New Member To The Board...Basic Diet Tweaking Comments...

[DJLegacy2k1]

Indeed, For right now Im at 185lbs and aim for 1650 to 1850cals per day. Do u feel I should tweak that number?

 

[Anthrax Invasion]

Sounds too low to me. I'd set it a bit higher, like 2,000 to 2,250. Eat around there, see how much you lose. Adjust as needed. I just wouldn't start too low.

 

[*Bunny*]

getting into bodybuilding has probably been the best thing that's ever happened to me that's had a direct impact on all other areas of my life.
Focus on small goals a little at a time and learn to make it a lifestyle change. Once you see progress on a weekly basis and changes in the mirror I guarantee you'll always want more and ultimately you'll feel a lot better about yourself and have more confidence in everything you wish to accomplish. Best of luck. You've picked a great board to be a part of.

^^ alex Great post

I have to reread your post but welcome to the board (going by the title). As far as cals, I'm thinking more like ~ 2220 cals

 

[DJLegacy2k1]

I only set it there because it was suggested by a bunch of people to eat about 10x your body weight for cutting. So Id be looking more at 1850-2050 I guess...The 1650 was a low side goal because I know the sizes of my meals are sometime larger due to the cuts of meat and types, this allowed for a little play in the daily diet.

 

[*Bunny*]

I only set it there because it was suggested by a bunch of people to eat about 10x your body weight for cutting. So Id be looking more at 1850-2050 I guess...The 1650 was a low side goal because I know the sizes of my meals are sometime larger due to the cuts of meat and types, this allowed for a little play in the daily diet.

You also have to consider your BMR + cardio + training. You're going to rip right through those lower numbers, which may not be a good thing and could possibly end up backfiring if you are not providing adequate food to your excerising muscles.

Clean up the diet if you wanna see awesome results. Weed out the processed foods.

From a previous thread & post by Velvett to throw some things out there ...
"basic shopping list:

oatmeal
cream of wheat
potato
sweet potato/yams
rice brown/white
cottage cheese (this doesn't work for everyone)
all green veggies
peppers (red yellow too)
eggs
egg white protein powder
whey protien powder
pea protein powder
chicken/turkey
fish
pork
lean beef
eggs

Fats
almonds, walnuts, pecans
peanut butter (this works for a lot of people)
avocado
olive oil (salads/ veggies)


Fruits - (some people can diet with them some can't)
berries
melon
apples
peaches
tomatos
bananas (small and very much on occasion)


Avoid anything processed, white or prepacked in a box (except some brands of rice)"

Carbs are not the enemy, the good ones at least

 

[DJLegacy2k1]

My average day is breaks down to, Meat, PB, Aussie Caseinate Protein, nuts or seeds. I do sub in Mozerella cheese for the american alot of the time, I use the american cheese with egg whites or on ground beef.

Like I said at least for the first 2 weeks or so Id like to keep the carbs low, then bring them back in.

I do not eat fish seeing as I can not stand the taste, I thought for the most part it was a pretty clean diet, all be it the pepperoni even though from the deli might not be the best choice. To hit my calories the only thing I feel I can do is add in more PB. Im cooking one or two chicken breasts a day depending on size 6 to 8 oz total, then eith 6-8oz of ground beef, turkey, steak, pork chop, all lean cuts.

If anyone would like to tweak my diet using these foods I would love to see what an average day would look like:

egg whites
mozerella string cheese
steak
ground beef
chicken
porkchop
Roast Beef
Peanut Butter
Broccoli
Green Beans
Aussie Caseinate Protein
Almonds/sunflowseeds/peanuts

Thats about all I really eat....

I know to add in the good carbs but I would like to keep them low at least during the beginning part of this and work them in, in a week or 2.