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First week plan: Calories of 2k on a zone with 5+ "meals" a day. I'm unsure what to modify and am welcome to suggestions for what dietary methods I should experiment with. Preferably people in similar situations could comment since typically endo/ecto/meso-morphs have vaguely similar reactions to different diets (though I don't want to squelch any suggestions, just want to encourage those in similar situations to share what has worked for them).
I've been doing something like this, usually a little over 2k calories with 4/5 meals a day.
Breakfast: whey, peanut butter, fish oil, banana, some spinach or something
Lunch: chicken (sometimes tuna or really lean steak), two veggies, two fruits, mixed nuts
second lunch: same thing
dinner: generally the same thing, but never as healthy as lunches. sometimes i get chicken subs, chinese, pizza, what have you. I'm still living at home so this is usually partially determined by what mom is making
Fruits: apples, bananas, oranges, kiwis, pears, berries (cran, blue, straw, black, and rasp), also added star fruits, pineapple, and rhubarb (I think it's a fruit?)
veggies: spinach, broccoli, baby carrots, cucumbers, peppers (red and green), snow peas, mixed veggies, celery (even though I hate it), whatever else looks good.
I lost 10 lbs and somewhere around 2-3% BF in January eating mostly like this. I just looked on Fitday and I averaged 2300 calories a day. I didn't drink too often, didn't go overboard when I did, and my cheat meals were usually just eating more healthy food when I felt really hungry, although I did get stuck eating some unplanned meals out.
So I guess this is a mix of a zone/paleo type diet, although I eat stuff not in the paleo diet. If you can handle eating this healthy (it took me around a year to work up to this, with some time eating like crap) it's impossible not to lose weight.