What do you think about this diet? I eat like this all the time?

[Anonymous]

Mo-Fr

breakfast: 1/4 cup oats, 1tbsp flaxseeds, 1tsp cinnamon, 1tbsp organic cocoa powder

snack: one serving of vegetables (1bell pepper or carrot sticks or cucumber...)

lunch: cottage cheese or canned tuna

snack: 1/2 low fat natural unsweetened yoghurt, a cup of green tea

dinner: one plate of whatever my parents cook (meat, fish rice, salad, or pasta)

snack: a serving of fruit or half a cup of fruit juice

Weekends:

breakfast: same as weekdays

lunch: same as dinner on weekdays

desert: fruit or a piece of pie, a serving of ice cream

dinner: same as lunch

desert: fruit or piece of pie, a serving of ice cream

[madmisskelly]

Breakfast needs more protein and calories in general.

This sounds like a really low calorie diet, too low if you ask me.

Coco powder is too high in sugar, provides NO fiber, so I would get rid of that.

Cut out the fruit juice- super sugary and provides no fiber.

Weekends, limit ONE serving of ice cream OR pie.

It sounds like your diet needs to be more balanced. Fruits, veggies, whole grains, lean meats. Consume at least 1200 calories.

Choose one day a week to have a serving of junk food. Limit it to ONE day and ONE meal.

Where did you get this diet?

[Asker]

i eat enough protein at lunch and dinner so more at breakfast would be too much, I think. I try to limit the sweet stuff on weekends and I usually only have it once, for the other meal I eat fruit. of course I eat out from time to time but I don't really like greasy things like burgers, pizza, fries... stuff like that

what kind of whole grains would you recommend?

this is just the way I eat... I'm not trying to lose weight, with this diet I can maintain my weight, I'm pretty thin though, but

[Asker]

i've always been like that, I'm 5'8 110lbs

[Asker]

i only have fruit juice when we don't have any fresh fruit at home

[madmisskelly]

Whole grains- quinoa, bulger, and other grains like buckwheat.

I realize you aren't trying to lose weight but still, it isn't enough calories. Maybe you don't need to eat a higher volume, but make the small volumes of food you eat more calorie dense- whole grains are good for that.

By adding in more lean protein, you won't be overdoing it at all.

[may04]

For the most part sounds healthy. Personally I'd change some of the dairy products to more veggies, or just eat veggies in addition to the dairy.

[Asker]

what's wrong with dairy?

[may04]

Dairy products tend to have a lot of fat, sugar, and carbs so I keep them to a minimum and use calcium supplements to reach my daily requirements

[Confused-66]

doesn't sound too good to me even tho I know nothing about diets but eating like this all of the time could turn out to be a health problem and cause you anorexia or even bulliemia so I would contact your gp and get expert advice about your diet, it does not sound enough to make you and keep you healthy weight wise that's where my concern is on this diet.

[Asker]

i'm not losing weight on this diet, so that is not my concern

[palek]

Keep eating like that and you'll live to be 100! Of course, I can't imagine why anyone would want to 100 years eating figs and berries.

[lucky24]

thats a great diet, though I would probably increase lunch a little bit on mon-fri

canned tuna is good but cottage cheese alone doesn't sound very filling

[Anonymous]

Sounds like a healthy way to go.