My Diet Starting Point

OK, here is the largest cornerstone in this endeavor of mine. That is the bloody four letter word called DIET. Diet does not have to be something that is negative, and I need to find a word or a phrase to come up with that makes this not such a negative word. That is because when one uses the word diet, you get the feeling that you are doing something that is restricting you from something, and the word diet has somewhat a negative connotation to it. So while I do need to find a new word for it, this post more or less enters my starting point on how I plan to eat to start me on this journey.

Basically the eating plan I am going to start on it a moderate protein, moderate fat, lower carbohydrate diet. I have used lower carb diets in the past, and have done so with some success, but given that this is a long journey, and I am just begging I want to take this slowly, and when I get some steam, and possibly start seeing some results I will get stricter in what I do, and what I eat.

There are several principles of what I plan to do diet wise, or eating wise. These can be lasted as:

1. Eat a minimum of 5, and preferably 6 times a day.
2. Drink a minimum of 1/2 gallon of water a day.
3. Have something for breakfast.
4. Make sure I have something pre-workout.
5. After I get set in my diet, introduce re-feeds (will discuss later), and cheat meals.

Given that it has been a while since I trained and diet, I am planning on easing into this. I have no plans on dropping carbs too quickly, and I am not looking into shocking my body too fast into any eating pattern. My plan is to clean out the bad foods, and start eating healthier and in a more focused way. As I stated before I prefer to eat 6 meals a day, something every 3 to 4 hours, and I am going to start my caloric intake at 2800 calories. If I start to lose too much, or am not having energy to complete my workouts or cardio sessions I will adjust accordingly. For the first 3 weeks my diet will be comprised of 40% protein, 30 fat, 30% protein. For a 6 meal day my diet should look like the below:

MY DIET FOR FIRST 3 WEEKS

(based on 6 meals a day)

	CARBOHYDRATE	PROTEIN	FAT
GRAMS PER DAY	210g	280g	93g
GRAMS PER MEAL	35g	46.7g	15.5g
CALORIES PER DAY	840 cals	1120 cals	840 cals
CALORIES PER MEAL	140 cals	186.7 cals	140 cals