Trying to Cut

[Dwntwnguy]

This is a diet I could live with while trying to cut. Please give me your thoughts.

40, 5'5, 140. Not sure of my BF, but if I had to guess would say around 13%
Lifting weights one body part a day 4-6 exercises, 4 sets, 10-12 reps
30 minutes of moderate cardio 4 times a week

BMR=1477
TDEE=2289

Proposed diet:

Breakfast
Protein shake 2 scoops whey
I cup skim milk
360 cal
68 protein
14 g carbs
3G fat

Post Workout

Protein shake 2 scoops whey
I cup skim milk
360 cal
68 protein
14 g carbs
3G fat

Lunch

10oz salmon fillet.
Calories 402
Protein 56.21g
Fat 17.96g
Carbs
0g

1/4 cup Blue cheese
100 c
8 g
6 p

1/2 can green peas
125 calories
21carbs
7g protein
2 gfat

Dinner

4 oz chicken breast
Calories 110
Total Fat 1.5g3%
Protein 24.0 g48%

2 glasses red wine
200 calories
8 g carbs

Total--1657 calories
240 g protein
57 g carbs
26 g fat

[-KJ-]

It's a little stale and not much variety!


Try have eggs instead of whey in morning. Add in a lot more veggies! Take in carbs PWO even in the meal add some sweet potato etc

I'd lose the red wine but that's ur call I could add those 200 cals to more food

[Provita]

I'm confused... As per AAS forum, you want to get that hardened muscle look. Thus you really need to add muscle if you are at 140LB now. 13%BF is good. What do you want to cut? You will look very skinny if you cut now, not that nice muscular look.

I suggest you pump those irons and keep a good CLEAN diet TDEE maintenance + a little more maybe, and then your LBM will increase. If LBM increases, your BF% should drop too.

At 140lb you have to learn to eat.

[--->>405<<---]

I'm confused... As per AAS forum, you want to get that hardened muscle look. Thus you really need to add muscle if you are at 140LB now. 13%BF is good. What do you want to cut? You will look very skinny if you cut now, not that nice muscular look.

I suggest you pump those irons and keep a good CLEAN diet TDEE maintenance + a little more maybe, and then your LBM will increase. If LBM increases, your BF% should drop too.

At 140lb you have to learn to eat.

not sure i follow what ur saying here??

[Provita]

not sure i follow what ur saying here??

Clean diet
At least eat maintenance Tdee
On 13% bf now, OP has 18.2lb of fat. If he gains good muscle mass lets say 10lb and not gain fat because of diet. 18lb of fat on new weight of 150lb of will be 12%.

Apologies, was in a rush when I typed that.

But i'm still confused on what OP's goals are?

[Dwntwnguy]

I'm confused... As per AAS forum, you want to get that hardened muscle look. Thus you really need to add muscle if you are at 140LB now. 13%BF is good. What do you want to cut? You will look very skinny if you cut now, not that nice muscular look.

I suggest you pump those irons and keep a good CLEAN diet TDEE maintenance + a little more maybe, and then your LBM will increase. If LBM increases, your BF% should drop too.

At 140lb you have to learn to eat.

Provita,
Don't be confused. Let me explain. I originally posted, I don't necessarily want to get bigger, I just want to look harder. Which is why I was considering a test and masteron first cycle (the masteron to cut).
When nutrition came up, I thought the point of a clean diet was to burn fat and make lean muscle gains...that's why I called the thread "trying to cut," and introduced a reduced calorie diet.

It sounds like your suggestion is to put on more muscle, and adding muscle will lower the bf%, not the restriction of calories. Correct?

[Papiriqui]

The hardness looks comes in my opinion from the lack of fat, the leaner you are the more shredded and hard you will look regardless of the amount of lbm.

[Dwntwnguy]

Thanks Pap. I guess thats what everyone is trying to figure out, how to eat enough to make just lean gains, and burn fat at the same time.

[Provita]

Provita,
Don't be confused. Let me explain. I originally posted, I don't necessarily want to get bigger, I just want to look harder. Which is why I was considering a test and masteron first cycle (the masteron to cut).
When nutrition came up, I thought the point of a clean diet was to burn fat and make lean muscle gains...that's why I called the thread "trying to cut," and introduced a reduced calorie diet.

It sounds like your suggestion is to put on more muscle, and adding muscle will lower the bf%, not the restriction of calories. Correct?

There is a big difference between clean diet and calorie deficit.

You are once again contradicting yourself (see bold)

You can get the harder look with less bf%, but you are only @ 140lb. Imo, with sub 10% bf will not look like a hard, muscular body, it would be skinny as hell. I'm thinking marathon runner....

You can reduce bf% by cutting or by increasing muscle mass only. You aint going to make any lean muscle gains on a 600kcal deficit.

I'm just giving you my honest opinion. But I'm still confused about your goals? Maybe posting a pic of your body now and one of how you would want to look?

[Dwntwnguy]

I don't even know how to post pics here yet, but will try soon.