Please bear in mind I have only just started but this is what i shall be consuming and doing in my workouts.
Food and drinks:
Sea Bass (rare)
Swordfish (very rare)
Salmon
Trout
Basa
Plain chicken
My salad food (feta cheese, yellow & red peppers, onions & red onions, cucumber, sometimes carrots and broccoli but with meals not part of a salad dish) - trying to try different veggies but I seem to hate them all…The salad has oregano, olive oil and vinegar added.
My fruits (bananas (love em, mainly 1 per day but I sometimes have 2), raspberries and strawberries (only with yogurt as they taste too sour for me), apricots, plums, nectarines, peaches and apples apples without their skin).
Eggs (used to have lots in muffins and omelettes but I always had lots of cheese and ham so it was full of calories and fat so I stopped having them but i’ll eat them as scrambled or maybe with mushrooms and lean meat in an omelette - ideas where to use eggs? Or should I just eat them scrambled?)
Cereals - Shreddies, Crunchy Nut, Just Right and Muesli (don’t eat Muesli often). - With 125m of semi-skimmed milk. The problem I have with cereals is that i sometimes eat 2/3 bowls of it per day to fill me up instead of fruit or something different.
Low-fat (or fat free) plain yogurts with fruit in (mainly raspberries and strawberries)
Granary or wholemeal bread with lean meat (turkey or chicken) with cucumber
Innocent smoothies normally 1 or 2 cartons a day
Orange or apple juice, only one per day and if i have one of these i don’t have 2 cartons of an innocent smoothie.
Lots of water
Milk (sometimes and only one glass)
Exercise (please bear in mind I have no gym access and I have only just started):
30 mins on the treadmill = most is walking, and I know this is gonna sound terrible but only 8 minutes of the 30 minutes is running and the rest (apart from a 2 min cool-down) is brisk/power walking/very fast walking. Burns about 150 kcals. 5 times per week
Home multi-gym usage in sets of 12-8-8 apart from the leg exercises
Sit-Ups in sets of 12-8-12-8-10 then 25 of them but bringing my knees to my face aswell
Side sit ups sets of 12-8-12-8-10 on each side
Walking (fast - pink face even down hill) to a certain place and back burns about 100 kcals. Evday
Tennis for around 2 hrs (last 45 mins isn’t that competitive as I am tired but I still try and work myself - plus I jump and try and keep exercising when I am not serving or when we go to get the balls or whatever). At least 3 times a week but no more than 5. And it is played after dinner (at least an hour after, is this good/bad?) I worked out this is just under 1300 calories burnt in two hrs, but I have no idea how it is that high (i’m thinking it is lower because as i said the last 45 minutes or even an hour)
More than half of the time I would either play tennis OR go on the treadmill
That’s about it, when I worked out how much I burn especially on days when playing tennis it seems I do not consume enough well only on the tennis days so will this make my body turn stuff into fat or not burn fat and only burn muscle or what? I have lots of fat, it can use that haha
Thank You! I think I have left some food out but I can’t remember them (maybe I actually havn’t…)
Apart from a bag of crisps every week or two and 2 squares of galaxy chocolate per week (will probably just not have these or only like on ’special’ occasions :p).
Thanks…:D
Cadophy - I forgot to say it takes around 45-48 minutes but I can make it last more like an hour. It is around 100 kcals.
Dang you wrote alot,
OK starting from the top take OUT bass and swordfish. Chicken is best skinless, include turkey also it is good protein. Your smoothies, make them fruit or lean protein. Orange juice is actually bad for losing wieght if that is your goal. IDK about apple juice but check sugar content, Water and tea are best drinks, or those sugar free drinks like crystal light. Don’t be fancy with your salad dressing go buy balsamic.
Your fruit selection sounds good, don’t eat to many bananas though, they can be fattening. As for the eggs try taking out the yolk or buy egg whites in the carton. More protein less fat! With your omelettes add veggies in them like red/green/yellow peppers, onions, mushrooms, and tomatoes. Here are 2 ways you can use eggs besides the standard omelette meal and they are good for Diet.
CHOCOLATE-CHERRY PROTEIN BARS WHAT YOU NEED 5 scoops chocolate protein powder 2/3 cup dried cherries (unsweetened are best) 3/4 cup pasteurized egg whites 1/3 cup unsalted cashews Nonstick cooking spray TO MAKE [1] Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix ingredients in a bowl, making sure there are no clumps. [2] Coat a g-inch square glass baking dish with cooking spray and pour in mixture. Place in preheated oven for 12-15 minutes. [3] Remove from baking dish, let cool, and cut into 6 bars. Total time; 12-15 minutes. Per bar: 180 calories, 45 g protein, 16 g carbs, 13 g fat, 2 g fiber GREEN EGGS AND HUMMUS WHAT YOU NEED 6 eggs 6 tbsp guacamole 6 tbsp hummus TO MAKE [1] Boil 6 eggs, slice in half lengthwise. Discard yolks. [2] Fill with guacamole or hummus. Refrigerate in sealed container. Makes two servings. Total time: 12-15 minutes.
good cereals, try adding fruit to them and have a shake with them to feel you up rather than eating 2-3 bowls. Also you can just have fruit on the side like a bushel of grapes on the side, a apple cut up, with some type of melon cut up. Cut fruits the day before, you probably won’t want to in the morning.
There are a bunch of whole wheat you can have, Most of the starchy foods
we eat are available as whole grain options. Here are some of the most common, many of which can be swapped out for the refined products you may be consuming now.
Whole wheat or brown rice pasta
Brown or wild rice
Whole oats
Whole wheat or whole grain cereals
Whole wheat flour
rye flour
Popcorn
Whole wheat or whole grain crackers
Bulgur (cracked wheat)
Buckwheat
Millet
Barley
Wheat berries
Quinoa
Ok sweety, your work outs don’t sound to bad, just up them as you get comfortable, if you want tips on excercises email me latashamcpeak@yahoo.com. I know a bunch of excercises I am a former marine and training to do mma. Good Luck!!!
Oh don’t take out your chocolate if that is something you really can’t live without, you are young it isn’t going to hurt you. If you want to make it healthier change it to dark chocolate.