This is the start of the end... lol.. well I hope not.

Today

Brekkie - Skipped
Lunch - Apple and Cinnamon Porridge Pot from Sainsbursy
Dinner - Boiled rice, carrots, sliced green peppers and a single piece of oven cooked white fish.

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Bro...I don't think you're eating enough (unless you're not logging everything here). I'd estimate that you're at about 1k kcal today which is too low. Much better food choices though!
 
I'm having 1200-1400 calories a day and yes I'm logging everything. I'm still having quite large portions. Look at how much rice I had, thats more than 1 standard portion.
 
Ace Modder said:
I'm having 1200-1400 calories a day and yes I'm logging everything. I'm still having quite large portions. Look at how much rice I had, thats more than 1 standard portion.
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In my view that's too low - I'd be striving for 1800 at the least. I'd be interested in what others think. I know the portions are big but still overall calories are low! That would still be a deficit of 700 ish per day, which is more than enough, but I'm happy to be told that I'm wrong!
 
Skeptic said:
In my view that's too low - I'd be striving for 1800 at the least. I'd be interested in what others think. I know the portions are big but still overall calories are low! That would still be a deficit of 700 ish per day, which is more than enough, but I'm happy to be told that I'm wrong!
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Typical (typical) healthy and sustainable weightloss is anywhere around 10-15% deficit to start with, depending on any number of factors.

If you're not feeling hungry on 1200-1400 calories a day, chances are your body may well be going into starvation mode... coupled with the Coke and Milky Way, your body is going to be storing those calories rather than burning them.
 
mrthingyx said:
Typical (typical) healthy and sustainable weightloss is anywhere around 10-15% deficit to start with, depending on any number of factors.

If you're not feeling hungry on 1200-1400 calories a day, chances are your body may well be going into starvation mode... coupled with the Coke and Milky Way, your body is going to be storing those calories rather than burning them.
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So, assuming a BMR of 2500 really the absolute minimum should be ~2100. If we factor in that Ace is doing exercise as well then really a total daily cals of, say, ~2300 should see a steady weight loss if I'm correct?

40%p / 40%c / 20% f sound fair?

No bad thing Ace, just you can eat more! :D
 
Skeptic said:
So, assuming a BMR of 2500 really the absolute minimum should be ~2100. If we factor in that Ace is doing exercise as well then really a total daily cals of, say, ~2300 should see a steady weight loss if I'm correct?

40%p / 40%c / 20% f sound fair?

No bad thing Ace, just you can eat more! :D
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Sort of, but not quite.

For instance, my BMR is - supposedly - around 1980-2080 depending on the method used to calculate it. That's how much my body needs on a daily basis just to exist: no exercise, walking, thinking or anything.

Activity adds another X/Y calories depending on the level of activity. So to further my example, hitting the gym every day puts me at around 3000-3200cals/day depending on who I choose to put most faith in, just for maintenance of my weight. This is borne out by my personal experience with a remarkably boring and consistent diet. Higher and I gain; lower and I lose.

So depending on Ace Modder's BMR and daily activity rate, I'd go for around 10% under his daily maintenance calories and cut back on another 3-5% a week to control the rate of loss. So he may wind up eating more than 50% his BMR and still lose weight, depending on how big he is and what he needs to maintain a current weight.

If you want to get cute with macros (come at me, Steedie!), then my personal preference is to get more protein and fat, with any small change left over for carbz, unless a specific regime is being used. I generally am not too worried about my macros as long as I get enough protein (around 160g/day), as carbs are restricted to a single, specific point in my day... everything else is fat.

TL;DR

1200 calories/day is fine for a 5ft girl to lose weight (depending on a fair few variables): it's too steep a calorie deficit for an adult male. So Ace Modder: up your calories and sort your diet out... whilst you've managed a lot of progress in terms of WHAT you eat, you still have a way to go! Keep at it! :)
 
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Definitely heading in the right direction though. Quality of meals is a big improvement.

Have you exhausted your supply of coke yet?!
 
Don't skip breakfast man!

Porridge or a slice of toast, but don't skip your breaky!

Apart from that a vast improvement, you will simply loose weight by changing your diet and doing some exercise, oh and not drinking beer. ;)
 
Gibbo said:
Don't skip breakfast man!

Porridge or a slice of toast, but don't skip your breaky!

Apart from that a vast improvement, you will simply loose weight by changing your diet and doing some exercise, oh and not drinking beer. ;)
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This is one approach. The other is to not have breakfast. Both work provided you do them right. ;)
 
Lee go with this on a serious note.

Meal 1:
Porridge one sachet Oats so simple plain (No sugar this way)
Small handfull of raisins.

Meal 2 Fish/ Chicken Breast sweet potato salad.

Meal 3 pre training small porridge or two wheatabix.

Meal 4 post training Chicken/ Fish vey small brown rice salad brocholi

Meal 5 before bed 2 rivita / cottage cheese.

Done!!!
 
8 Pack said:
Lee go with this on a serious note.

Meal 1:
Porridge one sachet Oats so simple plain (No sugar this way)
Small handfull of raisins.

Meal 2 Fish/ Chicken Breast sweet potato salad.

Meal 3 pre training small porridge or two wheatabix.

Meal 4 post training Chicken/ Fish vey small brown rice salad brocholi

Meal 5 before bed 2 rivita / cottage cheese.

Done!!!
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That's a terrible diet...for anything...
 
Gibbo said:
Don't skip breakfast man!

Porridge or a slice of toast, but don't skip your breaky!

Apart from that a vast improvement, you will simply loose weight by changing your diet and doing some exercise, oh and not drinking beer. ;)
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Skipping breakfast isn't a bad thing, been doing it for a while now and I feel fine and lost 8kgs very easily. When I say easy, I never noticed any hunger or energy loss (well except the first few days, but I was used to eating big breakfasts) plus some fasted cardio is always fun :D
 
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