Suggestions on what food to eat

[HattonTheHammer]

Good thread - some of you know me will no about my food and weight struggles.

I have been as high as 316 pounds in 2006 and am currently 222 pounds. I am 5 ft 11 but extremely big built, so my ideal weight is somewhere between 200 & 210.

Everday is a huge battle for me, because food is my outlet for every emotion and it is a HUGE addiction.

I think that there really is no cure it's just always gong to be this way, so what you/we need to do is make sure we eat enough, but just keep it balanced. If you eat a sensible balanced diet including all food groups (around 2000 cals per day) and go to the gym 4-5 times a week you WILL lose weight!! Fuckin hard though

2000 is the standard calories for a man wanting to lose weight am i right

I ask this because i was told the other day that for someone of my height 5`9 i should be looking more around the 1850 mark.

I used to weigh just over 200 pounds but managed to get myself down to about 170 before i began putting it on again and now weigh currently about 180.

Ive a biggish build and do tend to get through quite a bit of weight exercise but am constantly told for a man of my height i should weigh no more than 165.

Have cut out big meals and am now eating 5 small meals a day to go along with a good run when i finish work!!

[BIG H]

Thre are all sorts of figures banded about, but it's down to the individual. It is as important to make sure you eat enough as it is to make sure you don't eat too much, try 1850 and see how you go

Good luck

[Trainer Monkey]

Thre are all sorts of figures banded about, but it's down to the individual. It is as important to make sure you eat enough as it is to make sure you don't eat too much, try 1850 and see how you go

Good luck

As I pointed out earlier,if you try to starve yourself out,your just going to snap and go back to how you used to eat.H is right,in that youve got to eat,its human nature,and if you dont get a proper vitamin intake,on top of it,you can make yourself sick.
Last nights dinner
Grilled on the grill Southwest Chicken
A stuffing made as follows
Bread
2 cups of boulion with onion and garlic
Brocoli
Baked until firm
Feur had a salad as well with mandarin orange and applesauce as well
The stuffing fills you up,the chicken was grilled so the fat shucks off it,and the salad is roughage and takes care of her sweet tooth

[brucelee]

Thank you guys for your suggestions. My arms are no longer aching but my abs/stomach is still painful from the sit-ups. Am going to the gym everyday and I think i have lost some weight already. I feel lighter now.

I felt dizzy though after my work out today. I think it's because of the oatmeal diet am having. I'm not really into oatmeal as I'm a rice person.

I think Big H is right. I should not be starving myself. Am really craving for food right now.Should I should tell my gym instructor that I will go easy on my dieting? He wants me to shed my fat immediately by eating food with no salt and NO TASTE. I can't stand it anymore.

I really need your help right now guys. I mean psychological help and suggestions.

[Trainer Monkey]

Thank you guys for your suggestions. My arms are no longer aching but my abs/stomach is still painful from the sit-ups. Am going to the gym everyday and I think i have lost some weight already. I feel lighter now.

I felt dizzy though after my work out today. I think it's because of the oatmeal diet am having. I'm not really into oatmeal as I'm a rice person.

I think Big H is right. I should not be starving myself. Am really craving for food right now.Should I should tell my gym instructor that I will go easy on my dieting? He wants me to shed my fat immediately by eating food with no salt and NO TASTE. I can't stand it anymore.

I really need your help right now guys. I mean psychological help and suggestions.

Im telling you bro,dont try to pound it off,your not going to stick to it.Try some of the recipes I suggested and keep working out.You'll be fine if you do. And yes some trainers seem to almost get off on making you suffer. Sadism is alive and well in the gym. If you go back and look at those recipes I posted, they sound almost spartan, but I'll tell you what,they are to a one completely delicous. You can eat healthy, feel full,and lose weight if your working out

[brucelee]

Yes bro. That's what I really want. Healthy and at the same time tasteful. I'll try your recipe. I'm also cooking my own food right now. Please do share more of your recipes if you still have some more.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Bruce if you're dizzy, try to take some milk in just after training.
Choclate milk is best as you replace some vital electrolytes just after your session.

[Trainer Monkey]

Yes bro. That's what I really want. Healthy and at the same time tasteful. I'll try your recipe. I'm also cooking my own food right now. Please do share more of your recipes if you still have some more.

Not a prob,two hints,buy a nice cheap charcoal grill,it shunts the fat off without losing the flavor,and actually adds flavor to your meat. Marinading is your friend,though nothing like a bernaise sauce which has WAY too much fat, a Carribean Jerk sauce,or even A-1 is way better for you, avoid anything that has a high milk content as far as sauces go.
If you do have to cook your meat inside,go for broiling,and definitly pour the grease off,thats just fat,you dont need that in your diet,but definitly marinade,your meat will be more tender,and taste better for it
Also watch your cuts of meat,a high fat one may taste a little more tender,but dear god what its doing to you arteries, New York Strip Steaks are usually pretty lean. Fish is allways good,as is chicken(again on the grill) avoid pork like the plague,its allmost entirely fat,I like pork,but when we're in training Porky just came off the menu.

If you hadnt figured it out,we're a little anal about food content around here
I run a gym,and live with a boxer,and am raising a boy to boot,micromanaged would be a nice way of describing our diet.But gol dangit,Im not going to eat corn meal mush three times a day either