Lets design a diet for me

OK, here is what I am thinking: a 2000 calorie a day diet will give me a sufficient calorie deficit to lose a pound or so a week. A few parameters: my schedule at work is variable, so I will be eating at non traditional times...sometimes, I don't get off until 1am other times I am due in at 5 am...work hours are typically during times when others eat meals. I am thinking a 40(protein) 30 (fat) 30 (carbs) ratio divided into 6 portions...4 meals 2 snacks...The good news is I like almost everything...notable exception is oatmeal...just can't eat it....further I am not hung up on eating tradition foods a traditional times...ie. I don't need eggs for breakfast or a meat and potatoes meal at night. So, lets put our minds to it and design a diet for me. Lets get out of the breakfast, lunch, dinner box and call it something else based on energy needs and time between opportunities to eat...the longest interval...sleep excluded...will be about 6 hours. Thoughts? BTW, budget is a major concern as is ease of preparation.

 

I have been fooling around with it some...haven't really measured calories yet, but I am finding that cottage cheese goes well with most everything and adds protein with few caloies...as for fats, I am trying to take them as good fats...avacado, nuts etc...basically avoiding trans fat...broccoli raw or cooked has become a staple, carrots for when I need some sugar...probabally eating more fruit than I should, but it is easy and generally self contained....if you like tomatoes, a tomato and cottage cheese bowl along with tuna mixed with mustard is one of my favorites...I have not cut red meat out entirely, but limit my intake...so far its too soon to report results except to say that my body seems to be functioning better...easier to sleep, bowels regulating, dehydrations not so much of a problem...btw, I am driking an enormous amount of water...around 120 oz per day....trying to put together a trail mix that I can keep on hand at work to nibble on...so far its still a guessing game, but the Welch
s dried fruit is my candy substitute.

 

I am exercising...5 days a week at the cheapie gym I joined...circuit and cardio...don't know the names of the machines, but do the circuit that they set up for me...cardio is usually on treadmil...Will begin to measure reults at end of next week....