Is this a healthy diet if i want to lose weight?!
Is this a healthy diet if i want to lose weight?
i'm 17 years old, female, 5'6, 139 pounds.
breakfast:
yogurt cup, 60 calories
lunch:
1/2 cup lettuce
1/2 cup fat free cottage cheese
6 baby carrots
10 cherry tomatoes
green pepper slices
1 medium apple
1/2 cup skim milk
snack:
yogurt cup, 60 calories
dinner:
chicken breast
1/2 cup brown rice
1 cup watermelon cubes
1/2 cup corn, tomato, and avacado salad
1/2 slice wheat bread
exercise:
45 minutes running
25 minutes biking
15 minutes rowing machine
15 minutes hand weights
10 minutes abs
15 minutes toning
and i drank plenty of water.
what do you think? is this a good plan? i think i'm getting about 1000-1200 calories.
Answers:
For your height, I think 1000-1200 is too few calories, especially considering the amount of exercise you're putting in. You'd lose weight even if sedentary on 1200 calories. I'd bump up the calories to 1800-2000. Otherwise it looks fine.
You're doing all the right things, eating healthy and exercising. The only problem I see is that you need to eat more for breakfast. How about a bowl of oatmeal with a banana and some milk? Keep up the good work.
If you're working out that hard, you're going to want to bump of the calorie intake just a bit so your body has protein to repair the rips and tears in your muscles. Not excessive. That's a good start. Once you start to see results, then you may want to increase the calorie intake a bit more. Of course, that's if you're looking to build muscle. If you're just looking to get toned, then not necessarily. Good luck...keeping up with diets are tough.
Edit: By the way, 139 is close to average for someone your height and age.
i'm not an expert at all...but it sounds good to me. i too, am trying to lose weight. i eat a bowl of cereal in the a.m. and take a vitamin. for lunch i eat a salad or a turkey or chicken sandwich on wheat. i drink water throughout the day. for dinner i eat a salad, a baked lean piece of meat/poultry, and some rice. and i walk for an hour 5 days a week. i make it a habit to not eat after 6 p.m.
real good hope it works for you.
this a good plan but you already sound skinny 5/6 at 139 thats pretty good!