Good Diet Plan?

[Anonymous]

Ok so I have decided to get back on my horse to try and lose approximately 40lbs. I decided to try this Insanity video, by recommendation of friends and family. I do also play basketball when I get the chance, because I am in Pharmacy School right now. So being in school the hard task is being consistent. I know exercise by itself won't do it, so I am wondering what is a good diet plan. I do love chicken, I can use that as my protein every day, but the next thing is making a variety of other things to help with a diet plan. Normally for lunch I try to stick to a turkey sandwich on wheat (6 inch) from subway with a bag of chips and diet soda. I have tried to stick to some chicken and broccoli for lunch and dinner, but fell off of that horse after 3 weeks if that. For those of you who into fitness I can use some help to stick to it. Thanks in advance.

[Kkaos]

Cutting out all processed foods is a good start. You could cut out bread as well if you wanted to go to extremes, but I don't think it's really necessary provided you don't eat too much. Steamed vegetables, cold meat is really great. Vegetables that are high in carbs are best eaten earlier in the day so you can use that energy, some might say that if you eat them later in the day when you're less likely to use the energy it can be stored as fat. Everyone's different, it's best to tailor specific things to yourself. Personally if I do cardio in the morning say 3-4x a week, I can maintain a very relaxed diet without putting on much fat. Some people go to extremes with calculating macros and all that, but I think that's overkill to be honest.