How's this meal plan?

[BarleyMob]

So I decided to have a set-meal plan and I have come up with this. Please give me any and all suggestions for my plan becuase I plan on starting with this tomorrow. I want to loose about 10-15lbs, and then build it back up in muscles. I'm working on a tight budget, so heres my plan for monday-saturdays:

8am - wake up and stretch

9am - oatmeal and 1-2 boiled eggs
*workout sometime between 10am-12pm

12pm - Tuna and walnuts

3pm - Turkey and chesse sandwich on white bread w/ mayo or tuna

6pm - Cottage Cheese

9pm - Tuna or 3-4 boiled eggs w/ carrots and broccoli or just an apple

I'm not quite sure about the portions of each one each, so if you could suggest a good size portion as well, i'd appreciate it. Thanks in advance.

 

[Douglas7777]

What are your goals?
Height?
Weight?
BF %?
Training schedule?

 

[Douglas7777]

You are trying to lose fat. You are eating once every 3 hours...I would add a meal somewhere in the middle, and try to eat six times per day.

 

[BarleyMob]

I'm 6', about 205lb and i'm not sure about my BF%. I'll find out tomorrow when i go to the gym. My goal is to loose the fat on my lower abs and have a six pack, while getting a bigger chest. So I thought I would loose about 10-15lbs and then start building muscle again. Here's my workout plan:
I work-out monday through thursday.
Mondays(chest) - Flat bench - 3x10(55lbs)
Incline - 3x10(50lbs)
Decline - 3x10(50lbs)
Pull Down - 3x10(80)
Curls - 3x10(30lbs)
Dips - 3x10
Tuesdays(Cardio) - bike - I do 2, 20min sessions keeping it above 100rpm at all times. After the first 20minutes, I get up and walk around for about 3 minutes and then I do my second 20 minutes session.

Wednesdays(shoulders) - Military - 3x10(60lbs)
Rows - 3x10(140lbs)
Shrugs - I use the straight bar 3x10(225)
I do 2 more workouts that work on my back, but I forgot the names.

Thursdays(cardio) - usually 1-2 hours of basketball or the same as tuesday.
Friday - Sunday - Usually just rest, but sometimes i'll do chest on fridays.

Also, with the tuna. How much should be enough? Should I just eat one can?

 

[poysyn]

I'm 6', about 205lb and i'm not sure about my BF%. I'll find out tomorrow when i go to the gym. My goal is to loose the fat on my lower abs and have a six pack, while getting a bigger chest. So I thought I would loose about 10-15lbs and then start building muscle again. Here's my workout plan:
I work-out monday through thursday.
Mondays(chest) - Flat bench - 3x10(55lbs)
Incline - 3x10(50lbs)
Decline - 3x10(50lbs)
Pull Down - 3x10(80)
Curls - 3x10(30lbs)
Dips - 3x10
Tuesdays(Cardio) - bike - I do 2, 20min sessions keeping it above 100rpm at all times. After the first 20minutes, I get up and walk around for about 3 minutes and then I do my second 20 minutes session.

Wednesdays(shoulders) - Military - 3x10(60lbs)
Rows - 3x10(140lbs)
Shrugs - I use the straight bar 3x10(225)
I do 2 more workouts that work on my back, but I forgot the names.

Thursdays(cardio) - usually 1-2 hours of basketball or the same as tuesday.
Friday - Sunday - Usually just rest, but sometimes i'll do chest on fridays.

Also, with the tuna. How much should be enough? Should I just eat one can?

fitday.com for caloric logging..find out how much you are taking in, let us know and people will help gauge if its at a good intake.

many would also suggest avoiding fats post workout, and you have walnuts after.

 

[jpt]

So I decided to have a set-meal plan and I have come up with this. Please give me any and all suggestions for my plan becuase I plan on starting with this tomorrow. I want to loose about 10-15lbs, and then build it back up in muscles. I'm working on a tight budget, so heres my plan for monday-saturdays:

8am - wake up and stretch

9am - oatmeal and 1-2 boiled eggs
*workout sometime between 10am-12pm

12pm - Tuna and walnuts

3pm - Turkey and chesse sandwich on white bread w/ mayo or tuna

6pm - Cottage Cheese

9pm - Tuna or 3-4 boiled eggs w/ carrots and broccoli or just an apple

I'm not quite sure about the portions of each one each, so if you could suggest a good size portion as well, i'd appreciate it. Thanks in advance.

your 205lbs....and just by the looks of it your not eating enough. you should prob be cutting on about 2200-2400 cals (your weightx12). hit up fitday.com like poysyn said.

you also should be eating about 300g of protein a day....

drink at least a gallon of water a day

protein at every meal....

try to avoid carbs later in the day....i try and time them early on in the day and immediatly PWO.

 

[Kabeetz]

I'm no expert I can tell you that... but eating 250 calories (one can) of tuna, and "walnuts" (how many???) leaves you with probably 400 calories post workout, with no carbs... POST WORKOUT when ur body theoretically needs it most. Yet you're eating white bread 3 hours later. U want to redistribute carbs better...

Also dude I think u're eating less than u think... u might lose a lot of muscle. When you eat healthy, you have to eat a lot more just to eat less

For protein on a budget... check out purdue lean ground turkey, 2.50 for 1.25 pounds, purdue ground chicken or chicken burgers... low fat cottage cheese, eggs, a good affordable whey protein powder like optimum or designers.

For carbs on a budget, minute brown rice, fruit depending what's on sale, etc.

So I decided to have a set-meal plan and I have come up with this. Please give me any and all suggestions for my plan becuase I plan on starting with this tomorrow. I want to loose about 10-15lbs, and then build it back up in muscles. I'm working on a tight budget, so heres my plan for monday-saturdays:

8am - wake up and stretch

9am - oatmeal and 1-2 boiled eggs
*workout sometime between 10am-12pm

12pm - Tuna and walnuts

3pm - Turkey and chesse sandwich on white bread w/ mayo or tuna

6pm - Cottage Cheese

9pm - Tuna or 3-4 boiled eggs w/ carrots and broccoli or just an apple

I'm not quite sure about the portions of each one each, so if you could suggest a good size portion as well, i'd appreciate it. Thanks in advance.

 

[BarleyMob]

Thanks for all the advice so far everyone!

So, i've been keeping track of my food intake for the past few days on fitday.com and it seems that I take in 2000-2100 cals a day. On days that I lift, I run on the treadmill for about 5-7 minutes at a speed of 7.5 w/ incline at 4.0, then I go lift. On cardio days, I usually just do the stationay bike for about 40 minutes w/ the level on 5-7 and keep the rpm above 100 at all times. I'm tring to loose weight, and I know that I got to burn more cals than what I take in, but according to fitday.com i'm only burning 100-500 cals at the gym. So, should I cut back on weight lifting and just do cardio for the next 2 weeks or so?

 

[Douglas7777]

Thanks for all the advice so far everyone!

So, i've been keeping track of my food intake for the past few days on fitday.com and it seems that I take in 2000-2100 cals a day. On days that I lift, I run on the treadmill for about 5-7 minutes at a speed of 7.5 w/ incline at 4.0, then I go lift. On cardio days, I usually just do the stationay bike for about 40 minutes w/ the level on 5-7 and keep the rpm above 100 at all times. I'm tring to loose weight, and I know that I got to burn more cals than what I take in, but according to fitday.com i'm only burning 100-500 cals at the gym. So, should I cut back on weight lifting and just do cardio for the next 2 weeks or so?

You are burning calories when lifting, and when doing cardio. You should not cut your weight lifting days out IMO. Maybe change the kind of lifting you are doing. Post your workout schedule in the "weight training" forum.

I weight train 3 days per week, and do cardio 6 days per week. Sundays I do not train at all.

On my cardio only days I do around 40 minutes of Hi intensity cardio.
On weight-training days I do cardio after my workout for about 10 minutes at mid intensity. (more of a cool down than anything)

I was doing 30-40 minutes of hi-intensity cardio Mon-Sat, and found that I was losing a little more muscle than desired. I am also heavier than you, and have a bigger defecit than you as well.