Opinions on this diet plan please

[IloveBlinky]

I have never dieted this heavily before, but I do know its all things I can actually handle with a bit of motivation



my diet plan will consist of

2 meals a day Brunch and dinner, and 2 snacks
Each meal will use Protein, whole grain and a veggie-all in suggested serving size and the snacks will be high protein or fruit

1 hour a day of pure cardio and 30min of toning

4 liters of water a day

Vitamins A, B12, C, and E

Slimquick dietary supplement:Fat burner


A break down a typical day would be
10-12 brunch
1-3 snack
3-6 water, water, water
6-7 dinner
7-9 gym and toning
then my high protein snack(if I feel like snacking) and water

and on sundays rest and have a flavored water fast


I feel very confident about this plan and think it will yield good results, but of course having others voice their opinions on it, will make me feel much, much more secure.

[Foxevil]

I'd say if you *have* to miss a meal then miss lunch and eat breakfast when you get up. Even better have 3 meals because that is even better for your metabolism.

Not sure about the fasting on a Sunday, looking at what you are thinking of eating you'd be better off having a "rest" day of relaxing your diet rather than fasting.

[bargoo]

I wouldn't count on Slimquick doing more than take your money. I am not against fasting but don't think it will help you lose weight.
I would suggest 3 meals a day with lo cal snacks. Calorie counting works well and you do not need to buy any additional products.

[lin43]

I like the two meals a day idea. It's what I do sometimes (simply because of my schedule), and when I do that, my daily calories tend to be lower. Also, I disagree with the previous poster's comment about 3 meals being better for the metabolism. I've read many times that that is a myth.

Do what works for you best. People can tell you what works for them and you can try it on for size, but ultimately, you must be comfortable with the plan you're on or it won't work for you.

[ADL]

I dont like the idea of brunch. you should eat the second you wake up to jumpstart your metabolism.

[SoFlyGirly]

I think you are going to be very hungry on this plan...

[BigChiefHoho]

I'm sure it will lose a lot of weight very quickly, but it won't be sustainable. You'll fall off the wagon pretty quickly and gain everything back. You'd do better to look for a new life-long way of eating rather than a crash diet. It won't be as fast, but in the long run it'll be better because you'll be able to stick with it and keep the weight off.

[raspberryph]

Personally I think your plan is too regimented, and thus it will get old quick. That's whats wrong with all these diets and plans today, they get boring and old so fast and then you say forget it.

I went from 145-120lbs in about 2-3 months from just exercising an hour a day on the elliptical alone.

I say, follow the exercise regimine (at least the cardio) very strictly. Then eat whatever but TRY to stay healthy and cut your portions in half of what you would normally eat.

Want a candy bar? Take one bite size and NO MORE. Say you will allow yourself that once or twice a week as long as you are getting your cardio in religiously at least 5 days a week. I dont feel a need for all the other regimented activity. For me and a lot of others, its a recipe for failure because its just too drill sargent like. You need something you can make your LIFESTYLE and live comfortably with every day. Not just a temporary fix.

I am all about nutrition shakes but if I dont have one in a day, Its no big deal.

I agree with what the other poster above said. I see you falling off the wagon with this.

[IloveBlinky]

I am thankful for the input, especially from BigChiefHoho and Raspberryph

and on their great advice, I have the questions of how I can incorporate my weight losing into my lifestyle more? what really does that mean?

While I am losing weight to look good, I was trying to teach myself to eat less and be satisfied with it.

Because if there's really anything I'm guilty of its eating/snacking late at night.

I'm a full time student, I'm going to be working on the treadmill and spin bike.
I have 3 classes at different times and a ton of homework.
I didn't quiet see it as too strict until you pointed out how structured it was.

[Candeka]

I am a full time university student as well, who is also in the midst of learning a brand new language which adds to my already enormous law studies homework. With that being said, I found calorie counting to be the easiest. I eat breakfast, eat lunch and eat dinner, and have snacks in between. Due to each day being different because of different class times, sometimes breakfast is at 8 am, other days its at 11am (gotta love those 2pm class times!!). I just keep my calories between 1300-1550 each day. Ofcourse I try to eat as many "healthy" calories as possible. That means I don't go to Mcdonalds and eat 800 calories for one meal. However, on occasion that does happen, and those are the days that I obviously eat more calories.

You need to make sure that you include your exercise calories burned, and that your total net calories does not fall below 1200. That means if you eat 1500 calories, but than burn 400 calories with exercise, your net calories is only 1100 which is NOT good. After including exercise, most women do best while eating between 1300-1700 a day to lose weight.

I plan my meals in advance. Like I know what lunch on Friday is going to be. This helps prevent digging through cupboards when hungry and having no idea what to make. It also makes it so I know what I need to get at the grocery store, and it helps me see if I am eating balanced or not.

I have an Iphone that scans most of the food I eat, but you can easily use lots of different websites, or just write them down which is what I did prior to having an Iphone.

Weight loss is simply calories in vs calories out. Exercise is great for your muscles and toning your body, but it is not the reason you lose weight. Using more calories each day than you consume is the reason we lose weight.

Also, don't have 1000000 different things to eat. I tend to rotate between 5 different breakfast ideas, 5 different lunch, and like 8 different dinners. This helps with not having my diet consume my lifestyle and always worrying about OMG I DONT KNOW HOW MANY CALORIES ARE IN THIS and spending hours always adding up new things. If I've had it before, then I already have the calorie information added up and it takes 2 seconds to track.

Some days I don't get a chance to each lunch, but I dont worry about it. I just make sure I never go below 1300 calories that day. As for late night snacking, this is my worst enemy. A cucumber sandwich is my new secret weapon. Its only 100 calories (low calorie bread), but sooo filling and soooooo good!