My diet

[ICPERFECT]

I posted this on my last thread but no one seems to see it. I am looking for a critique on my current diet. Most of it includes - organic chicken, black beans, pinto beans, lentils, veggies, buffalo steak, tuna, salmon, turkey, cottage cheese, prot. shake, pb, almonds, cashews:

Could use some advice on my current diet plan. I am eating very clean btw.

Breakfast:
Eggology - 1 cup of eggwhites
2 Slices of 9 Grain Toasted
(sometimes beans with this)
Green tea tab, flax oil tab , one a day
Apple an hour after

Lunch:
Organic Chick Chunks (4 theyre pretty big)
Romaine lettuce, tomato salad, light dressing
Black peans

Snack
6 Cashews handful of almonds

Preworkout Shake
2 Scoops of Isopure with water (?)
1/2 cup Oats
Flax seeds

Post
2 Scoops of Isopure with water or milk
Oats

Dinner
Salmon, salad, beans

Before bed
Cottage Cheese and spoon of PB

most of this food is bland. I'm looking to get lean. My trainer suggest N02 Explode and perhaps some Lipo6 to assist with working out and fat burning. I am thinking also about BCAA's and Glutamine? Any comments on my diet and this would be very welcomed and appreciated! Does this look right, how can i improve this?

 

[ICPERFECT]

Anyone?

 

[Faizakafez]

how much do you weigh? how tall are you bf percetange?

 

[ICPERFECT]

I weigh around 188 lbs. I believe I'm 22-23% body fat. I'm 5'10''. My goal is to get lean. For example today I ate:

BFAST - Cup of eggwhites, Wheat wrap. Little Ketchup.

2 Hrs Later - Natural PB, wheat wrap.

2- Today I will eat turkey with salad.

Mid day snack - Almonds and 6 Cashews

Then before I leave work a ISOPURE protein shake.

Then i will go home, probably run 3 miles and lift.

I just want to shed all the body fat but at the same time Id like to get muscle. I've been working out with a trainer 2 days a week, very intensive. Then the other days I go to the gym, I need to make a solid lifting/cardio plan for myself.

I drink a lot of water also btw. Any suggestions with supplements. I am thinking about getting Lipoflame and Yobi. formula. Also I have N02 Explode. I take Megaman Sport, green tea tab, flax oil. Any suggestions would be much appreciated again! I'm not looking to get HUGE but id like to get defined.

 

[Hybridtheory2o]

Personally something that I saw and didnt like. I wouldnt be running 3miles and then lifting because i dont care what you say there is no way you are running 3miles and then lifting with as much intensity as you could be. I would do one body part a day spread over 5 days with sat and sun being rest and light to medium cardio days. I would also say maybe 2 times during the 5 days ur weight training to do a morning session of cardio then hang out do ur daily thing then lift at night if thats feasible.

As for shedding fat and gaining muscle at the same time thats pretty hard unless u zig zag and thats tough and takes longer to see results from what ive noticed. Id say if u wanna bulk up anymore and gain muslce to do that over the winter and then as spring gets closer u should be mainly focused on cutting. Basically you will peel the fat away and check out your new found muscle from winter. Thats what I do and i always come back with more muscle and less fat.

 

[ICPERFECT]

Thing is i have no real chest, little upper body strength , I have a gut with handles. I'd to get lean, does it hurt that I'm eating so much protein? Last night went to the gym, did 41 mins of card - 8 min elip (full resistance and incline), 25 min cardio, 8 min bike.

What kind of workout plan would you recommend. I already do high intensity work out with my trainer 2 days a week. Not so much regular lifting, this guy does some really intensive movements with weights. That leaves me with 3 days or a regular routine. Any suggestions? And about that diet what do you all think?

 

[StuWard]

Do something like the starting strength routine, 3 times a week full body, large compound movements, 3 exercises per workout, squats or deadlifts, 1 upper body press and 1 upper body pull. Start low weight and progressively increase the weight every workout. Warmup thouroughly and Keep the reps in your work sets in the 5-8 range. Keep number of work sets low (1-2). The high frequency will make up for the low volume per workout. Mix up the upper body exercises, bench press, overhead press, dumbbells, barbells, body weight, etc. Take 48 hours between these workouts. You can do cardio in between. Do your cardio after your workout, either immediately or as a separate workout. Keep your cardio brief and intense. You could do HIIT, tabatas, etc. It sounds like the work your trainer does may serve as your cardio.

At your stage, the workout is probably more important than the diet. Keep your diet clean, make gradual improvements, learn all you can, but first, focus on building strength, the muscle will follow and then the fat will start to drop off.

Work hard.

Stu

 

[ICPERFECT]

Stu thank you so much. I so appreciate it.

 

[Hybridtheory2o]

Yep he hit that on point for sure. Dont worry so much about diet but try to keep it pretty clean but you will make gains being new to weightlifting. Just work hard and the muscle will come and like he said fat drops off. Once you start building an awesome foundation then the diet becomes very very very important.