Is is just me, or does this just seem to be too low-calorie for an active man?

It seems small for a man, yes, but reasonable for a woman....however, the body can get used to just about anything...who knows?

What do you do with the other half of the apple?

Haha..guess it's for the next day.

I run 8k a day. If I ate that little I'd be STARVED.

I definitely eat smaller portions more frequently during the day like that, but dinner is what is killing me on that list. After working out I would need a lot more food than 1 sushi roll! It also seems to be lacking in protein. I don't know how active this person but I lift weights and I am training for a marathon and I wouldn't be able to eat that and feel ok.

I think the take aways though from this is to eat whole, less processed foods and eat smaller meals several times a day. Everyone will have different amounts of these foods because of the size of the person and how active they are though, so that needs to be taken into consideration.

I tend to fall on the high end of active (running 45min-1 hr a day plus the gym for weights or pilates), but still, that seems like SO little food to me! And I'm fairly short too; how can a grown, active man eat only that? Unless they were trying to lose weight, but he indicates he isn't. I don't know, I guess it's just different metabolisms/what your body's used to...

This is SO little food for an adult male - even one that's inactive. It adds up to what, 1000 calories?

Fit, I wish you wouldn't promote this "coach." It's disordered eating at best (and an ED at worst).

I'm very active (well, I was -- when I was IM training ) .. 5'1 and I eat at least triple this.

"Now obviously, I'm not on a diet"....um, you had a salad for lunch with basically no protein, and you didn't let yourself consume the whole banana. I think that sounds pretty diet-like. If you were to run this through one of those calorie calculators versus what you burn, there would be a major negative. My body would shut down on this. Not to mention I'd be a total b*tch.

Definitely agree with the others. No way is this enough food for anyone sedentary, let alone active! Unless the portions of egg/cheese/bacon are huge I don't see how this is ove 1,000 calories let alone the 1200 that is considered the bare minimum for women and 1500 for men.

Two servings of fruit, one serving of veggies and little protein in an entire day - this does not sound like a healthy eating to me.

His choices are healthy as there is very little processed foods but there needs to be more fruits, veggies, grains and protein.

This is ridiculous. If I considered a tangerine a meal, I would be eating a meal every hour. Even on a full serving of oatmeal with nuts and berries, I'm starving for lunch.

I not going to go into how little amount of food it is (because everyone already mentioned it), but what i will ask is what the heck does he do with all the other half portions of things? Half bananas, half apples...etc will go all gross and brown won't they?
Hey, nature made it whole. Don't mess with natural portion control, lol.

I can admit I am a calorie counter - so adding up those calories was a cinch. That was a 1000-1200 calorie day. While there are definite CRON studies about the health benefits of low calorie eating, Calorie Restriction without the Optimal Nutrition, is usually called disordered eating.

yea the amount of food this guy is eating if he's NOT on a diet is absurd. is he really not dieting.

i meant is he really not dieting and trying to lose weight?

I just linked to this post on my blog today. I eat like this 99% of the time and TOTALLY agree with you about energy levels. I do, however, have an obsessive compulsion to the the whole apple....none of this "half a piece of fruit" stuff. But then the banana would be left behind.....

Even if he WAS trying to lose weight this wouldn't be enough food. Again, Fit, please don't promote this. 1000 calories per day is too low for almost EVERYONE.

I've tried the calorie restriction thing and my body always overrides my mind. I WILL binge eventually. I've learned to eat enough calories to keep my body from thinking it's starving.

You could eat more for less calories. For one, get rid of the bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich and have an egg white omelette w/ spinach. More filling, less calories, less fat.

Yeah, I would probably get rid of the bacon, egg and cheese sandwich (eww! heart attack on a plate!). Minus the disgusting breakfast sandwich, this is about what I eat on a day when I don't work out at all and sit at my desk for 12 hours. On days when I workout, I definitely need more food than this!

I also feel about 1000000% better when I eat lighter and more often. I am not a fan of the full or even worse overstuffed belly. Good and reasonable advice for maintaining one's natural weight instead of forcing ourselves to eat less or more just eat when we are hungry and stop when we are not. Imagine that

I'm sorry, but as a person recovering from an eating disorder, I actually find it slightly offensive to see that diet promoted on FitSugar. It's neither enough food nor a particularly balanced amount of nutrients, and looks exactly like the sort of portions I would have restricted myself to in the height of my ED. There is a difference between reasonable sized meals and snacks and eating at least 500 too few calories a day.

I agree that grazing type eating habits have their benefits, but when you're working out of the home, there are limited windows of opprotunity to eat. So when one opens, I take advantage because I don't if/when I will get another one! And dinner has to be substantial, or I would snack, snack, snack until bedtime (not an early bedtime either!)

Of course one should eat til they are no longer hungry. However, for those of you supporting this type of eating you must not realize that this is nowhere near enough nutrition for a human body to properly function. Your body has essential (reads: NEEDS) nutrients which are required for proper functioning every single day. If it does not get it eventually it will catch up with you in a very unpleasant way (Illness, deficiencies, etc).

After reading all the comments on here, I'll agree with the majority of you...that's simply not enough food. I'm a petite woman and I'm fairly active and I eat probably 2400 calories a day, easily. If this "coach" is a man, that's really scary. My husband is 6'1" and 220 lbs and he maintains on about 3000 calories a day even though he's pretty sedentary. A diet like this one almost borders on a type of eating disorder...this guy seems pretty anal about eating only half of everything. A previous poster mentioned "natures serving sizes" and I tend to agree with that. Apples are about the perfect size for a snack; you don't need to cut one in half.

I'll echo most of what was said above. Also, I like feeling full.

Can not agree more with all the comments above...this just sounds ridiculous!A half a fist-sized portion of oatmeal?Is it even a legit serving size?I actually think that this guy suffers from the eating disorder and is trying to hide it behind his bogus eating habits.Plus he was too quick to point out that he is not on the diet...something that people who are struggling with their eating habits are always say...personal experience...of the past thanks god:)

Oh god, I eat MASSIVE portions... like a head sized bowl of pho for dinner.

I laughed at the half apple, half banana part. Would you explode if you ate the WHOLE thing?

I'm all for the half a sandwich thing. I get ravenous at the office around 3 p.m., no matter how hearty my lunch was. It's nice to have the option of having a bit of your lunch left as opposed to hitting the vending machines.

I wonder, however... what if fibre (fruits and veggies) is a major no-no? I am supposed to take it *really really* easy on fibre, so some of these ideas wouldn't work well for me at all.

This is coach lark. I am a 185 pound man and I get a ton of exercise. I have a very fast metabolism so I can get away with eating a lot. I think many may have underestimated my sushi roll. It was a $8 package of sushi and it was probably two rolls. Anyway I didn't feel full after, and that's the point. I got plenty of protein because I ate eggs, bacon and crab that day. As for the other half of the apple, it keeps just fine for a day or even more. (have you ever had dried apple? It's delicious)! I am not depriving myself with half an apple and half a banana. I often eat a lot more than this. But if you can get over the need to feel full, you may find like I do that the smaller portions leave you with a lot more energy than large ones. Cheers, and thanks for your posts.

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