my diet, suggestions would be helpful

[pong21]

Hey, I'm new to the boards and was wondering if the weight-loss gurus could help me fix my current diet up a bit, or even throw it out the window and start over.

Right now my diet is:

Meal 1: cereal
Meal 2: sandwitch(any meat: turkey,chicken,tuna, etc)
Meal 3: another sandwitch of good meat
Meal 4: energy/protein bar (pre-workout)
Meal 5: protein shake (post-workout)
Meal 6: large salad mixed with good meat

Supplements: Fat Ignite(Ephedra version) and Multivitamins
Cardio: About 25-30 minutes every other day.
Lots and lots of water. My diet changes all the time but mostly looks like that.

Height: 6'0
Weight: 220

I am mostly looking to cut up and get as much definition as possible without losing my muscle. I was wondering what you guys think of this and how I could possible fix it or someone just point me in the right direction to a diet that I am looking for.

Any information would be helpful to me.

Thanks

 

[Clean]

less bread, more brown rice, oatmeal.
more protein
no vegetables?
you need fat also, all I can see are carbs and protein

 

[JKurz1]

throw it out the window.................

 

[pong21]

Anyone can just say throw it out the window. What I was looking for was some help with it.

 

[JKurz1]

CMON man....read up on this board....tons of diets posted and alter yours....repost and then I'll help you out..........you arent 220 from eating the diet you posted......I can pretty much guarantee that...but, I'll be more than willing to help..........

 

[Millie]

you need to give more details, such as:
1. what kind of cereal is it
2. what kind of bread
3. are the sandwiches just bread and meat? are you adding anything to them like mustard, ketchup, mayo etc. and if so what kind
4. what kind of salad?
5. how many calories are you eating?
6. what is the micronutrient breakdown of each meal?

as was already said, at a first glance, this diet pretty much sucks. there are too many high GI carbs, probably not enough protein and no good fats.

also, is your workout just cardio? are you lifting weights?

 

[the guy on the couch]

You need to post the macronutrient breakdown.

i.e.-
1 cup cereal
1 g fat - 9 cals
30 g carbs - 120 cals
4 g protein - 16 cals
total: 145 cals

This is the best (and most effective) way to reach your goals. Track the cals, track the carbs, fat, protein. 1 cup of cereal will differ greatly from another. One dressing will vary greatly from another.

I dropped 23 lbs. in 7 weeks (from 200 to 177 and still dropping) by tracking EVERY calorie that went into my body, and limiting my intake to a certain amount, keeping the proper ratios of macronutrients, etc. (cardio helped a bit too).

It's a pain in the ass to do, but it only takes a few mins (maybe an hour).

Good luck