What foods help you with your weight goals?

[z1ggy]

I feel like I am not where I should be as far as my weight goals are concerned. I have been training 5 days a week fr the past 2 months or so ( took this week off because of an injury, but prior to that), but I havent really noticed a difference in my appearance as far as fa loss goes. I weigh about 195 and im 5 10. Im naturally bigger framed, but I think a good weight for me with a decent body fat % woudl be between 180 and 185. I dont need to gain any muscle right now, just loose some BF. I noticed that I fit really good into my size 34 jeans, compared for a month or two ago when they were pretty snug at best.

What type of foods/snacks/meals are you guys/gals eating that you feel would help me with my goals? Tips and advice are welcome. Thanks

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Well, it seems the question you're asking might be the wrong one. If you're not really losing weight, you should be asking, "What can I cut out to drop my calories slightly?" If you're not losing weight, the correct solution is to drop the calories a little bit (by about 200-300).

 

[z1ggy]

Okay well that works as well. I feel like I eat OK, not really health crazy, but not junk either. I usually have cereal, eggs, or oatmeal for bfast, with a glass of milk and coffee. Lunch is usually a sandwhich I make at home ( on whoel wheat bread). During the day I constantly drink zero calorie tea mix ( approx 64 oz) and have an apple or banana as well. For dinner I make a meat usually..either steak, chicken, or lamb ( on either the charcoil grill or the Foreman), with some veggie. Sometimes though I have the "Asian sides" meal with it which is like a packaged noodle dinner thing that is flavored. I figure these aren't too healthy..but they taste good and fill me up and I am on a budget and they only cost a $1 each. For snacks I have yogurt...sherbert or this Eddy's brand yogurt/ice cream stuff they make..its awesome and doesn't have much fat/colories. I don't feel like I over or under eat, I am satisfied with my eating schedule.

 

[xboxist]

Originally posted by: z1ggy
Okay well that works as well. I feel like I eat OK, not really health crazy, but not junk either. I usually have cereal, eggs, or oatmeal for bfast, with a glass of milk and coffee. Lunch is usually a sandwhich I make at home ( on whoel wheat bread). During the day I constantly drink zero calorie tea mix ( approx 64 oz) and have an apple or banana as well. For dinner I make a meat usually..either steak, chicken, or lamb ( on either the charcoil grill or the Foreman), with some veggie. Sometimes though I have the "Asian sides" meal with it which is like a packaged noodle dinner thing that is flavored. I figure these aren't too healthy..but they taste good and fill me up and I am on a budget and they only cost a $1 each. For snacks I have yogurt...sherbert or this Eddy's brand yogurt/ice cream stuff they make..its awesome and doesn't have much fat/colories. I don't feel like I over or under eat, I am satisfied with my eating schedule.

You need to determine what your caloric intake should be for your body. The sticky at the top of this forum will help you do this. Once you have an idea of how much calories you should be consuming on a daily basis, start tracking every single piece of food/drink that enters your body using a food journal. There are many websites that offer this service for free. The bottom line is that you need to be in a caloric deficit if you want to lose weight. You may think your diet is fine, but if you're not losing weight like you had in mind, then you need to change something.

 

[brikis98]

Start with the fat loss sticky.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Originally posted by: z1ggy
Okay well that works as well. I feel like I eat OK, not really health crazy, but not junk either. I usually have cereal, eggs, or oatmeal for bfast, with a glass of milk and coffee. Lunch is usually a sandwhich I make at home ( on whoel wheat bread). During the day I constantly drink zero calorie tea mix ( approx 64 oz) and have an apple or banana as well. For dinner I make a meat usually..either steak, chicken, or lamb ( on either the charcoil grill or the Foreman), with some veggie. Sometimes though I have the "Asian sides" meal with it which is like a packaged noodle dinner thing that is flavored. I figure these aren't too healthy..but they taste good and fill me up and I am on a budget and they only cost a $1 each. For snacks I have yogurt...sherbert or this Eddy's brand yogurt/ice cream stuff they make..its awesome and doesn't have much fat/colories. I don't feel like I over or under eat, I am satisfied with my eating schedule.

You should be eating some sort of veggies or fruit with each meal. That will help you eat fewer calories. Plus there's nothing wrong with fat. Fat isn't the bad guy here. If there's anybody that's a bad guy, it's carbs since they get tossed into fat stores so easily. Like everybody else said, read the fat loss sticky. You shouldn't have any questions after that since it goes over what exactly to do.

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

I like Healthy Choice soups and Michelina frozen entrees (the rigatoni is good and low cal & fat comparatively). I could probably live on those two things alone for weeks and would have eat beyond feeling fulfilled to get 2000/day calories from them.

 

[gramboh]

Just eyeballing your diet, without getting into calories, an easy fix (well not easy to do, needs willpower) is cut out junk carbs from: cereal, bread, yogurt, ice cream/sherbert, asian noodle mix. Definitely check out the sticky.

Also, take progress pics and measurements every week. Weight is not that important thing, bodyfat % (hard to measure yourself) is what you are concerned with for appearance, but measurements (waist especially for men) and pics can be decent approximations.

 

[iluvdeal]

It's not just the foods you eat but your portions size as well. Most people are just too accustomed to eating serving sizes larger than their body actually needs. You can get fat on any food, including healthy food, if you are taking in more calories than your body needs.

 

[NGC_604]

Originally posted by: brikis98
Start with the fat loss sticky.

OP should look at brikis98's diet experiment as well. I started eating similar to how you did and have been pleased with the results so far. I feel much better and I'm losing weight at a good pace.

 

[brikis98]

Originally posted by: energydan

Originally posted by: brikis98
Start with the fat loss sticky.

OP should look at brikis98's diet experiment as well. I started eating similar to how you did and have been pleased with the results so far. I feel much better and I'm losing weight at a good pace.

Heh, I keep forgetting about that thread. Thanks for reminding me: I think I'll post an update now.

 

[Kipper]

Everybody has different serving sizes, based on whatever serving implements they have at home, their plate sizes, etc. That can throw off things (for example, if you think your glasses are 6 oz but they are in fact 8 oz). May I also suggest that you replace one food option at a single meal (e.g. a cup of rice) with an equally-sized portion of dark leafy green vegetables. That usually displaces around 150 kcal or more.

ALSO, if you are "eyeballing" servings instead of actually measuring them, you can help train yourself by measuring out a normal portion, estimating how much it is then making a more accurate measurement. It could be that you aren't estimating correctly and are eating more than you think (most people, including professionals, suck at this).