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**Help with Meal Plans!!!

XoBritty13oX Posts: 2 Joined: 2004/04/15	2004/06/02, 10:00 PM i am 5'6 and 130 pounds. i want to loose fat, mostly around my stomach and love handles. im doing cardio twice a day, once in the morning before school and once sometime after school. i need help making meal plans to help loose my fat. suggestions?
yadmit Posts: 4,670 Joined: 2003/10/05	2004/06/02, 10:54 PM Welcome to FT! Check out the grocery list for a bodybuilder in the Diet forum... there is also one titled "some diets for example." Check 'em out... lots of tips there... t -------------- Tim I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self. - Aristotle You have the power to change a life right in your own hands. - Paul Brandt GO FLAMES TimDay@freetrainers.com
yadmit Posts: 4,670 Joined: 2003/10/05	2004/06/02, 10:55 PM Ha... guess that would be THIS forum... :laugh: t -------------- Tim I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self. - Aristotle You have the power to change a life right in your own hands. - Paul Brandt GO FLAMES TimDay@freetrainers.com
neiltilley Posts: 325 Joined: 2003/03/09	2004/06/03, 06:44 AM may i suggest that at 130 pound for your height, you aint exactly overweight. your pic is very good, you are fit looking and in shape- can i say that? so don't stress on the weightloss issue. this can be a reason you don't hit a goal of another 2 pound loss, stress and quite possibly not eating enough... if your training regime has been constant and food the same- then your change in weight over time can cause your body to need a lower calorie intake or different amount of carbs/protein for instance- asimmer taught me this previously telling me about macro nutrients... so try; atkins or high protein for a week- just as a shock tactic or kick start to your system- then check that the future plan is a 5+ meal daily plan with 6 fruits/veg and a strict look at your portion sizes. Don't add sugar/salt/ honey /dressings to foods. You know, little rules and then every Saturday you can have a sin day thick pizza and/or a good dessert like chocolate cake in choccy custard as a reward..
neiltilley Posts: 325 Joined: 2003/03/09	2004/06/03, 06:50 AM lately my favourites for my fridge or carrier bag to keep me going are; grapefruit,grapes,celery,brocolli,cauliflower,spinach,apple,strawberries,raspberries,onion,peppers,satsumas,nuts not salted. and a lot of fish cause you can have slightly more volume of it than say beef or pork per calorie..and chicken constant dieting sucks- lifestyle rocks- sharp shock tactics wake you up.
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2004/06/03, 09:16 AM cardio twice a day is too much. eat small meals, every 3 hours of lean protein and complex carbs. -------------- If you fall down seven times, get up eight.