Done Bulking,ready to Cut, Critique please

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Wake up- Cardio- then slam a Whey Isolate shake, 1 scoop, just too get something in my stomach while I am getting ready too cook
-Meal #1
6 egg white
3oz spinach
3oz Mona-Vie
-Meal #2
Protein shake(2 scoops)
Benefiber
Fish oil(2 tsp)
-Meal #3
8oz Chicken breast
3oz broccoli
Almond butter(2 tbsp)
>WORKOUT<
-PWO Meal #4
Whey Isolate shake( 2 scoops), will be changing to hydrolized whey isolate
Vitargo( 2 scoops)
-PPWO Meal #5
Fish, Salmon 7oz
3oz green beans
-Meal #6
8oz Turkey,lean ground
3oz spinach
Fish oil( 2 tsp)
-Meal #7
8oz Beef, lean ground
3oz spinach
almond butter( 2 tbsp)

On Non-workout days, I dont use the pwo meal, I drink a slower digesting protein

Macros- W/O days
2,730 cals
343-Pro
119-Carb
99.5-Fats

Macros- NON-W/O days
2,620 cals
379-Pro
51-Carbs
96.5-Fats

[nonotone]

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[Damienm05]

I would say get waaaaaaaaay more complex carbs in after your cardio and then pre/post workout. There's no need to fear them, simply avoid them for your last 3 meals and stick with pro/fat. Have you changed your training program at all to accommodate cutting goals? If so, carbs early in the day are even more important, especially with daily cardio.

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I appreciate the responses. But I would really appreciate a Vet too give me pointers,someone who has been around for awhile and is highly educated on this matter.

-current stats
6'1
228lbs
ecto-meso type
body fat seems too be around 12-13%, could be less or more.
Skin calipers are crap! I prefer the Underwater weighing technique

IMO My body fat is too high to consume 'starchy' carbs, I think I am carb sensitive.

My sedentary lifestyle is not very active. I am not doing manual labor or on my feet constantly. I do not need all kinds of starchy carbs for energy, they will not be used and just stored as fat.

I dont weight train until I have had at least 3 meals. And I do not weight train 7 days a week either. This way I feel I have plenty of food in me ready too burn. My weight training days are 3-4,45-60mins

I dont waste $ on glutamine, all the research Ive done said it is a joke,and useless.

I could try the bcaa pre cardio though, but my stomach is sensitive when empty,they may make me sick

My training is completely different now, that I am trying too lean out. Ive never done so much cardio in my life,lol. I lift a weight that is challenging too me for 8-10 reps, and I am incorporating more isolation movements, during bulking I focused mainly on compound,heavy, low reps, 8 reps being the max
Did the 5x5 routine a lot!

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[Noles12]

are you positive on that bf%
if it is correct then you would not be holding much fat

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Carb sensitive? I think you are more calorie sensitive. As long as you don't eat more carlories than you are burning, you will not gain fat - simple as that.

Well doesnt your sedentary lifestyle have more too do with how many calories you are burning, than just body type, and weight,body fat %


I would like to see that research!

http://forums.steroid.com/showthread.php?t=399806&highlight=glutamine

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are you positive on that bf%
if it is correct then you would not be holding much fat

Like I said skin calipers are not 100% accurate,too many factors to consider when using them.But according too them, 12-13% is what I currently am
Id post a pic,but I do not know how too photoshop my face first.

[killface]

How do you feel on this diet? I'm not sure where your energy is coming from. I know I'd feel like crap if I ate like that.

If you're not going to do carbs, maybe add some fat in there.

I like your protein and veggie choices.

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How do you feel on this diet? I'm not sure where your energy is coming from. I know I'd feel like crap if I ate like that.

If you're not going to do carbs, maybe add some fat in there.

I like your protein and veggie choices.

Well this is only Day 2 of it, and I can tell its making me feel like crap,and hunger pains are bad!

I do carbs, PWO LOL

I am working on trying too post pix too see what yall think body fat % wise

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Finally got photoshop figured out,well sort of,lol

>this is how I was for the longest time,skinny guy! Ecto! haha


>Then I worked my ass off just too get like this


>And then this

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And these are my most recent pix.

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[killface]

Well this is only Day 2 of it, and I can tell its making me feel like crap,and hunger pains are bad!

I do carbs, PWO LOL

I am working on trying too post pix too see what yall think body fat % wise

That's what I thought.

You feel like crap because your body doesn't have a primary energy source any more. You NEED carbs and/or fat. Nobody's body fat is every too high to still consume complex carbs. The questions are how much and when.

Start by having 1/2 cup of oatmeal with breakfast, something with your 2nd meal (perhaps some more oats in your shake), and 1/2 cup of brown rice or a sweet potato with your 3rd meal. That's a pretty small amount of carbs. I expect you could handle more but I know you're apprehensive. Give that two weeks and if you're not making progress (or losing too much weight), adjust accordingly.

A pretty commonly accepted strategy for fat loss is to consume complex carbs up until your workout and then cut them out for the rest of the day/evening.

For the picture, you don't need PS. Just open it in MS Paint and draw a box over your head or scratch out your eyes with the pen tool or w/ever.

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hmm..okay,so I wake up, empty stomach, do cardio. should I keep slamming the whey isolate shake post-Cardio? I honestly only do it cause I am feel starved too death! lol
And then have egg whites/spinach,and add in 1/2 cup of raw oats?

and I posted pix,before your last post, lol. I figured out how to hide my face

[killface]

Lol, usually I'm the only one on at this hour.

I'm not great at BF estimates. I'm sure someone else will chime in on that. 12-13 seems pretty reasonable, maybe a little higher.

[killface]

You can still drink it if it makes you feel good.

You can eat the oats raw if you want, that's pretty gross though. You could try downing them with the shake. I grind them and put them in a shake when I'm rushed.

[Noles12]

bf closer to 16-18