No frills diet help

[Dup]

Hi guys,

First of all I'm 11.7 stone and about 6ft tall. My body is odd in that I have skinny calfs, decent thighs, a handful or so of belly and boob and skinny arms.

For 7 months I've cycled 10 miles a day and for the last few weeks I've been getting out for a run once or twice a week for about 2/3 miles maybe more although I do need to keep stopping, walk a few yards then run again.

My problem is I can't seem to shake the belly and boobs. I do have a bit of muscle behind the fat, boobs tense up nicely but I look really disproportioned. I'm looking for some easy simple meal ideas as I'm sure this is the missing link for me to lose the fat.

On a typical day I eat:

Breakfast: Crunchy Nut Cornflakes.
Dinner: Ham sandwich on white bread with salad and coleslaw/mayo plus an apple and a packet of crisps.
Tea: Varies a lot. Typical meals are carbonara, pasta with stir in sauce, Sausage & Mash, Stir Fry, Lamb Henry.
Snacking: None really, maybe the odd packet of crisps.
Drinks: Last few weeks have been water only, apart from one night out on the booze. I don't go out very often if at all. I've also given up tea & coffee.

So, what I'm looking for is more help of shifting the torso fat with some no frills meals and also help muscle development if at all possible. Sorry if this is covering old ground, I've seen a lot of info dotted around but the jargon and abbreviations are lost on me. I'm just looking for help on specific meals that people get by on in their own routine.

I'm also aiming to do more running mid week now the evenings are lighter.

 

[IceAx]

Heres mine, although im sure its not ideal or to eveyones taste it works for me:

Breakfast: Porridge
Lunch : Tuna or chicken on wholemeal or in a salad
Tea : Chicken or beef with veg
Snacks : Fruit and nuts (normally 2 or 3 pieces a day)
Drinks : I drink lots of water but still drink Tea

You appear to have a lot of carbs in your diet, pasta, white bread mash try cutting these down slightly - imo.

Ive been on the same sort of routine for ~ 6 months.

 

[Mark M]

Your diet is pretty poor. Start with a big bowl of porridge first thing and try and cut out bread. If you must have bread then go for wholemeal. Ideally you should be having a bigger meal at lunch time than dinner (your tea lol) and it should consist of wholemeal pasta and a nice chunk of protein (chicken, turkey, tuna, mackerel etc). Cut out anything like carbonara and any other white sauces as they are normally full of cream and stick to tomatoe based ones. Ideally make your own as then you know exactly whats in them

You dont drink much which is good and is certainly me downfall at times!

 

[FNGsam]

Ideally you should be having a bigger meal at lunch time than dinner (your tea lol)

This is the part that stuck out with me. At first glance I thought wow he skips lunch then has dinner and a huge tea just before bed not ideal at all lol.

 

[Dup]

Excellent, cheers guys. Makes a lot of sense. Forgive my northernness!

I eat more than one sandwich at dinner/lunch, usually 2/3 then the apple etc. However I'm going to give up the crisps and start taking a large tuna/chicken salad instead.

Main meal wise is the difficult one, I'm by no means a cook of much skill so will be roping mother in to help me sort that one. I just make the easy dishes!


I'm not a porridge fan plus I eat my breakfast at work after I've cycled in. Can you recommend an alternative cereal?

 

[Crowort]

While your diet is poor (but fairly standard) I'd suggest you might look at weight training to balance you out more. Bigger arms, legs and chest will make your belly / chest look less flabby. Muscle also makes fat on top spread a bit and look better imo.

 

[Dup]

While your diet is poor (but fairly standard) I'd suggest you might look at weight training to balance you out more. Bigger arms, legs and chest will make your belly / chest look less flabby. Muscle also makes fat on top spread a bit and look better imo.

This is in the plan, but not till early June. I'm limited by transport at the moment and don't fancy a 5 mile cycle home after an assault at the gym, but I might change my mind yet. I'm just keeping up the cycling and running and going as far as I can with them as well as doing some natural resistance work.

If I tench up my mid rift there's clearly some definition there which is nice and encouraging. I just want to go into the gym with a good solid routine and diet along with it.