Originally Posted by
Christopher_UK
It's frustrating when you dont get any help isnt it, not had much look in my thread either, I signed up to these forums 3 days ago, spent hours on my thread crunching the numbers and giving as much detail as possible, posted, only really had 1 proper reply, but not really told me much...
I'm probably not as wise as some of the members of this board, but I've been learning about nutrition for over a year now and training for 3 years and 8 months...I like to think I'm out of the newbie stage, lets put it that way...
I'll try tell you what I think of your diet, your 190lbs, yet your eating the amount of protein thats been recommended for me, I'm 275 pounds at 6,4...but, having said that, most people wont argue with you eating extra protein, I personally think its better to go over then under...even though I have been told in my thread that my protein is too low for my cutting...when I was bulking I was eating 8 meals a day at 400g of protein, but I thought for cutting I'd half it, but now I've been told that is wrong, and keep it the same is nessecery even for cutting...but even still, I think you could lose 50g of protein, if money is a problem, and could use that money for more carbs/fat.
I'm pretty confident that if you do get 10 replies by other members, we'll all be in agreement that your fat intake is way too low...To cut we have to eat fat to lose fat. thats what I've been told. Good fats tho, not bad fats, like olive oil, nuts, flex seed oil, coconut oil etc etc. Whichever is easiest for you...Also you got to remember that fat/carbs are what gives us the energy we need to do our workouts, if you go too low, you might struggle to lift the same weight in the gym or have little energy...
On top of what I've just said, the carbs vs fat issue is down to the individual, some people do better on more carbs, some do better on more fat, but either way your fat is still too low, I'd say you want it to be 150g minimum.
Other then all that, your diet actually looks really good, I read over your entire diet, every word, you obviously have been doing some reading, I can tell you've put some effort into this, because theres no way you'd be accidently eating all the right foods haha....so good on ya for that.
I hope I dont come across sounding arogant or patronising, its easily done over the internet in text format, sorry if I do...I'm no expert but thats my two pence worth.
Just one last question tho, your last meal at 9, do you go to bed then? coz I think me and you both need to be having a late night protein meal before bed, maybe casein shake to slowly absorb whilst we sleep.
EDIT: Also you've put your doing cardio in a morning on empty stomach, I heard that is awesome because you lose 35% more fat when doing so and that there's loads of scientific evidence to back that up, but I've also heard this is a big NO NO for us bodybuilders and its not wise to do, I cant remember exact details, you can ask others or do some research on that, but am pretty sure you should eat first. I'd just have something small tho like a shake.
If anything, hopefully I've just given you some things to think about :)
