I'm no expert or anything (only 17) but it looks to me like you eat reasonably healthy. If you are having trouble you should try little things that will make a big difference, like improving speed and distance, also drinking green tea each morning instead of coffee will help a lot, (prefferably 1 pint). Also you can run twice a day, cutting out potatoes and eating only the amount of meat you need making your supper mostly vegtables.

Take it from a guy with abbs, they rule.

First, at 150, you don't need to lose weight. You could probably stand to add some strength training to develope more muscle tone and look great.

Second, your diet. There's not a lot of unhealthy junk in it, but it could stand some fine tuning. It is lacking in grains (unless you are eating huge amounts of rice cakes), vegetables and good fat.

Try adding some whole grain cereal, pasta, bread or simply cooked grains, like brown rice, quinoa or bulgur as a side dish. Grain carbs are not the enemy, especially for a runner.

It is also lacking in vegetables. I know you have plenty of fruits, but there are nutrients available only in veggies and you need them.

And finally, you have no healthy fats at all. Regular, natural style peanut butter would be a better choice, or walnuts or almonds as a snack and either eat some fish or add ground flax seed somewhere. (I'm hoping the milk and cheese are low or non fat varieties, but that's dealing with saturated fat.)

Looks pretty good but I would defintely get rid of the reduced fat PB! take a look at the label ...ew! I just was visiting my sister for a week and that is what she had and I sure missed the natural stuff....the reduced fat has a ton of sugar...it may take getting used to the natural PB at first, and I think putting a bit of honey on is good if you like the sweetness...
in general, I think the more you avoid processed and chemical laden foods, the better...ie, a rice cake is Ok but a half cup of brown rice much better....

quote:<HR>Originally posted by fraggle15rock:

Things Eating -

Rice cakes (Quaker or other brand)
Chicken
Corn
Carrots
Grapes
Apples
Cheese
Lowfat Yogurt
Milk
Melon
Peaches
Bananas
Peter Pan Reduced Fat Penut Butter
Flavored Water

-Ben<HR>

What a shame...if you are trying to drop abdominal fat you are going about it all the wrong way!!!

Your diet is loaded with sugar. I see hardly any meat at all. A growing man needs to eat meat/salmon...how can you grow healthy muscles and bones on chicken?

Even the reduced fat peanut butter is going to be loaded with sugar (they take out the fat and add in the glucose).

If you keep on eating like this you will find yourself getting bigger and bigger and it is going to get harder and harder to stay trim. Your weight is probably not too far off...but at your own admission 140 is probably better running weight...and I have to agree.

Cut down on the sugar...increase consumption of non-starchy veggies...and eat some animal protein will you?

Throw the mirrors out, join the military, eat the food do the work and gain about 40 lbs. of muscle. Eating disorders in men is disgusting. Larry

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"If you see a man running up a mountain trail in Montana with a fly pole attached to his back, you are probably lost. LDD