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I'm 40 years old, male, 6 ft tall, 172 lb, working on losing some pounds. Cross-link to an earlier post of mine.
My method is novel (to me, anyway), so please tell me if this is a bad idea. Basically, calorie counting is a pain, so I eat the same thing for every meal except for dinner, which can be anything within a certain calorie limit. Then I don't have to count anything except at dinner. I just use the same portions for everything else every day. I have an app on my phone that I enter this all in every day. The foods I've chosen are intended to be nutritionally rich because the only variation is dinner.
Breakfast
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2 fried eggs 180 cals
1/4 c steel cut oats 150 cals
1 tbsp butter, salted 100 cals
1/2 apple 36 cals
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466 cals
Multivitamin and fish oil with breakfast.
Lunch
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1 c (227 g) Chobani Greek yogurt, plain, non-fat 120 cals
1 tbsp honey, raw 64 cals
1 c baby spinach, raw 7 cals
1 garlic clove, raw 4 cals
1/4 c green lentils 150 cals
30 g pistachios, roasted, unsalted 170 cals
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515 cals
Before Dinner
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1 c whole milk, vitamin D 150 cals
2 scoops whey protein, grass-fed, Promix 100 cals
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250 cals
Dinner
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Anything for dinner, just keep it around 300 cals.
Before Bed
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Zinc, magnesium, vitamin B-6 (ZMA) supplement.
Total of 1,500 calories.
So right now, that's what I'm doing. I tweak portions and dinner allowance when I need to increase or decrease the total calories. Currently I'm losing 1–2 lb per week.
My method is novel (to me, anyway), so please tell me if this is a bad idea. Basically, calorie counting is a pain, so I eat the same thing for every meal except for dinner, which can be anything within a certain calorie limit. Then I don't have to count anything except at dinner. I just use the same portions for everything else every day. I have an app on my phone that I enter this all in every day. The foods I've chosen are intended to be nutritionally rich because the only variation is dinner.
Breakfast
---------
2 fried eggs 180 cals
1/4 c steel cut oats 150 cals
1 tbsp butter, salted 100 cals
1/2 apple 36 cals
---
466 cals
Multivitamin and fish oil with breakfast.
Lunch
-----
1 c (227 g) Chobani Greek yogurt, plain, non-fat 120 cals
1 tbsp honey, raw 64 cals
1 c baby spinach, raw 7 cals
1 garlic clove, raw 4 cals
1/4 c green lentils 150 cals
30 g pistachios, roasted, unsalted 170 cals
---
515 cals
Before Dinner
-------------
1 c whole milk, vitamin D 150 cals
2 scoops whey protein, grass-fed, Promix 100 cals
---
250 cals
Dinner
------
Anything for dinner, just keep it around 300 cals.
Before Bed
----------
Zinc, magnesium, vitamin B-6 (ZMA) supplement.
Total of 1,500 calories.
So right now, that's what I'm doing. I tweak portions and dinner allowance when I need to increase or decrease the total calories. Currently I'm losing 1–2 lb per week.