*My day's 4,000 calorie diet* *picture*

[UberDave]

I found a great program on the web called www.fitday.com used to track your calories, fat, protein and carbs.


Today I ate just a little above 4K calories. Check it out below.

How does it stack up? Do you guys think it is a proper day?

[FullMetal]

is everything you ate in the software??? such as the protein drink...or did you have to enter in that info for something more abstract like a certain brand of protein drink?

[greenst]

Personally that looks like a sweet program but if I were you I would drop the carbs 100 or 150 and up the protein and fats. Also, as far as the fats go, try to take in all mono and poly and hardly any saturated. Otherwise cals and everything else looks reasonably good. Did you have to pay for that program?

[13laze]

Nice gonna check out that program.

[BigJ2488]

Been using it for about 4 months myself. The website has the general for everything. But, I just put in everything on day so I could get exact numbers.

As for the creator of thhis thread, up your protein intake.


-BigJ

[n2d]

pizza, wieght gainer, instant oatmeal, 2% milk, raisins, fruit flavoured yogurt, and gatorade. And almost no vegtables=\
Your macros are fine, but you are not eating for optimal muscle.
Unless you are dirty bulking I would say your food choices need some work. Marco nutrient ratios aren't everything, if they were we could eat fruit loops, bacon, and whey shakes all day and look good nekid. But we can't\=

[RepubCarrier]

fitday is awesome. try adding monounsaturated fats (buy a bulk container of olive oil) and omega-3 fatty acids (buy bulk fish oil capsules; you want to get between 2 and 3 grams of DHA and EPA [these are described on the bottle]). This is important for your gains, as well as for your blood cholesterol.

[gust]

where is fiber ? (fruit, vegetables)
where are EFA's ? (fish like tuna, salmon; flaxseed oil, fish oil)
where are vitamins and minerals ? (fruit, multivitamins)
pizza and lasagna everyday.... i don't think that's such a good diet! go read about nutrition!

[Kaos503]

That sliced luncheon meat is processed to f*ck btw, I wouldn't eat it even though its ok, because they're ripping you off.

All in all, though you are getting a decent amount of protein, it'll be mostly incomplete proteins, and so not as useful.

And 36 grams of saturated fat a day isn't great. Remember the cholestoral, you can't keep that up forever!

You'll get muscle with that, but a lot of fat too probably.

[Mikeo]

That program looks great! Just what i need.

Hmm it says purchase for $19.95! Is there a trial or something I can use ? Or an online only version.

[Ravi Dev]

That program looks great! Just what i need.

Hmm it says purchase for $19.95! Is there a trial or something I can use ? Or an online only version.

there is an online only version and its completely free, thats what i use, i can keep track of my diet from wherever i am. just click the "Sign me up!" button on the left side of the site

[llamabob]

That sliced luncheon meat is processed to f*ck btw, I wouldn't eat it even though its ok, because they're ripping you off.

All in all, though you are getting a decent amount of protein, it'll be mostly incomplete proteins, and so not as useful.

And 36 grams of saturated fat a day isn't great. Remember the cholestoral, you can't keep that up forever!

You'll get muscle with that, but a lot of fat too probably.

As long as he's eating other complete protein, the incompletes are absolutely useful.

And I disagree, on gaining tons of fat, lot of people in gym's don't follow strict, sweet potato and lean chicken breast diets and are not fat at all. 4k is high and the saturated fat is high, and that can lead to trouble, but processed lunch meat isn't that bad, lot of bodybuilders eat it. You're better off getting it from the deli but overall it's doing more good than harm.

[Adski]

It's a great site discovered it yestarday it's really going to help me out, big mike alright..

[violinlifter]

Looks like your traps and tri's are lagging.

[Ravi Dev]

Looks like your traps and tri's are lagging.

LOL

How does it stack up? Do you guys think it is a proper day?

im gonna have to agree w/ everyone here, that does not look like pretty...

ofcourse, i set pretty high standards for myself, but you really need to bump up the fiber & cut down on the sat fats, sugar & refined carbs, eat alot more veggies & fruits, add an EFA supp like flax or hemp oil.
also, you cant eat sugar filled yogurt, pizza & lasagna on the same day unless their home made. or in other words made healthy, by preparing them w/ whole wheat, fat free cheese & low fat tomato sauce

do you use the downloaded program or the website to keep track of it? if you use the online ver, will you post a link to your online journal?
also, can you post your nutrient requirements for that day?



I use fitday too, here is yesterday's diet, just under 4k, http://raamdev.com/pub/ravi/BD.gif note - the foods on the list are not in the order they were consumed, that is one of the downfalls of the program, it wont let you put together meals & times.

and the nutrient requirement chart
http://raamdev.com/pub/ravi/NR.gif note - the calcium does not include the calcium from the cottage cheese because the calcium in dairy is not absorbed. according to recent studies & the information provided by a few doctors i know.


the kidney beans may seem too appetizing but they are when prepared properly w/ the right ingredients

[rugs]

Kidney beans look like an amazing food, and by the way what is that Wheat, red hill or whatever that is?

[Oxygen]

Heres what I ate today

[Ravi Dev]

Kidney beans look like an amazing food, and by the way what is that Wheat, red hill or whatever that is?

"Wheat, Hard red winter" is simply wheat berries, the completely unrefined unprocessed grain. I bought a 50lb bag of it in hopes to start growing my own wheatgrass juice, but i just havent gotten around to it, so i am just eating it sprouted, all you do is take the dry grain and soak it for 2-3 days more or less depending on how soft you want it, then i normally throw it in a chilli or soup. there are several major varities of wheat such as Semolina, Kamut (ka-moo), Hard & soft winter & hard & soft spring wheat, each one having slightly different macronutrient ratios & flavor.


alot of beans are pretty amazing, but the macro nutrient ratios vary quite widely depending on the type of bean & the distributer, just make sure you count the calories on the bag by adding the protein fat & digested carbs (total - fiber) cals because they dont normally print the correct amt of cals & always buy dry rather than canned, because for some reason canned beans almost always have a not so enticing nutrient ratio i.e. high carbs


also, you cant see it there, but the actual nutrient ratio of those kidney beans was 88g protein, 80g digested carbs & 144g fiber!

[stophe]

I am new to the diet portion of the training and I was wondering if my proportion were right or if I should add or withdraw something from my current diet. Any advice are appriciated.

Calories 3,086
gram calories %

Fat 128.8 1,099 36 %
Saturated 25.7 221 7 %
Polyunsat 31.7 270 9 %
Monounsa 62.3 529 17 %
Carbohy 266.9 1,090 35 %
Diet Fiber 39.1
Protein 223.4 899 29 %
Alcohol 0.0 0 0 %

Fat (36%) Carbs (35%)
Protein (29%) Alcohol (0%)

[xCody]

648 Calories in chicken > 648 calories in pizza.

[jeffJJ]

6 year old thread revived...

[NewbieX2]

6 year old thread revived...

At least it let me see what Fitday looked like back then. I opened the thread and was like, "Wow...that looks a lot like Fitday, just older." Then I looked at thread date. mind=blown

[krete77]

6 year old fitday screen shot; mind=blown

me getting caught with my pants down=priceless

[Bennn]

yesssss op

[Burg10]

Great website, although you need to do a bit of alteration into your diet. Goodluck bro!

[JayQuigley]

Was IIFYM not recognised 6 years ago? Or were the people who posted just full of broscience?

[ErikTheElectric]

Strong carb consumption brah.

[shiroun]

Holy ****.

Dude, you're a guy. LOW CARBS.
Raise the fats up like ****, lower the carbs. For gods sake, that's so not healthy. Go read on nutrition, because you NEED to.

[ErikTheElectric]

Holy ****.

Dude, you're a guy. LOW CARBS.
Raise the fats up like ****, lower the carbs. For gods sake, that's so not healthy. Go read on nutrition, because you NEED to.

not sure if srs.. I mean his fat is 84g. Not THAT terribly low IMO. I survived on under 30g of fat for 6 months straight once.
If he prefers a higher carb /lower fat diet then let him do it. Everybody's different

[WhiteKnight4U]

Holy ****.

Dude, you're a guy. LOW CARBS.
Raise the fats up like ****, lower the carbs. For gods sake, that's so not healthy. Go read on nutrition, because you NEED to.

whatever you just tried to say didn't make sense.

He got 26 grams of fiber, that's a good amount.

He got 265 grams of protein, don't even need nearly that much.

He's fine. not to mention its been 6 years lol.