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I've posted in another section about how I am putting serious effort into accomplishing goals this year and I am loking for some advice on meal plan ideas. First off I am 28yrs old 6'5" and about 300lbs right now... so my main focus is fat loss. I want to cut out as much carbs as possible 5 days a week and then simply eating healthy but not so strict the other 2 days depending on what my girlfriend wants for dinner if our schedules work out, with that said a friend is suggesting about 200g a day in protein which seems... a bit much. My ideal plan is 1800-2k cals per day, in 2011 i did 2-2.5k and didn't see results. Secondly I hear back and forth info about eating to much soy, so I am at a loss for ideas to get as much protein as possible while keeping carbs to a minimun. I am cutting out all processed foods and only drinking water or on occasion some fruit juice (I plan to get a juicer when the budget allows) So the meal plan im thinking about is, for breakfast i would have: 1/2 cup oats with dried berries and some nuts 1 cup light choc soy with my protein powder (2 scoops is 120 cal 24g prot) lunch would maybe be: veggies and some beans or lentils 1/2 to 1 block of tofu dinner would be something similar to: 1 block tofu 1 bag of salad greens, some other veggies and maybe a fruit another shake (1 cup soy and 2 scoops protein) I dont think im going to be able to reasonably hit 200g of protein that my friend is suggesting. Also this plan or a modified one im looking at 1-2 blocks of tofu a day... Any tips or help would be appreciated. Thank you.

When not in school or being busy i get hungry and or tired, when i was on my previous workout and meal plan i didnt get hungry really and slept great but didn't get tired during the day.

After more reading and talking to my friend that is vegetarian and very into fitness who insists i need like 200g of protein a day, I really cant figure out what i need to eat and how much. I think carbs are a problem for me as i seem to gravitate toward them when I snack and think of meals. I am trying to get a 5 day meal plan worked out so that I have something to stick to so that ill have data to using as I track my progress this year. I am looking at tofu and salad as my main meals and oats for breakfast and 1 rice protein shake, with the list that I've made I end up with only 1125cal 76prot and 97carb, I want to aim for the 1800-2000 cal/day range 5 days a week and then on the other 2 days a max of like 2500 still eating healthy and such but just maybe different foods (like more carbs or something depending on what my girlfriend wants to have for dinner or whatnot). 1800 to 2000 with 200g of protein seems like a stretch and i just dont know that from other stuff I've seen that that level of protein is necessary.

On my original routine i would start off with a cup of whole oats with about 2 tblsp of peanut butter 1 tbls brown sugar and a cup of soy milk (to drink). Later after hitting the gym i would usual do a cup of regular or vanilla soy milk with my rice protein powder for my shake and then eat some type of protein (gardein or boca or some cooked tofu) and usually frozen veggies, cooked with a small amount of olive or hemp oil or just a salad with. Dinner would be something similar or salad of greens and tofu or smartground (if doing more of a taco salad with olives and some salsa). Or i would make a batch of some kinda of whole grain pasta or brown rice with beans and tofu and corn and divide that up for a week of dinners.

Hello all, Im 6'5" 300lbs 28yrs old, I am a full-time student and have been vegan for about 6 years and I am needing some help with figuring out my fitness situation. I started getting big/husky probably in the 8th grade and have been ever since. My weight slowly increased up to about the highest of 315lbs back when i was just veggie before i went vegan. Earlier this year i decided i wanted to try and get into shape before i turned 30. So i did some research and joined a gym and started a 3 day split routine doing about an hour of weights 3 times a week and an hour of cardio every other day between lifting days. Along with this i counted calories and stuck to a 2k calorie diet trying to get about 200g of protein a day. I took a multivitamin and used rice protein powder to supplement my food intake. After following this for 3 months i had lost less then 10lbs and had no measurable results (my weight fluctuated within that 10lb region), my clothes felt the same and i didn't look any different. Sadly i stopped going to the gym around june (my 28th birthday). A few months later I heard about the stronglifts program and I decided to give it a try. After another few months had gone by, this time without counting calories but still eating pretty healthy I felt stronger but once again had no measurable results. Id like to be stronger but I feel losing as much weight/fat as possible is more important. I dont know what I am doing wrong or not doing enough of but I just checked the scoobysworkshop.com calorie calculator and it estimated a daily intake of 2450 for a 25% calorie reduction. This is about the same value that most calculators have given me for a daily intake to lose weight. Any info or suggestions for a routine or diet or even just pointing me toward some good info would be helpful as this is getting a bit frustrating. Thank you in advance. Apologies if this gets posted twice.