Diet Questions?

[diddy123]

Need to check to see if I could use diet modifications?  Primary concern is health, secondary is for fitness.  I eat pretty close to the same things daily; do I *need* variety per se?

Breakfast:
Apple
Orange juice (the pure kind)
Banana
Raisins
Strawberries
Blueberries

Lunch:
Subway sandwich - oven roasted chicken (essentially grilled chicken); double meat; w/ a serving worth of spinach and radishes

Dinner:
Wild salmon
Potato cooked in olive oil
Almonds (the low sodium kind)
Broccoli and cauliflower

Snack:
24 oz. glass of milk (some days soy, some days regular skim)
Serving of Healthy Choice popcorn - 9 grams of fiber per 100 cal serving
Melon snack (variety of watermelon, cantelope - eat enough to constitute ~1 serving)

At some point in the day, I usually try to drink a V8 juice.   When I lift, I do a weight gain shake (at least one, sometimes two).  I'm 5'11" 160-165; extremely fast metabolism.  Is there any big health benefit food I may be missing?

[prettymommy]

Do you believe you are going to be able to continue for the rest of your life eating the same thing everyday?  Do you want to go on a diet to end it in less than a month?  Or do you want to make lifestyle changes to keep for the rest of your life?  It seems to me by eating the same thing every day, you will get tired of this within a month, if you last that long.  

Trade out the fish for chicken, turkey, etc.  Make sure you have a protein source in the morning too.  Stay away from the full carbs, we can get plenty of carbs from fresh vegetables.  Fruits are great, but you are flooding your body with sugar when you eat that much of them at once!  Mix it up a bit.  

[crazyladi99]

you need alot more vegetables. Maybe a portien shake?  You need to eat more 5-6 times a day.  More berries less melons. V8 juice is fine but alot of sodium.  I didnt see you say anything about water.  8-10 glasses everyday for sure.