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Nutritional help please

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After being very in shape during high school (varsity baseball, cross country) I have become a bit of a lardass in college due to sitting on my ass either practicing piano or working at the computer. I still have plenty of muscle and am a physically solid guy, but I'm also getting fatter than I'd like. I am 5'7 and 167lbs, age 20. My ideal weight was 5'7 at around 145lbs. My metabolism is dirt slow, for what it's worth, and being overweight runs in the family. Just this week I resumed running. My plan is to run 5 days a week, doing a 3 mile run on monday, wednesday, and friday, and a 2 mile run with interval sprinting work on tuesday and thursday. I will also start a M/W/F/S circuit lifting routine again, but my main goal is simply to cut bodyfat since I believe I still have decent muscle mass (though I have obviously lost a good deal). I finally got around to looking at my diet and I'm pretty sure this is my main problem. Breakfast: 2 fried eggs on 2 slices of whole grain bread with 1 slice of american cheese Lunch: 1/4 loaf of Ecce Panis bread (small loafs, but still 2 servings) with 2 servings of boars head sliced buffalo chicken and 2 peices american cheese Dinner: 3 servings of penne pasta with sauce. According to fitday.com, this is how it breaks down: What changes do I need to make to my diet to see the most effective weight loss? I'm looking to make this a lifestyle change, not just some quick thing, so I'd appreciate practical suggestions.
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By no means an expert here, and I've just started using fitday as well to look at what I eat.

Fitday allows you to enter a target weight, and length of time to reach that weight and it calculates the number of calories you need to restrict yourself to on a daily basis to reach that weight.

For what its worth I am roughly your height and weight and am looking to lose about 4/5kgs (about 10 pounds I think) and I'm to restrict my calorie intake to approx 1,500 calories a day.
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There's so much information available in the other threads, I don't know what makes you think you're special enough that you can make your own thread and expect people to actually come in here and help.
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Originally Posted by computerpro3 View Post

What changes do I need to make to my diet to see the most effective weight loss? I'm looking to make this a lifestyle change, not just some quick thing, so I'd appreciate practical suggestions.

Create a deficit and you'll lose weight. If you want to eat a healthier diet replace some of what your currently eating w/ some fruits and veggies.
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Create a deficit and you'll lose weight. If you want to eat a healthier diet replace some of what your currently eating w/ some fruits and veggies.

Create a deficit, And I would look to switch you pie chart such that the large part is protein and the smallest part is carbs.

Lean proteins ( chicken breast, egg white, tuna, salmon, etc)
Complec carbs( oats, some wheat pasta, etc)

cut out refined carbs, excessive sugar etc

cut out soda and liquid calories, ie juice

lots of water
post #6 of 8
You need to eat 5-6 small meals. Your macro breakdown is awful. You need more protein and less carbs. Get in fruits and veggies. If you want to cut fast, don't eat any direct carbs. No bread or pasta. Stick to lean meats; fish, turkey, chicken, eggs are good. When your doing your cardio make sure your not going too hard. You want to keep your heart rate at about 120 for at least 30 mins. If you push too hard your body will turn muscle into carbs for fuel. Healthy fat is good as well. Eat lots of peanut butter and almonds. Your calories are fine but you just need to get those carbs out and replace it with lean meats and healthy fats. Check out the keto diet.
post #7 of 8
It's good that you've created an exercise schedule for yourself, but what are your goals? Right now you just want to "lose weight".
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This is me:

- 150+ lbs
- BMR is around 1700
- ~3.5 days heavy lifting / week
- Trying to gain some lean mass
- Carbs are usually eaten early morning or periworkout
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