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Yeah, now that I have the Fit Day application I'm going to start tweaking these recipes..

This is what I have gleaned from the diet (book) that you're following...

1. It was not written for athletes.
2. It might be great for a few people...you can't write an all encompassing diet plan for the masses. It just doesn't make sense.
3. If you were to write an all encompassing diet plan for the masses, it would most likely be best to prescribe a low GI impact diet with a very high protein intake.
4. The author structured the diet plan the way that she did because most people aren't disciplined enough to follow a better diet than what she laid out.
5. Rather than explaining things clearly (such as insulin), she only wrote a one sided (aka misleading) account of several different hormones and ideas.
6. While there are undoubtedly some good ideas in the book, it was not written for very educated (or smart) people.

You can do better by reading up a bit yourself and forming your own diet. You can follow this one for a while, but wouldn't you be more successful following a diet that was customized for your needs? You're on the right track though.

It just irks me that this author wrote the book in the manner that she did. I guess it's because I've read a lot of books that were all around better. Lyle McDonald for example, always explains in detail what's going on in your body. He tells what is/might/will happen in your body, and then explains the reasoning for his logic. And maybe the author did so in the 40-30-30 diet book...but if she did, then her logic was flawed.

Ok, rant over. I wrote that more for other people that will read over this thread. I think that you had picked up on a good bit of this by now.

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Well, it's a he and a she (married couple), and you shouldn't pillory them on MY shaky account of the method to their madness..

I would read the book before doing that..

http://www.alibris.com/booksearch?qw...*listing*cover

It's been a LONG time since I read it, and that's just what stuck in my head..

It worked to bring down my body fat when I was super strict with it, and it DID help rev up my metabolism, I'm sure..

But I'm definitely ready to move on.. LOL

I'm sure I could have made some better gains with my strength training if I'd been eating more, as well as lifting heavier weights with harder excersizes (squats, etc)..

Cool enough. I don't know why I thought it was just a woman that wrote it. I have seen the book before. I'll be heading to the library one day this week. I will see if they have it. I need to formalize my nutrition/training education...I still have never read a training or nutrition book from cover to cover. You're a step ahead of me

Like I say, I'll be looking at one more geared to strength training from now on..

Still thinking of consulting with a personal trainer who has experience with sports nutrition..

That's definitely not a bad idea if you can find a good one & you're able to afford it. It's pretty easy to get good diet advice on a forum...and even a routine for training. The biggest trouble is perfecting your form. That's something that you really have to capture on video to get advice for...and even then it can be difficult. I worked with the guys at my gym for at least a month this year doing form work. It took me a while to break a few bad habits, and I'm an advanced intermediate trainee. Because you're really starting out, it's super important that you lay a good foundation. I talked my roommate into working with one of the trainers at my gym & I think that's the smartest thing he has ever done with his training.

Yes, it'll mostly be for advice on form and what I should eat..

Currently reading up on the 5x5 method, and will lok at the starting strength one, too..

The 5x5 is great! I like it. I'd say you should add some protein to your breakfast. Other than that, that meal plan looks good to me. Only thing I would change is to have the cottage cheese right before bedtime, since it has a slow-digesting protein (casein).

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Cottage cheese before bedtime.. Got it..

Fruit salad, maybe?

I have that for lunch alot.

1 cup of 2% cottage cheese, 1 apple, 10 grapes, 4 strawberries, 3tbsp of walnuts..

That'd be good for an early meal. Just make sure you get some protein in with each meal. Or, you can have the cottage cheese at both early, and before bedtime. I love the stuff!