Meal Preps / Overcoming Hunger

[Pulsedriver]

Hey folks, I go to the gym twice a week, but my job involves a lot of sitting at a desk, so easy-access food is usually the go-to during the week.

I am about 6'1 and weigh 92kg - when I look at that it seems like I am overweight, although nobody would say that about me, apart from a bit of a belly (not much, but too much for me, i'd like it a little trimmer!)
My workouts are mainly exercises such as pull ups, chin ups, dips, military presses, preacher curls, tricep pulldowns & lat raises.

I do not really eat cheese, nor do I drink fizzy drinks, alcohol is usually limited to a couple of glasses of wine at the weekend and a bottle of beer or two.
My downfall is crisps - always has been!

A typical weekday food day for me is;

Breakfast - varies from either a bowl of cereal, a couple of slices of soreen malt loaf, or a protein shake, one of those, not all!

Lunch - mon + tue I go with 2 sandwiches/rolls/half a baguette type thing, usually with Quorn or Beef/Chicken filling.
One bag of crisps, quite often 2.
One banana, sometimes 2
Bottle of water

Wed/Thur/Fri I swap the sandwiches for a Tuna / salad, onion/tomato/cucumber etc -no mayo.

Mid afternoon - SOMETIMES, not always, may have something like a go-ahead bar or similar.

Dinner - Usually home made food, spaghetti bolognaise, chicken & potatoes/veg, not always super-healthy but not take-aways or ready meals.

Weekend is usually a mixed bag, but always an Indian take-away on a Saturday evening.

I am trying to get ideas on how to trim up a bit, I guess I could add a day of cardio to my existing twice a week workout? But thinking the diet needs improvement?

Thanks in advance for any advice

 

[Pulsedriver]

Hi Somnambulist, thank you for your helpful reply, there is a lot I can take from that, appreciated!

I am not overly-active but not a couch potato, when I check steps it's usually around 4000 a day on the 'non active usual work days' although I don't always have my phone on me so it's no doubt a bit more than that. I am downloading myfitnesspal so I can see how many calories, generally speaking the home cooked food is made from scratch not Dolmio etc, I think it is definitely as you say, quantity etc to keep an eye on.

booyaka = thank you also.

 

[Pulsedriver]

Brilliant thank you so much, extremely helpful mate! I weighed myself at the gym yesterday and hit the 91.2kg mark, so it seems, week on week that tends to be the number, I drifted to 92.2 or so when I measured Sunday but that is I guess the rough movement of weight, but generally over the last 4-6 weeks it has been 91kg-92kg back and forth so by what you say above it would seem I am 'maintaining' rather than gaining/losing, you could add the fact I had an all-inclusive holiday for a week in Turkey at the end of July, so I did well not to gain anything (although the food was mostly healthy stuff plenty of protein and I did swim a lot!)
So it looks like I need to hit around 2100 calories as an aim per day and see where it takes me!