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Originally Posted by dynomite  Well to start, I am 5'10" tall and I weigh 280lbs. I'm trying to eat right, but I haven't seen a good diet plan that I can follow. I have tried looking up a meal plan that would keep me in the 1900 - 2000 calories range. But the meals include food that I normally don't eat or foods that I'm allergic too. I don't like meals with cheese or mayo, and I'm allergic to shellfish. Do you have any suggestions (meal plans), that can really help me? |
Mayo is not good for you anyway so don't worry about that. Diet plans are for the most part temporary solutions. We emphasize making what's called a lifestyle change (like a permanent diet so to speak). It's actually very simple. You just need to create a calorie deficit, which means you consume less calories than you expend in a given day. You really need to write down the details on what you eat. Keep track of the calories you are consuming in a given day, and also the carbs, protein, and fat.
Depending on your activity level, you burn roughly the following calories a day (based on your height/weight/age):
No exercise/inactive daily: 2900 calories burned a day
Light activity (walking no more than 2hrs a day/other misc. activity) : 3400 calories burned a day
Eating only 1900-2000 calories a day is a big calorie deficit since you are burning at least 2900 calories a day. That's a caloric deficit about 1000 calories a day which means you would burn 2lbs a week just from the low calorie eating habits.
You could up your food intake to 2400 calories a day and even without exercise you still should lose about 1lb a week.
The key for you my friend, may be to add exercising to your routine. That might give you the best of both worlds. You could still eat more calories and eat more of the things you want, while still dropping weight at about 2lbs per week.
Most people when they first start exercising with weights and cardiovascular exercise, burn maybe around 500 extra calories day. That would allow you to eat 2400 calories a day and still lose about 2lbs a week. Or you could eat 2900 calories a day and lose 1lb a week.
There is plenty of good food that isn't horribly high in calories. Check some of the recipes we have here on the site, and you may find some things you can make that aren't too high in calories yet are very tasty.
