First cycle and diet

[Psaletta]

Hey guys, I am on my first cycle of test and wanted to get some advice as to add to my boring ass diet. I am a chef and it is VERY hard to not eat every thing i cook at my restuarant but... so far so good.

6am coffee and protien shake 32g of protien
7am work out
9am 2 cups plain oatmeal and protien shake
11am 2/ 6oz chick brst and 4oz broc steamed
2pm peanut butter sandwich
5pm 8oz steak and sweet potato
8pm protien shake and a few almonds

Agian.... It varies but is pretty consistant. I have a cheat day about every 5 days and by cheat I mean eat the same but, will have a bowwl of pasta or tacos for dinner,,, the rest of the day is balanced. One other thing.. I was told by a buddy at the gym I have to stay away from sodium while on cycle due to water wieght... is this right?

[gonejeepin]

What is your age, height, weight, lifting experience...?

Also are you trying to bulk or cut?

What is your BMR and TDEE

I suggest reading some of the stickies at the top of the forum.

Just by glancing at your diet you have too much protein coming from shakes and not enoguh from whole food, doesn't look like enough food in total either.

Try at leaat posting the current diet with the macros and people could go from there.

Also the diet should really be dialed in before starting the cycle, not after.

[jasc]

GoneJeepin brought up very good points. You will need your TDEE before designing a proper diet. You will also have to define your goal, whether you are trying to add mass or cut fat, then adjust your TDEE accordingly. Below I will add in a few suggestions that you could apply reguardless of goals but goals will determine portion size.

6am coffee and protien shake 32g of protien
- Your body is in a fasted state from last night. You need to add some carbs here for energy otherwise your body will just burn protein. Neglecting carbs will help burn fat faster but may also burn muscle with intense excercise. I like to add whole grain oats to my shake.

7am work out

9am 2 cups plain oatmeal and protien shake
-nice choice as long as this is plain oatmeal, none of that sugary crap. Also 2 cups may be excessive. My oats have 56g carbs per cup. If yours is similar it may be too many carbs.

11am 2/ 6oz chick brst and 4oz broc steamed
-I like this meal, except I'd eat 6-8oz chicken and add in either more brocc and/or some other complex carbs like WG rice.

2pm peanut butter sandwich
-This meal is not sufficient IMO. It's all fat and carbs with little protein. Unless you are heavily bulking I'd drop it. Instead eat the other 6oz chicken chopped from the previous meal with your choice of carbs.

5pm 8oz steak and sweet potato
-excellent
8pm protien shake and a few almonds
-appears good, but what type of protein? and need to see the macros.

Agian.... It varies but is pretty consistant. I have a cheat day about every 5 days and by cheat I mean eat the same but, will have a bowwl of pasta or tacos for dinner,,, the rest of the day is balanced. One other thing.. I was told by a buddy at the gym I have to stay away from sodium while on cycle due to water wieght... is this right?

These changes would greatly benefit your diet, especially on-cycle IMO. However you will need your TDEE and macros to see how it really works.