Meal 1 - 4 egg whites w/ 1 Wheat Toast
Meal 2 - 1 Wheat Toast w/ Peanut Butter & Tall Glass of Milk
Meal 3 - Can of Tuna w/ Banana & Carrot Sticks
Meal 4 - Protein Shake
Meal 5 - 3 Slices of Turkey w/ 1 Wheat Toast
Meal 6 - Protein Shake
Meal 7 - Some Type of Fruit
I want to shed some excess fat and at the same time put on functional muscle. Would this be an optimal diet for an athlete looking to improve strength, vertical leap, and speed?
is this a consistent schedule?
where in this do you train?
Yes, that diet is pretty much consistent. I train lowerbody three times a week and upperbody twice a week. I didn’t think it was necessary to post my work schedule because I just wanted my diet to be constructively criticized. Does it look any good?
overall it looks like a halfway decent start, I would replace the bread with some type of vegetable carb source, or maybe oats.
What kind of protein shake is it?
I only wondered what your work schedule was in realation to the meals, like which meals it falls between
The milk is “low fat” ?
I drink 2% milk, is that bad? Also, I use Whey Protein for my primary source of protein. Thanks for all the help guys.
Meal 2 is poor: high in fat and insulin-inducing carbs, low in protein. Those are protein shakes in water, yes?
You should be eating a lot more vegetables. Although the diet definitely isn’t ‘optimal’, you should certainly lose weight (it’s quite hard to tell without concrete numbers and more information).
Check this thread out http://www.charliefrancis.com/community/showthread.php?t=35
and review articles on www.johnberardi.com and www.regenerationlab.com to really get a grip on your nutrition.
Not at all !! This is a good milk choice.