Does my Diet need a revamp? Help needed.
Hello, new member here from Canada. I posted in the steroid inquiry sub-forum and was recommended to re-analyze my diet rather than doing a cutting cycle with seroids.
Background Information:
- 19 Years Old
- Currently weigh ~185 Lbs, 16-19% BF
- Allergy to all Nut and Fish Products, including Sesame Seeds & Flax Seeds
Goals
- Increase muscle mass
- "Ripped Physique"
- Abs Showing/6Pack
- 9 - 12% BF
Current Diet I've been following for the past year or so:
I don't have an extremely structured meal plan, but I don't consume any "Unhealthy/junk/processed foods" ie - Pop, Crackers, Chocolate, Dessert, etc. nor Alcohol.
Usually, a typical day would look like:
(1) 2 Eggs (hardboiled/overeasy) + 2 Pieces of Toast OR 1 Bagel w/ plain cream cheese + Glass of Water + Glass of Skim Milk + Multivitamin (not sure if this is relevant)
(2) 2 Pieces of fruit (Almost always bananas, handful of grapes, mango, or oranges)
(3) Glass of Skim Milk or Protein Shake + steamed broccoli.
(4) This usually depends, - It could be lean (No-fat) cut of steak, a rack of lamb, chicken breast, etc. + vegetables + small serving of rice
(5) Post Workout ---> 1 tablespoon of Maple Syrup + water.
On a very busy day I will consume a protein bar.
I also try to eat every 3-4 hours as apposed to meals. In addition, 95% of the time I try to eat 200g of protein per day (1.1g per pound)
So, as previously mentioned, I don't have an exact meal structure on a daily basis, but I avoid all "unhealthy foods".
For my Workout routine, I did 5x5 weight lifting for about 8 months but I've since modified it and tried to encorporate more cardio.
Does anyone have any advice given the above information to help my achieve my goals without using steroids and a cutting cycle as a medium to reach it faster? Finally, how much cardio should I impliment in my diet? I've gotten so many mixed opinions from all cardio to no cardio, to cardio on days only that I Don't lift weight, etc.
Thanks in advance for any insight !