My diet

[mybodymylife]

Hi all. I have been following a low carb diet to lose weight. Now I am going to restart the gym 5 days a week and I need to know I am having enough. My menu is like this.

Breakfast - eggs (2 or 3 with one yolk)
Snack - cottage cheese/coffee with splenda
WORKOUT AT GYM
Lunch - meat and vegetables
Snack - cottage cheese/coffee with splenda
Dinner - meat and vegetables

I also drink diet soda with splenda and water. I am about 135 lbs and 5 1'. I will be going to the gym 5 days a week and on saturdays I will also exercise at home. Sunday is my rest day. I would like to lose weight but toning and firming is also very important for me. My tummy is really where I have the most fat, from my 2 c-section. Thanks for any replies.

[precisou2004]

Originally Posted by mybodymylife

Hi all. I have been following a low carb diet to lose weight. Now I am going to restart the gym 5 days a week and I need to know I am having enough. My menu is like this.

Breakfast - eggs (2 or 3 with one yolk)
Snack - cottage cheese/coffee with splenda
WORKOUT AT GYM
Lunch - meat and vegetables
Snack - cottage cheese/coffee with splenda
Dinner - meat and vegetables

I also drink diet soda with splenda and water. I am about 135 lbs and 5 1'. I will be going to the gym 5 days a week and on saturdays I will also exercise at home. Sunday is my rest day. I would like to lose weight but toning and firming is also very important for me. My tummy is really where I have the most fat, from my 2 c-section. Thanks for any replies.

where are your CARBS ??? if you intend to train 5x a week you'll need a bit more than that.. its, IMHO, 95% protein. you need carbs too to sustain hard workouts

[BlueShoe]

Breakfast - eggs (2 or 3 with one yolk) -- I would add veggies to this to make an omelette. Fish oil supplement for good fats and some sort of carb. Oats maybe?
Snack - cottage cheese/coffee with splenda. -- Add some good fats to this like natural peanut butter. Maybe some berries.
WORKOUT AT GYM
Lunch - meat and vegetables. -- Need a good carb and fats. Sweet potato, quinoa, or brown rice and then a little olive oil with your veggies.
Snack - cottage cheese/coffee with splenda -- same as other snack.
Dinner - meat and vegetables--same as lunch

You should be getting at least 1500 calories. Look at hotnfit.com for lots of good info on nutrition.

Putting your info into a diet journal will help. Try fitday.com or sparkpeople.com. There are others too. You'll find out how many calories you are eating and what your macros are. A good starting part for macros is 40/20/20.

With each meal try to get some lean protein, good carbs, and good fats.

[Ash1978]

I agree, you need more carbs if you're going to be working out that many times a week.

Which low carb diet are you doing? And what are you doing at the gym? Cardio, weights...ect

[precisou2004]

Originally Posted by BlueShoe

(...) A good starting part for macros is 40/20/20.

With each meal try to get some lean protein, good carbs, and good fats.

You're missing 20% somewhere. Your numbers only add up to 80. Should be 100 unless you meant 40.40.20.

[precisou2004]

Originally Posted by BlueShoe

Breakfast - eggs (2 or 3 with one yolk) -- I would add veggies to this to make an omelette. Fish oil supplement for good fats and some sort of carb. Oats maybe?
Snack - cottage cheese/coffee with splenda. -- Add some good fats to this like natural peanut butter. Maybe some berries.
WORKOUT AT GYM
Lunch - meat and vegetables. -- Need a good carb and fats. Sweet potato, quinoa, or brown rice and then a little olive oil with your veggies.
Snack - cottage cheese/coffee with splenda -- same as other snack.
Dinner - meat and vegetables--same as lunch

You should be getting at least 1500 calories. Look at hotnfit.com for lots of good info on nutrition.

Putting your info into a diet journal will help. Try fitday.com or sparkpeople.com. There are others too. You'll find out how many calories you are eating and what your macros are. A good starting part for macros is 40/20/20.

With each meal try to get some lean protein, good carbs, and good fats.

I agree on the oats in the eggwhites. I do this all the time. Or if she had just oats for breakfast, she can add protein powder and even 1 or 2 tbsp of Natural peanut butter..... that is TOTALLY YUMMIE

[SplashAtl]

Originally Posted by mybodymylife

Hi all. I have been following a low carb diet to lose weight. Now I am going to restart the gym 5 days a week and I need to know I am having enough. My menu is like this.

Breakfast - eggs (2 or 3 with one yolk)
Snack - cottage cheese/coffee with splenda
WORKOUT AT GYM
Lunch - meat and vegetables
Snack - cottage cheese/coffee with splenda
Dinner - meat and vegetables

I also drink diet soda with splenda and water. I am about 135 lbs and 5 1'. I will be going to the gym 5 days a week and on saturdays I will also exercise at home. Sunday is my rest day. I would like to lose weight but toning and firming is also very important for me. My tummy is really where I have the most fat, from my 2 c-section. Thanks for any replies.

We are the same weight and height. Cool! Good Luck!! I'm trying to loose about 20 lbs.

[trainwithrae]

but how much.. need to know measurements for all your food to know how many cals/macros you are taking in