
Originally Posted by
tinggytinggy
i beg to disagree with the "no lunch" concept of your diet
why? to keep your metabolism going(which aides in your weight loss progress), you have to eat more often with lesser calories or healthy calories. which means that you have to take in complex carbs instead of simple carbs. what are these complex carbs? oatmeal, pasta, camote,, etc..
if you wanna lose weight then follow 40-40-20 caloric distribution. it means that you have to take in 40% protien, 40% carbs, 20% fat. again, heathy carbs and healthy fat(not just any form of fat). Lets say, for a regular person, 2000 cals is your goal per day. here's a simple caloric distribution for that:
2000 cals x 40% = 800 cals of protien
2000 cals x 40% = 800 cals of carbs
2000 cals x 20% = 400 cals of fat
so to keep your metabolism going for the day, you have to eat round the clock evenly distributing
the required calories. remember this also, when you check the nutritional facts at the back of each goods you will see the exact amount of protien, carbs and fat with that particular food. each food group is labelled in grams instead of calories. for easy convertion:
1g of protien/carbs = 4 calories
1g of fat = 9 calories
breakdown for the 40-40-20 in grams:
800 cals / 4 = 200g of protien and carbs per day
400 cals / 9 = 44g of fat per day
for 6 meals:
200g / 6 = 33.3 grams of protien/carbs per meal
44g / 6 = 4.8 grams of fat per meal
for estimate:
this is for the basics..
1 cup of rice is 180-200 cals
1 serving of meat (deck of card size) is 15g of protien
1 cup of veggies/fruits is 15-20 cals
1 tbsp of oil is 100 cals
this is the per day breakdown. now you have to space the per day breakdown into an evenly distributed number of meals. if you plan to eat 6x per day just divide it into six parts. an example of timing when it comes to eating is 7am - 9am - 12nn - 3pm - 5pm - 7pm. small meals, which will keep your metabolism going and will not leave you hungry and craving for food. i usually compute caloric distribution for my bodybuilding enthusiast friends during their gaining and cuttingprocess for pre contest events.
hope this helps guys.
thanks!