Okay, i just want to make sure im not shooting myself in the foot here:

For breakfast i eat a powerbar and nothing else

for lunch, i eat another powerbar

for dinner, lots of veggies and a well balanced meal.

I just want to make sure im doing it right to lose weight, and that the powerbars aren't hurting me or my goals.

Thanks for the help

Hmm,

I know there are much more informed on this topic here than I; so I will share what I do:

Breakfast:
High fiber cereal or oatmeal with a piece of fruit. (largest carb load meal)
Snack: 1/2 banana (or other piece of fruit/baby carrots, celery, etc...)
Lunch: Salad, fruit, perhaps a Turkey sandwich on whole wheat bread.
Snack: Other 1/2 banana
Dinner: Chicken breast, salad, and and 1/2 cup of veggies. (least carb load meal)
Snack: Nuts

The trick for me was realizing that as the day goes on you need less carbs to fuel the body. This is a typical day. If I was doing long rides I would change things around a bit. Also, on my resistance training days, I up the protien with a second peice of boneless-skinless chicken breast.

I'm also Type II Diabetic. So my portions are bit differnt that what a "normal" person can get away with.

Hope this helps.

That's a pretty broad question. What I would suggest is try to determine how many calories you take in a day. What is your activity level? There are many factors involved to weight loss.

Try to lose the weight slowly, this allows your body's cell memory to catch up with your weight loss. This will eliminate weight going up and down.

My thinking on this diet is that the Powerbars provide the nutrition i need for the day, then the dinner provides my ability to finish out the day. I try to keep dinner at lower carb. The powerbar harvests give me enough carbs to get through the day. I usually eat at 5:30 or 6, and the meal sticks with me until bed time, carries me through the night, and i can start anew the next day. I liken it to the old school slimfast plan, with the shakes. Once again, i usually net a loss of calories on the day, so im pretty sure im still dropping pounds.

It's not enough calories to give you energy to do the work you need to do to get through your day. In fact, it's so deficient that I'm sure it's slowing down your metabolism, which will actually cause your body to conserve fat for its energy source, since you're not providing the energy source you need.

I would suggest you immediately head to see a nutritionist or registered dietitan immediately so that you can understand portion sizes and the difference between providing your body with the minimal nutritional requirements vs. fueling the body with the adequate amount of calories necessary for performance.

With the little you eat right now, I seriously fear you are training your body to kick into starvation mode- your metabolism will slow down to accomodate the lack of food, your fat will be conserved rather than burned as a fuel source, your muscles will atrophy as it is used as a fuel source to provide energy, and you will see a marked decrease in performance. Is that worth the sacrifice?

Seek some help.

Koffee

The "lots of veggies" part is a good start.

The best way to lose weight is to eat sensibly and ride a lot.

My cthinking these days is to exercise more, eat what I normally do, no I don't live on fast food, and exercise more still.
maybe I will improve my fitness, and that should speed up my metabolism (sp?)

I just want to say i appreciate the help. I have worked out a more sensible diet thanks to your advice. Here goes:

Breakfast: Bagel, Cream cheese and milk, Powerbar harvest

Lunch: salad, nonfat dressing, Turkey or tuna fish sandwich

Dinner: 6 oz portion of meat, 1 cup cottage cheese, salad, small dinner roll.

That will put me at a more reasonable calorie level. I have an intense fear of going back up to 300 pounds(seeing that on the scale really effected me), so i went the dumb way with it. If i eat what i think is too much, i feel overweight.

Thanks again for the advice.

A.B

Eat a small balanced meal every 2.5 hours. SOunds to me like you are starving yourself, your body will eventually go into starvation mode and you wont lose any fat .....only muscle.

Im going more for eating 10 times my body weight in calories...ive heard that works out well. That'll put me at 1900 to 2000 calories a day, which is healthier than the 900-1000 calories i was doing.

Don't forget to excercise!

Good luck.

Even now, I still think you aren't eating enough. But I do understand what you're saying. But your best way to prevent a weight gain from happening is to bump up your cadio (I assume you are doing very little), add in some weight training, and eat sensibly.

I know the food pyramid has its flaws, but if you have noplace to start from, at the very least, use that as a guide so you have an idea of how to eat more sensibly without overdoing it.

I still think you're in dire need of a nutritionist or a registered dietitian. You only need one visit to work out the kinks in your plan.

Koffee

Please.... Listen to Keffee Brown she really seems to know her stuff about exercise and nutrition. I have read a lot of her postings regarding this sort of thing. Also, just so you know, I used to weigh 270, slowly dropped to 183, now slowly building muscle and keeping the fat off. I am up to 218. I did NOT do it by eating fewer calories. Now I eat so much that it is an on-going joke at work and at home. But the difference is what I eat. They HAVE to be clean calories.

Take Koffee's advice, talk to a registered dietitian. It'll be the best $$$ you ever spent.

I did listen to her, and i did work out a new diet that will suit me better. Im up to 2000 calories a day now, and i actually feel better about it than before. Not as tired, more energy and such. As for a dietitian, i dunno...lots of online resources that with a small amount of brain power you can tailor a diet to suit you.