Cutting is so much fun

[eacman65]

Hey just thought I would post my current "cutting" diet and maybe get a few critiques from the pros here. Stats are 6'3 227. Been cutting for like 12 weeks and realized my diet was way off, I wasent eating enough and losing the wrong kind of weight. Heres the diet i switched to:

5:00 AM- 2 scoops whey protein, 2 tbs all natty pb, 1 cup oats

9:00 AM- 10 oz chicken or tuna 8-10 oz broccoli

12:00 am- 10 oz chicken or tuna 8-10 oz broccoli, 60z baked potatoe or 3/4 cup brown rice

5:00 pm- 10 oz chicken or tuna, big handful of almonds

6:00 pm- preworkout 1 small peice of fruit

8:00 pm- pwo 2 scoops whey, 2 tbs all natty pb, 1 cup oats

10:00 pm- 16 oz egg whites, 3 yolks

midnight- 2 scoops whey and 5 oz of lowfat cottage cheese

Any suggestions on what I could change?

[MuscleScience]

Get some more leafy greens, broccoli is fine but need to get a wide vitamin spread.

If your going to eat potatos then you may want to go with red potatos. They are lower in the GI and have a bit more fiber.

Also try to work some more cold water fish in there so you get your EFA's

[eacman65]

thanks man ill have to tweek it a little more. Its all a science, trial and error.

[FallenWyvern]

Hey just thought I would post my current "cutting" diet and maybe get a few critiques from the pros here. Stats are 6'3 227. Been cutting for like 12 weeks and realized my diet was way off, I wasent eating enough and losing the wrong kind of weight. Heres the diet i switched to:

5:00 AM- 2 scoops whey protein, 2 tbs all natty pb, 1 cup oats eggs better than shake

9:00 AM- 10 oz chicken or tuna 8-10 oz broccoli

12:00 am- 10 oz chicken or tuna 8-10 oz broccoli, 60z baked potatoe or 3/4 cup brown rice cut the brown rice, eat carbs meal one, pre work out, pwo only.

5:00 pm- 10 oz chicken or tuna, big handful of almonds this meal would be better a couple or hours earlier

6:00 pm- preworkout 1 small peice of fruit add a protein here

8:00 pm- pwo 2 scoops whey, 2 tbs all natty pb, 1 cup oats move the pb to last meal it messes up the absorption, you could have faster carb here to like dextros or juice.

10:00 pm- 16 oz egg whites, 3 yolks

midnight- 2 scoops whey and 5 oz of lowfat cottage cheese absolutely no whey here, any other lean protein would be fine, cottage cheese is best

Any suggestions on what I could change?

You would get much more benefit if you separated cal pro carb fats for each meal and totaled them up for they day. Your macros could be way off and I think it is worth your time to find out the total cals etc. I like calorieking.com

[eacman65]

Hey man thanks for your imput, I do need to sit down and add up all my cals. What you put there does look good I was actually thinking of adding in waxy M to my pwo shake

[bobo0101]

you should probably get more than 5 hours of sleep every night

[Braunstein]

You need to determine your daily protein needs and spread that evenly over each of your meals. You will see the 10oz's you've got listed is to much. Post macros and times to the meals with daily totals.

[eacman65]

im going to sit down and figure the macros 2nite the times of my meals are posted. One of my biggest issues in my dieting is that im working hard labor 12 hours a day. Im also having trouble getting in enough veggies due to lack of time, any suggestions on a replacement to boost my fiber?

[Ljavy17]

I would not mix fats and carbs together. Do Pro carb or Pro Fat instead. Breakfast just make it pro carb.

[novastepp]

Hey just thought I would post my current "cutting" diet and maybe get a few critiques from the pros here. Stats are 6'3 227. Been cutting for like 12 weeks and realized my diet was way off, I wasent eating enough and losing the wrong kind of weight. Heres the diet i switched to:

5:00 AM- 2 scoops whey protein, 2 tbs all natty pb, 1 cup oats

whey is ok here to get your amino profile up after fasting during sleep. i would also drop the PB.

9:00 AM- 10 oz chicken or tuna 8-10 oz broccoli

these are the kinds of meal you want! However, you need to eat every 3 hours, i know it may be hard to schedule, but you need to do it, this gap in time is equivalent to your time sleeping. eat at 8.

12:00 am- 10 oz chicken or tuna 8-10 oz broccoli, 60z baked potatoe or 3/4 cup brown rice

haha 12 am? good, but no need for the extra carbs, again go with the lean protein source and brocolli, if you feel you need more carbs, you could have a little bit of sweet potato, or maybe even an apple. oh, and this should be at 11:00 if possible, to stay with the 3 hour rule.

5:00 pm- 10 oz chicken or tuna, big handful of almonds

good food choices, but this meal should be at about 2:30-3:00.

6:00 pm- preworkout 1 small peice of fruit

i don't know what you mean by small piece of fruit, but go for some oats with the fruit and you need some protein preworkout.

8:00 pm- pwo 2 scoops whey, 2 tbs all natty pb, 1 cup oats

PB isn't needed.

10:00 pm- 16 oz egg whites, 3 yolks

not bad, but i would go with a small serving of carbs instead of the fats. go for the eggwhites and the rest of that sweet potato you have part of earlier. I would also put this meal at 9:30pm

midnight- 2 scoops whey and 5 oz of lowfat cottage cheese

whey is absorbed pretty quickly, you can have some sure, but a lean protein choice like chicken or fish would better suit your goals. nothing wrong with the cottage cheese before bed either.

Any suggestions on what I could change?

you have a decent approach. what is your cardio schedule? and you say you've been cutting for 12 weeks? you should reevaluate every 2-3 weeks to adjust your diet. now without macros i can't be certain as to amounts every meal, but your food selection critiques are in bold.

[eacman65]

Hey nova thanks man thats a good breakdown. I have been cuting for 12 weeks or so but I was undereating real bad and my body was losing more muscle mass than fat so I decided to change the way I approached dieting and not always believe less is better for fat burning. My cardio schedule isnt good I get cardio after my workout for about 30-40 mins. Its the only time I have to do it. But I do work pretty hard labor during the day so I get a lot of cardio from that as well. Thanks for all your help man.

[novastepp]

Hey nova thanks man thats a good breakdown. I have been cuting for 12 weeks or so but I was under eating real bad and my body was losing more muscle mass than fat so I decided to change the way I approached dieting and not always believe less is better for fat burning. My cardio schedule isnt good I get cardio after my workout for about 30-40 mins. Its the only time I have to do it. But I do work pretty hard labor during the day so I get a lot of cardio from that as well. Thanks for all your help man.

no prob, that's why we're all here. how did you realize you were losing muscle? were your workouts suffering?

[eacman65]

It was a combination of seein it in the mirror, people tellin me i was skinny, and of course my workouts were terrible and my strength was depleting by the day. Never under eat its aweful

[novastepp]

people tell me i get thinner when i cut, but it's because i'm not bloated and of course you will lose a little size. monitor strength. because when you stop cutting you'll gain your water back, and glycogen will begin refilling causing about a 3-5 pound weight gain. carb up before and after workouts to help maintain strength and size.

[eacman65]

right on man I can tell you tho when i switched to the diet above all my energy and strength went way the hell up. I was doin like 405 2 times on the deadlift 2 weeks later i was doin sets of 8. crazy

[noexcuses88]

how is the diet treating you?

[tripmachine]

bump.... i'm curious too.... I'm wanting to start cutting in a sense but not fully.... just lose some excess fat while still building