have to get shredded in about 3 months!

ok i'm i'm 21, about 202-205lbs natural, with probably around 10-12% bodyfat now my natural metabolism is fairly high, now what i need is a diet that will help me keep as much of my muscle as possible because i am natural right now and i value my muscle alot more now then i did when i was juicing! here's a sample of what im thinking for a diet...

Meal 1:
Lean Protein, medium size baked potato

Meal 2:
Protein shake/Lean Protein (2 tbsp flax

Meal 3:
Veggies, Lean Protein

Workout

Meal 4:
PWO Nutrition- protein shake, approx. 90g of dextrose

Meal 5:
Veggies, Lean Protein, medium size baked potato

Meal 6:
Shake with Flax


now i know that whole protein food is prefered but i get my powders very cheap and would like to try and sub more powder in(the protein i use is Isolate protein so the absorbstion is great) because it will cost alot less, im a full time student that cannot afford to spend alot of money on food because of other things draining my bank account dry, i jsut want to know y whole food is prefered, ive heard it's beacuse it gives you a fuller look(not sure what that means) and ive also heard that you diggest it better??? also keep in mind i must keep as much muscle mass as possible, and that im also natural! thanks!

is your baked potato a sweet potato or a normal potato???

normal but can be sweet, what are the reasons for sweet being prefered? do think that would be enough or should i be talking in more to hang on to my muscle mass?

bro you eat a potato for breakfast? get some oats in there, and if you want to lose bf, go with a.m. cardio.

it doesnt bother me at all, plus im not a big fan of oatmeal anyways id rather have a potato in the morning anyways! so anybody have any info for my questions???

If you don't know the difference between a sweet and regular potato then you need to do a search for "glycemic index".

Here is a quick list...

Good - Sweet potato, whole grains, brown rice, oatmeal

Bad - white potato, white bread, white rice

ok but is the diet i have a good template or should it be adjusted according to my stats and what i want to do????????

use the cutting sticky sample diet as a baseline and then make some changes according to ur stats

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Originally Posted by Monkeytown

If you don't know the difference between a sweet and regular potato then you need to do a search for "glycemic index".

Here is a quick list...

Good - Sweet potato, whole grains, brown rice, oatmeal

Bad - white potato, white bread, white rice

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the rice and potato arnt bad, they be used for PPWO meal providing you eat them sooner after your PWO shake

dcb