So my main goal is to lose weight and get rid of my stomach and then start putting on muscle mass. Ive changed my diet completely and started eating healthy chicken, fish, veggies, fruit ive been told i can eat up to 2700 cals for my height and all that. But i found that with eating healthy clean foods im only getting around 1000 cals if that a day! Im not hungry and i eat 3 meals regularly a day is this helping or hurting me? Any help is great thank you! 

Hey Firefighter7315!

Can you give me a macro breakdown of what you are eating a day?  I shouldn't be that hard to eat a high protein diet for 2700 caloires.

Are you using protein shakes as well to help with your protein intake?

What are your workouts like?

Also, if you need help with your food, check out my meal planner too!  You might like it!

Looking forward to your response! #HTH

Sorry for the delayed response I was on shift on the amubulance. My diet consists of 4-8oz of chicken a day usually for lunch and dinner I eat a lot of salads with my chicken on it. Im not a fan of dressing so I subsitute my own homemade salsa instead. 2-3 days a week I switch fish out for my chicken for lunch or dinner. For a "side" or snack Ill get an apple or banana or some steamed veggies. I do use a GNC Amplified Wheybolic Extreme 60. I use 2 1/2 scoops 10-20 mins after a workout or day I work I make a drink in the morning for the drive and I subsitute the 20oz of water for unsweetened almond milk and once in a while ill add a teaspoon of natural peanut butter and I use that as a meal subsitute in the mornings or to hold me over til I can eat an egg or oatmeal "not instant oatmeal". As far as workout goes my job prevents me from being in the gym more than 4 days a week since I work 24hrs at a time but I do stay active at work whether it be showing the guys how to ball like Kobe or working around the station. On the days I have off I hit the gym for 1- 1.5 hrs and we hit at least 2 muscle groups a day. I recently got a tractor tire for tire flips and I bike on the horse racing track about 3 miles for cardio. I hope I answered all the questions you have sry for the book! Thank you for your help definately look forward to start following your workouts and diet plans. Ur a legend my friend!

Hrmm I ned more info brotha.

I need a MACRO breakdown of this:

Calories

Protein:

Carbs:

Fat:

Also, what is your weight and bodyfat %.

You should use my promocode for a free month and use my meal planner so it can count eveything for you "FREEFITNESS".

Telling me the food doesnt do much, I need to know the number to tell you what to change :/

Also, you should be circuit training if you are trying to lose weight.  2 muscle groups a day split is more for muscle gain training.

Have you seen my total body workouts?  Tried any? :)

im gonna give you a quick breakdown of what i ate when i was dropping wheight , im 6ft was 116kg dropped to 86. started lifting at 91. 

theres no info on your profile so its gna be hard to help you more specificly, but you have to get in enough food or your body will go into survival mode and youl loose nothing 

firtsly never ever eat sugar.

breakfast

50grams future life or week blocks,

mid morning .

2 whole eggs , 1 apple.

lunch

4 slices wholegrain low gi bread

1 tin tuna with some low fat cheese toasted.

mid afternoon

lowfat yogurt , 1 provita(wheat grain thingys)

apple.

supper 

lots of veggies

one drie boiled tasteless chickenbreast

Sorry I'm new to this whole fitness thing but I want to make it a part of my lifestyle and have definitely learned a lot on here! I'm gunna do the platinum membership Scott just so I can learn and get every aspect out of this site and the expertise! I'm 6' 6" 242 lbs 

Right now my breakdown is example of yesterday

Breakfast:

2 eggs scrambled with peppers and onions-250 cals

Banana -68 cals

Protein shake- 225 cals

Lunch-294 cals

Tuna-110

Whole wheat tortilla-130

Salsa-9

Low fat cheese-45

Dinner-250

Turkey breast and ham 6" subway no dressing or cheese

And a BUNCH of water daily 

Yeah dude what you are doing sounds fine to me cause you look to be getting a decent ammount of macros and a good split however I'd argue that this is quite a restrictive diet and with my experience I know that such a restrictive diet can lead to you  falling off or binging. So I would advise you look into IIFYM and see what you can find on that cause basically done right IIFYM allows you to fulfill your current goals be it to gain or lose weight and still have some of the foods you love. Try it out brotha and let me know how you do! Use the SHF mealplanner to track your calories and youll be able to fit in say a bit of icecream (or whatever your weakness is, mine is fattier meats chicken thighs with skin etc) but you might have to compromise throughout the day. It makes this lifestyle a whole lot easier. Make sure you hit your micronutrient and fibre goals too! remember results come from calories in vs. calories out

I love to cook so I make some pretty good entrees like spinach stuffed chicken breast and chicken stuffed peppers all that good jazz only thing is I got a lot of people who tell me I should snack between meals like almonds, yogurt, fruit, veggies, stuff like that instead of going 6 to 7 hrs between meals and for my 3 main meals small portions like half a chicken breast and fruit type meals is this true or false? Thanks for the help all of you it awesome nice to c the SHF community is like family pretty much!

Hey bro, for a grown man that is 6'6" tall and weighs 242 lbs this is no where near enough food even if you are trying to lose weight. When trying to get lean you need to up the protein intake, lower the carbs, and up the healthy fats. As for protein I would recommend that you at least get 1-1.5 grams per lb of lean body weight per day in order to maintain muscle while burning fat. Keep the carbs low around 225-250 grams per day. Most people think that fats are what keep one from losing weight, but its actually the carbs. Dont get me wrong, if one is eating unhealthy fats (burgers, fries) then they aren't going to lose weight. The fats Im talking about are the fats you get from eggs, nuts, seeds, peanut butter etc. You need to be eating lean meats, salads, brown rice, fruits/veggies, protein shakes with low fat milk or water, yogurt, etc.

My diet is something that I struggle with. I used to eat only 500 calories a day and find myself starting to report back to that cause I seem to have gotten struck. I know I need to up my cardio but should I drop my calorie intake and if so by how much?  

Hutch578,

You need to list your calories, macro breakdown, weight and bodyfat before we can suggest what you should do

Hey Firefighter!

Just checking in to see how you are doing with that meal plan!

Snacking between meals doesn't matter.  All that matters is that you hit yoru macros daily.

Now that you have been using the meal planner, have you figured out what your daily macros are in GRAMS?

If so can you list them for me so I can check?

Weight:

Bodyfat %:

Protein:

Carbs:

Fat:

Calories:

Looking forward to hearing from you! #HTH

I am currently on a 2700 calorie diet, with 200g protein/325g of carbs and 65g of fat.  I am currently 5'10" and a 39% body fat.  My ultimate goal is to be at 170.

Your carbs are way too high my friend.  Let's get you closer to

Protein: 230 grams

Carbs: 210 grams

Fat: 90 grams

That is around 2570 for calories.  I am not sure what your BMR is... but you can calculate it for free on my meal plan page. :)

Ok so i'm new to this forum/website but i have a question for anyone that can help answer. I'm 17, 6'1, 165lbs, around 15-16% body fat, My goal is to lose the fat and then put on some muscle. I've been training for muscle for around 1 year and always have been kind of fat until now, My daily calories were 1500 but i started slowing down on weight loss so bumped it down to 1300ish. So i havent really been paying attention to macros just calories until scott's new video. I just started yesterday i watched my carbs fats and protein. I eat around 170-200 grams of protein a day now but i bumped my carbs from like 70 to 30-40 the past 2 days(thinking it would just shed fat faster). I recently saw a few videos that made me panic about eating such low carbs so i bumped it up to 50-60 carbs atleast for today to be safe. I was wondering what i should do with my carbs. Continue eating low 0-50 or keep it around 50-60 carbs. I was also gaining weight ( and strength) around 2 months ago when I was eating around 2000 calories so my calories must be meant to be lower. Any help/advice is appreciated thanks :)

Hey man,

Welcome to the website. Whenever you cut calories you are going to lose strength and possibly uscle if you cut them too much

Seems like to me your calories are way too low. Can you list all your macros / calories for me as well as your average BMR? Also, what is your weekly routine like?

Looking forard to helping you out! #HTH