. Learn the importance of rest.

Eat for your goals - decide whether it's time to lose some fat before bulking again. You can eat whatever you like as long as it fits your goals - nutrient dense choices most of the time will help keep you healthy, but there's no reason you can't include bread... Or pizza/icecream/cake etc if it's what you like and if it works wih your cals!

Why not? I just think when you stick to a healthy diet it's makes you feel better in yourself, I'm not saying you CANT eat like bread and stuff. It's just better to not eat excessive amounts of it. I have a cheat day where I'll eat like cake and stuff. So could try having cheat days, it's something to then look forward to after putting in the hard work of a good diet from the rest of the week. But anyways everyone has their own opinions, so yeah go with whatever floats your boat ❤️

So cardboard flavored rice cakes are "heathier" than bread, in your opinion?