[andersonsonson]

I have this most days.

Breakfast - Gluten free muesli, no added sugar with semi skimmed milk. Sometimes a small glass of Tropicana

Lunch - Mini pizza, oven chips, salad and a banana/pear

Snack - Tea and 2 rice cakes with peanut butter and maybe some nuts

Dinner - Good quality burger on seeded roll with baked potato/chips/beans. And a greek yogurt and banana for dessert. At the weekend I might have some chocolate but its rare.

[tiacat]

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Originally Posted by andersonsonson

I have this most days.

Breakfast - Gluten free muesli, no added sugar with semi skimmed milk. Sometimes a small glass of Tropicana

Lunch - Mini pizza, oven chips, salad and a banana/pear

Snack - Tea and 2 rice cakes with peanut butter and maybe some nuts

Dinner - Good quality burger on seeded roll with baked potato/chips/beans. And a greek yogurt and banana for dessert. At the weekend I might have some chocolate but its rare.

As long as you are healthy, blood pressure, sugar levels, fitness levels, weight,, cholesterol then it should be healthy.

Im no expert but I would say its a little high on carbs and not enough leafy green veg or coloured veg and low fat protein.

[stud u like]

I would avoid rice cakes. They are poisonous.

[andersonsonson]

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I would avoid rice cakes. They are poisonous.

Poisonous?

[sarahj1986]

Personally I wouldn't have as many carbs for lunch and dinner. Have a pizza or chips but not both and fill it out with salad or vegetables which I think you could do with more of.

Apart from that it seem fairly balanced. Do you drink enough water?

[Pumping Iron]

It's an okay diet healthwise, but very poor for muscle growth, which I believe is your current aim.

[stud u like]

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Poisonous?

Rice contains arsenic.

[walterwhite]

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Rice contains arsenic.

As do many foods and even drinking water. Should we avoid that as well?

[barbeler]

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Originally Posted by andersonsonson

I have this most days.

Breakfast - Gluten free muesli, no added sugar with semi skimmed milk. Sometimes a small glass of Tropicana

Lunch - Mini pizza, oven chips, salad and a banana/pear

Snack - Tea and 2 rice cakes with peanut butter and maybe some nuts

Dinner - Good quality burger on seeded roll with baked potato/chips/beans. And a greek yogurt and banana for dessert. At the weekend I might have some chocolate but its rare.

Too many chips, but no green vegetables whatsoever?

[andersonsonson]

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It's an okay diet healthwise, but very poor for muscle growth, which I believe is your current aim.

Damn

What would you recommend changing?

[Pumping Iron]

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Damn

What would you recommend changing?

Triple your protein intake, more complex carbs, more healthy fats, more leafy green veg and up your kcals significantly.

[Jellied Eel]

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Damn

What would you recommend changing?

Is that really all you're drinking? If so, you may be dehydrated. Tells for that are frequency of urination, colour and also if you can make spit easily. If you're not drinking enough water, then you'll also have problems with exercise because you'll sweat more.. Which also means a low salt diet may not be good for your kidneys.

Then if you're serious about getting in shape, you need to plan your diet around your exercise schedule so you've got energy at the right time.. Which can also depend on your own body type, metabolism and training programe. So if you're doing more endurance/stamina work, it's a diffrerent requirement than if you're doing fast/explosive work. And there's also timing issues, ie eat a meal & then go to the gym and you might throw up.

But things like porridge, rice pudding or even a good'ol full english would give you more carbs & protein to get you through to lunch. Then stuff like rice & beans, tuna, chicken etc or salad + lean meat and lean meat & veg for dinner. Various diet experts will say things like bread & spuds are good/bad, but the most useful exercise tools are scales, a mirror and some tapes. You should be able to see if you're putting on fat or muscle & then adjust your diet accordingly, or if you've not got the energy for an exercise session.

But if you want to get serious about it, you'll find yourself eating A LOT. The heavyweighs I trained with were always eating & snacking.. and grumbling about it..

[Master Ozzy]

You have posted on here so many times asking for advice about working out and eating, yet you don't listen to anyone. Time after time people have told you what you need to eat and what you need to be doing but you just completely ignore everyone and then return and ask the same thing again. In this thread you said that you "have this most days" and the you are asking if it's a healthy diet!! I mean, seriously?! You have that same thing to eat most days and you even have to question whether it's healthy?!! A mini pizza and chips for lunch "most days" is not healthy...especially when in your other threads you bang on about putting on muscle.

[1Mickey]

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Originally Posted by andersonsonson

I have this most days.

Breakfast - Gluten free muesli, no added sugar with semi skimmed milk. Sometimes a small glass of Tropicana

Lunch - Mini pizza, oven chips, salad and a banana/pear

Snack - Tea and 2 rice cakes with peanut butter and maybe some nuts

Dinner - Good quality burger on seeded roll with baked potato/chips/beans. And a greek yogurt and banana for dessert. At the weekend I might have some chocolate but its rare.

No. Where is the veg?

[andersonsonson]

Jelliedeel...I drink a glass of water with every meal...tbh its hard to eat more...my bodies telling me I'm full but I need to eat more if I want to bulk up

[Red Whine]

Why gluten free cereal when there is gluten in your lunch and tea?

[Jellied Eel]

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Jelliedeel...I drink a glass of water with every meal...tbh its hard to eat more...my bodies telling me I'm full but I need to eat more if I want to bulk up

It's simple.. If you're eating as much or more than you need, you'll feel full. If you start exercising properly, you'll need to eat more.. But you won't bulk up (other than with fat) if you don't train properly. There is no magic bullet.

[peach45]

You could replace the mini pizza with a wrap pizza, then add some sauce and fresh veg. If you need chips try sweet potato fries instead.

[An Thropologist]

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Originally Posted by andersonsonson

I have this most days.

Breakfast - Gluten free muesli, no added sugar with semi skimmed milk. Sometimes a small glass of Tropicana

Lunch - Mini pizza, oven chips, salad and a banana/pear

Snack - Tea and 2 rice cakes with peanut butter and maybe some nuts

Dinner - Good quality burger on seeded roll with baked potato/chips/beans. And a greek yogurt and banana for dessert. At the weekend I might have some chocolate but its rare.

I would say it was too high in refined carbs and too low in veg and complex carbs. Also if you have it every day its lacking in variety and therefore quite a few trace minerals may be missing. I am also wondering why the gluten free cereal? You would seem to be able to tolerate gluten as you eat pizza and bread rolls so why buy gluten free museli (actually I am wondering if normal musei has much gluten - I smell a marketing rat here maybe. )

[gemma-the-husky]

I imagine good quality burger is an oxymoron

[Anachrony]

Could be worse, but could be better. Probably won't kill you, if that's how you prefer to eat. But if you're doing it to be healthy there is room for improvement.

More variety is healthy. Why the same things every day? The only vegetable all day seems to be one side salad. Seems pretty high in starches and sugars, low in healthy polyunsaturated fats. More fiber and protein instead of carbs couldn't hurt.

Portion sizes are key. How healthy it is has a lot to do with how much food it is and how it stacks up to your individual daily caloric requirements. Neither of which we would have any way of knowing.

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I imagine good quality burger is an oxymoron

It's not. There is nothing inherently low quality about meat or bread. If you have good quality ingredients and treat them right, you can get a good burger. You probably won't get them from a fast food place, but they're not all that hard to make yourself.

A good burger every day for dinner isn't health food, but with more moderate frequency it's fine.

[walterwhite]

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I imagine good quality burger is an oxymoron

Of course it isn't.

[Pumping Iron]

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Could be worse, but could be better. Probably won't kill you, if that's how you prefer to eat. But if you're doing it to be healthy there is room for improvement.

More variety is healthy. Why the same things every day? The only vegetable all day seems to be one side salad. Seems pretty high in starches and sugars, low in healthy polyunsaturated fats. More fiber and protein instead of carbs couldn't hurt.

Portion sizes are key. How healthy it is has a lot to do with how much food it is and how it stacks up to your individual daily caloric requirements. Neither of which we would have any way of knowing.



It's not. There is nothing inherently low quality about meat or bread. If you have good quality ingredients and treat them right, you can get a good burger. You probably won't get them from a fast food place, but they're not all that hard to make yourself.

A good burger every day for dinner isn't health food, but with more moderate frequency it's fine.

A homemade grilled burger using ingredients such as turkey mince, lean steak mince, tuna, salmon, veggie mince, lentils etc can be perfectly healthy to eat frequently IMO.

[Anachrony]

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A homemade grilled burger using ingredients such as turkey mince, lean steak mince, tuna, salmon, veggie mince, lentils etc can be perfectly healthy to eat frequently IMO.

A fair point. By "good" burger, I had in mind an ideal burger in terms of taste rather than health. High quality beef, but not lean, and probably other fatty toppings. My favorite has grilled onions, garlic aioli, and Gouda. That's an indulgence, not everyday health food, and I need to work out extra hard to make up for that, especially if I get it with fries. But I will also sometimes have a lean burger like you describe, and that is healthy food that I think nothing of eating on a normal day as part of my regular diet. Healthy protein sources don't automatically become unhealthy just because you shape them into a burger.

[Jay Bigz]

It's not the worst by any means but if your goals are muscle gain then you need to significantly up your protein, lower the carbs a tad, and replace the pizza and chips for healthier carbs like brown rice, sweet potato, etc.. as these are healthier and more forgiving on the body than junk carbs.

Around 60% of your calories should be protein and the other 40% divided between carbs and healthy fats, based on what you prefer/works best for you. Many see good results from higher fat and lower carbs, and others prefer slightly higher carbs and lower fat, or just an even mix of both.

If you're bulking, eat at over maintenance, and when you cut afterwards (if you want to get shredded) drop them to under maintenance level and stay in a deficit for the majority of each week.

Sticking to the set numbers is the most important thing to see results.