Posted: 5/23/2013 3:16:51 PM EDT
| Need some tips for a good diet. I've been trying to follow a paleo/ gluten free diet. I will stray from it as long as the food is healthy. What do you guys do when it comes to counting calories? If you allow yourself 1500 a day do you split it up into three 500 calorie meals or do you mix it up? Also what is a good daily calorie allowance? I'm 5'11 @230 lbs and want to lose about 50 pounds. I've been allowing myself 1600 a day but both yesterday I only had about 1000 and today I've had about 1000 but I'll be having an apple/ banana for a snack later. |
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I don't count calories, but when I do put people on a calorie restricted diet I also have them do paleo along with "zone" to control portions. You can google zone. It will give you 3 meals and 2 snacks made up of carbs fat and protein. You will have to weigh food though. 1000 cals is too low IMO. Not sure what exactly you should be at but 1k is too low for just about anyone.
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I don't count calories, but when I do put people on a calorie restricted diet I also have them do paleo along with "zone" to control portions. You can google zone. It will give you 3 meals and 2 snacks made up of carbs fat and protein. You will have to weigh food though. 1000 cals is too low IMO. Not sure what exactly you should be at but 1k is too low for just about anyone. I know its too low but I'm just not hungry now. I skipped lunch on accident but I wasn't even that hungry. |
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Quoted: Quoted: I don't count calories, but when I do put people on a calorie restricted diet I also have them do paleo along with "zone" to control portions. You can google zone. It will give you 3 meals and 2 snacks made up of carbs fat and protein. You will have to weigh food though. 1000 cals is too low IMO. Not sure what exactly you should be at but 1k is too low for just about anyone. I know its too low but I'm just not hungry now. I skipped lunch on accident but I wasn't even that hungry. Eat a little peanut butter or olive oil or something. |
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People make stuff too complicated.
Want to start losing weight then here are a few tips. If you drink soda then stop. If you use mayonnaise on sandwiches, stop. If you mix a protein drink with milk, stop and replace with water. Eat half what you normally would for dinner. When that stops working then add lunch to reduced serving size. Then add breakfast when reduced lunch and dinner stop working. Don't snack, be hungry, it's ok. Try and eat before 7pm to fast longer through the night. If you are against carbs bit need them for energy for workouts just time the bulk of your carbs for post workout to replenish glycogen stores. Oh and don't forget to keep working out and if possible, increase your workload. Add cardio if you don't already have it as part of your program. Whether it's in the form of traditional cardio or the lift weights faster crowd. Make small changes to start. Don't do all at once. I'd start with no junk food, cut milk from protein drink, smaller dinner and eat earlier. These are all things I've done and went from a 190lb of muscle to a 162lbs cyclist losing lots of upper body muscle mass. I'm doing it again and I'm down 6.8 lbs in a month and I have a carb heavy diet. |
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People make stuff too complicated. Want to start losing weight then here are a few tips. If you drink soda then stop. If you use mayonnaise on sandwiches, stop. If you mix a protein drink with milk, stop and replace with water. Eat half what you normally would for dinner. When that stops working then add lunch to reduced serving size. Then add breakfast when reduced lunch and dinner stop working. Don't snack, be hungry, it's ok. Try and eat before 7pm to fast longer through the night. If you are against carbs bit need them for energy for workouts just time the bulk of your carbs for post workout to replenish glycogen stores. Oh and don't forget to keep working out and if possible, increase your workload. Add cardio if you don't already have it as part of your program. Whether it's in the form of traditional cardio or the lift weights faster crowd. Make small changes to start. Don't do all at once. I'd start with no junk food, cut milk from protein drink, smaller dinner and eat earlier. These are all things I've done and went from a 190lb of muscle to a 162lbs cyclist losing lots of upper body muscle mass. I'm doing it again and I'm down 6.8 lbs in a month and I have a carb heavy diet. Stopped junk food/ soda when I started the diet. I don't do supplments because I don't get them. Could cut out milk, snacks, and eat earlier. Thanks |
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I eat a lot of food. Trying to cut weight now but between running, lifting and setting stone it's tough to not eat a healthy amount. My biggest concern when it comes to my diet is to eat food that is as close to the source as possible. Meat, tuna, fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, nuts, plain greek yogurt, very heavy bread in limited amounts. A bit of dark chocolate and grape juice. I love milk and cereal but try to keep it Cheerios or granola and skim milk. I don't eat hardly anything from a box or a can other than tuna and cereal.
For the most part, if I can't read the ingredients, I don't want to eat it. Other than the whey supplement I've been taking. Can't read half that shit. 
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People make stuff too complicated. SNIP Mostly because you've over-simplified. It is complicated. However, I'll bow out now since OP has none of my goals and that's why I asked. No, not really. People make everything more complicated then it needs to be, hence why so many people get overwhelmed and end up with shitty results. Do you need it to be more complicated? Doesn't mean it will work any better. What did I describe above in it's most basic formula? I gave tips on how to achieve that without allowing one to over think it. The mere presence of this thread is proof of that... YMMV |