Critique my diet

[BuffBritt]

Hello everyone. I'm fairly new to eating healthy and exercises on a regular basis, but I believe I am starting to get into the groove of things. I have read A LOT from this site and have learned very much useful info. I have constructed a diet listed below. My goal as of right now is to mainly cut body fat.
I am 5'5 and weight 130lbs, and believe my maintenance is somewhere in the 1800-2000 cal. range.

meal 1- 4 Egg whites, 1/2 cup oatmeal, small banana (plus fish oil pills)
meal 2Pre-workout- protein shake-(1 cup milk,1 scoop whey whey, oatmeal,small banana)
meal 3post-workout- 2 scoops whey protein
meal 4- 4 oz chicken, 1 cup broccoli, sweet potato
meal 5- 2-3 tbs natural peanut butter, 1/2 cup low fat cottage cheese

Calories-1,622 p40/f25/c35

Any critique is welcome.
Thanks in advance.

[DeMaze]

Originally Posted by BuffBritt

Hello everyone. I'm fairly new to eating healthy and exercises on a regular basis, but I believe I am starting to get into the groove of things. I have read A LOT from this site and have learned very much useful info. I have constructed a diet listed below. My goal as of right now is to mainly cut body fat.
I am 5'5 and weight 130lbs, and believe my maintenance is somewhere in the 1800-2000 cal. range.

meal 1- 4 Egg whites, 1/2 cup oatmeal, small banana (plus fish oil pills)
meal 2Pre-workout- protein shake-(1 cup milk,1 scoop whey whey, oatmeal,small banana)
meal 3post-workout- 2 scoops whey protein
meal 4- 4 oz chicken, 1 cup broccoli, sweet potato
meal 5- 2-3 tbs natural peanut butter, 1/2 cup low fat cottage cheese

Calories-1,622 p40/f25/c35

Any critique is welcome

Thanks in advance.

You pretty much have the same stats as me. I'm at 1700-1750 calories and feel I eat WAY more then you. Might be the protein shakes. I have only 1 daily. I'd switch up meal #3 to have lean meat. I'm not an expert, I'll let the other experts on the site help you a bit more, but I'd try to switch out at least one of your proten shakes for "real" protein if you can! With the diet, do you feel full?

[kmrsail]

I'm new but I used sparkpeople to set up my meal plans. You can input your total daily calories, as well as your ratio for carbs/protein/fat and they will suggest a daily plan for those values. Anything you don't like you can sub out for something of a similar value. I found that to be the easiest way to know what I am eating and have some variety while still staying within my guidelines. Can't tell you yet if it works since I just started...

[ms_proteinshake]

Looks good to me! Except I probably would have the sweet potato for after your workout versus meal 4.