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No, this is actually a pretty bad died. It's mostly carbs, high in salt, and mostly processed foods. All of these are things you want to stay away from.

If you are trying to lose fat, it's best to limit the amount of wheat in your diet - if you can't give it up at least do whole wheat instead, or just limit the amount you eat. Pretty much any other grain is better.

Cereals are also not great - at least not the boxed kind and especially not cereals with sugar. It makes your blood sugar spike first thing in the morning and gets your metabolism off to the wrong start. If you love cereal, the best choices is granola. Oatmeal is a GREAT hot cereal choice, or homemade muesli - the cold oatmeal version (search recipes on here for muesli, I added one. Milk is fine, yogurt is great, some fresh fruit is great, and eggs are great for breakfast - add some tomatoes, peppers, lean ham or turkey if you like.

Stay away from canned sauces, they have a lot of salt and preservatives that will make you retain water and generally make it hard to lose fat/weight. It's easy to make your own pasta sauce - or you can just chop up some fresh roma tomatoes, fresh mozarella, garlic and onions and add some olive oil and balsamic vinegar for a delicious al-fresco sauce. If you're going to do pasta, whole wheat pasta are much better, it's better nutritionally and your body has to burn more calories to digest it.

Hotdogs and pepperoni are about the worst meats you can eat - they are super processed, extremely high in salt and chemicals, and they are made from really low quality meat. Fish and lean unprocessed meats are better choices. I'd also recommending adding more beans and dairy to your diet to balance non-meat protein sources.

Canned vegetables generally have high salt content - you can find low sodium ones if you hunt for them but they're more expensive. Fresh or frozen is much better - if you're wanting groceries that won't spoil quickly frozen is the way to go. Stay away from frozen/TV dinners - they have a bunch of extra preservatives and salt in them and even the "healthy" ones are not actually good for you.

Rice - brown rice is best, but white rice isn't horrible for you as long as you're not adding oil or butter to it. Beans are a great compliment to rice.

Coffee is fine - I'd go with a low fat or full-fat creamer (or just 2% milk) over non-fat creamer, there are more chemicals and sweeteners in the non-fat ones and those are much worse for you than the fat. Also - real sugar is much better than substitute. Natural sweeteners like stevia are fine.

Dried fruits are a terrific snack! I'd recommend nuts too.

Overall you need to add more vegetables and fats to your diet, and fresh fruits too would be good. A salad a day would be a great addition, or just some steamed veggies. Stirfry veggies over your rice would be great. Would like to see more protein and fat in your diet. More yogurt/cheese and plant-based oils and fats from nuts and avacado and beans, some grilled lean meat/fish would be good. Plant based fats are very very good for you and you can pretty much eat as much as you like. Animal-based fats are not great for you and also come with a side of cholesterol, so you should limit those.

Soups can be a great way to get your protein and veggies all at once. They do take time to cook and require fresh ingredients but you can make a big pot on the weekend and eat off of it all week. Most soups freeze really well too so you can keep them even longer.