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2003/08/23, 01:33 AM
Is there any basic rule of thumb for eating right without getting right down to it and counting everything you take in? I just turned 18 and am in my last year of High School and its hard to count everything I eat...I am always on the go with school work and doing stuff with friends and now training...and lets face it, in school we don't get the most nutritious stuff even though they claim we do.
I'm not shooting for 1-10% body fat or anything
(yet, ;-)), I just want to slim down and get a build going that of course I can build on now and the years to come.
If you want to know why I'm doing it, I am doing it to feel better and I am training to be a Pro-Wrestler, and although its a worked show, its very physically demanding and its always good for the show if the crowd beleives you are tough.
I think I am looking for some basic foods to eat and foods to stay away from...Does anyone know of any good online sources that explains calories and nutrition intake and so on so I can learn what to do more by myself?
Any advice/help is appreciated. I am good with the weight training side, as I have done it off and on my whole life as just something I like doing, but the nutritional side, I am totally new to, as I have never had to watch what I eat untill a couple years ago.
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Thats my $0.02...
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2003/08/23, 03:35 AM
The nutrition calculator here on FT is a start. It calculates kinda high on the carbs though. Stay away from refined foods, white foods, convenience foods and fast foods. Eat whole grains, green vegetables, sweet potatoes instead of white, brown rice, chicken breast, tuna, lean cuts of beef, turkey, egg whites, cottage cheese. Choose whole wheat over white anything. It does take a lot of time to sit down and calculate everything, but some of us have to. I make out my (and my husband's) eating plan on Sunday for M-F and we basically eat the same things at the same times everyday. It was boring at first, but now it is convenient and we don't have to do all that calculating more than once a week. Just try to make healthy choices. We all know what things are bad for us, sometimes we just choose to eat them anyway. A lot of people have posted there eating plans and food choices here. Look through the posts or do a search. Good luck.
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~Victoria~
...There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.--Beverly Sills
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2003/08/23, 11:19 AM
azredhead gave you the best advice.
Remeber all the time to eat lean and good fats. Follow all that and you will be ok.
You might also want to check out fitday.com
good luck with your career. Take care of Vince for me!
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You can walk to anywhere you want, it only takes time.
Ivan Montreal Canada (aka SpongeBob Square Pants to some!)
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2003/08/23, 02:01 PM
Your first priority in designing any dietary plan is to have a goal, whether gaining or losing, and then find your maintenance calories. You will only get minimal gains at best without doing this. When you have your maintenance calories, then you can start ratcheting them upwards if your goal is to gain, or lowering if your goal is to lose bodyfat. The next most important thing is rethinking the way you eat, drop all processed, sugary carbs and junk foods from your diet and set your macro ratios. Diet determines the amount of gains you get from your workout. Without it, as you have probably found out from the sound of your post, you have little chance of acheiveing goals.
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Great people never want it easier, they just want to be better!
Ron
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