no dinner?

[bcmurph07]

I had an idea for a new diet and i was curious what you all thought. I work 40 hrs a week mon-fri in an airconditioned office, so during the day i don't exactly get a lot of exercise and i'm starting to realize that i don't burn as many calories as i did when I was in High School. I decided to take out dinner from my diet since I am usually not hungry when I eat it and it is usually unhealthy


9am: 2 eggs scrambled on a round roll and a vitamin water

11:30am: banana or some piece of fruit

2:30pm: grilled chicken or turkey sandwich


7:30pm(post gym) protein shake and frozen vegetables

[DonDarko]

Originally Posted by bcmurph07

I had an idea for a new diet and i was curious what you all thought. I work 40 hrs a week mon-fri in an airconditioned office, so during the day i don't exactly get a lot of exercise and i'm starting to realize that i don't burn as many calories as i did when I was in High School. I decided to take out dinner from my diet since I am usually not hungry when I eat it and it is usually unhealthy


9am: 2 eggs scrambled on a round roll and a vitamin water

11:30am: banana or some piece of fruit

2:30pm: grilled chicken or turkey sandwich


7:30pm(post gym) protein shake and frozen vegetables

Believe it or not, eating more often is actually a better way to burn fat! As long as you are keep your total calorie intake at or below maintenance level, you will stay the same or lose fat, but eating often, like six times a day, will increase the amount of calories you burn, and speed your metabolism up. Cutting out this meal is probably not a good idea. How about you find your maintenance calorie count (formulas can be found in the forums here by using the search key) and divide your meals up evenly (maybe a little more for breakfast) over 6 meals a day? This would be very advantageous for you! I promise! Skipping a meal is just slowing your metabolism down.

As a side note, any bread that you eat should be 100% whole wheat, and even if it says that on the package it is likely not. Make sure you get true whole wheat bread or rolls. This will ensure that you aren't getting useless calories.

[Mister_A]

Those 4 meals are definately not enough.

Go eat more. . . NOW!!

[Bombers]

Where can you get ''true'' whole wheat bread besides a health food store ?

[TexasLift]

At the very least, you need to have a good quality PRE Workout meal w/ hydration.

[DonDarko]

Originally Posted by Bombers

Where can you get ''true'' whole wheat bread besides a health food store ?

Good question... I realize this is very hard for some people who don't have a health food store near by or don't have the money for the health food store prices. Well try your regular grocery store. You may not find true whole wheat bread, but you can get pretty close, which would be much better than white bread. Make sure the first ingredient is whole wheat flour... then your best bet is to pick the one with the shortest ingredient list after that... and watch out for any added sugar or oil. Sometimes they try to sneak these in there, but do the best you can, and if the first ingredient is whole wheat, trust me it will be much better than eating white bread.

[Swiftyer]

Originally Posted by Bombers

Where can you get ''true'' whole wheat bread besides a health food store ?

The closest you can get in a grocery market is to look at the ingredients. Alot of imitation wheat breads use brown sugar, molasses and other crap to "dye" their bread brown. Package should generally say 100% whole "GRAIN".

my 2 cents