3J
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Age: 20
weight: 150
height: 5***8217;6
bf: 25%
goals: I am a female College swimmer, and I am trying to get back in shape for swim season. I have gained almost twenty pounds(of fat) and I am looking for a healthy diet to shed some of that weight!
-Im not sure how to figure out my BMR***8230;or my TDEE***8230;sorry! I***8217;m new to all of this stuff.
DAILY DIET:
Meal one 9am
½ cup oatmeal
1 large hardboiled egg
1 slice Ezekial bread with 1 teaspoon almond butter
OR..
1 serving of toasted Oats organic cereal
1 cup of nonsweetened almond milk
1 banana or blueberries
Meal 2 (snack) 11:30ish
Some kind of fruit (strawberries, grapes, blueberries)
Or***8230;
Weight watchers mozzarella cheese stick
Meal 3 1pm
4 oz chicken breast
1-2 servings of cooked spinach
1 cup carrots
(everyday I mix up the veggies)
Or..Boca burger with a 100 calorie whole wheat thin(bread)
Meal 4 4pm
Pure protein dark chocolate bar
Or***8230; whey protein shake after the gym
Meal 5 5:30 pm
Sweet potato
Or
Almonds
Meal 6 7pm
4 oz salmon
¼ cup lentils
Some kind of veggie
OR***8230;
(Sometimes I substitute quinoa for the lentils)
Sometimes I switch it up and have chicken instead of fish or I make a salad with spinach leaves and cottage cheese with other veggies
Meal 7 8:30-9 pm
1 cup of greek yogurt with flax seed (or sometimes I put a little protein powder in it)
Or***8230;
1 serving of cottage cheese with flax seed
Daily totals
Calories: around 1500 (plus im working out a lot so I should probably be eating more..)
(Ive been eating like this for 2 weeks or so..)
-if I am to cheat, I eat 85 % or 90% dark chocolate or i eat a dark chocolate protein bar...
CARDIO WORKOUTS:
-everyday I am in the pool swimming for atleast 2 hours (im really trying to get back into it..lately I haven***8217;t been swimming that often)
-also, I am doing 30 minutes to an hour of cardio daily (includes running, walking, biking on a stationary bike, elliptical)
WEIGHT WORKOUTS:
-I split it up into 3 day cycles..
Monday and Thursday are chest and back
-Tuesday and Friday are biceps triceps and shoulders
-Wednesday and Saturday are butt, quads,hamstrings and calves
-I am an athlete so I do use quite a bit of weight for the majority of these exercises and I would say that I am moderately active to very active with all of the swimming I normally do.
Thank you so much for your help! Ill post a picture of me so you can see what I look like and you can help me figure out my BMR and all of that. All of my fat gathers in my mid section mostly so that is the main area where I am trying to tone. Thanks again!
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between what meals is your workout routine?