should i try another cycle?

[phillypcp]

7am- 1/2 cup quick oats w/ 1/4 cup sugar-free maple syrup
4 egg whites one whole egg or whey shake
10am- thickly piled turkey and lettuce on joseph's oat bran and flax wrap(low carb)
medium apple and handful of peanuts or almonds
1pm-8oz chicken, steak, pork or fish with 1/2 sweet potato or half cup of brown rice, side of greens
4pm-same as 1 o'clock meal
6:30pm pre-workout 1/2 cup low fat cottage cheese with sliced strawberries
8pm-2 scoops whey protein in juice(post workout)
9pm(if i am still awake) mrp protein in skim milk with handful of almonds

anything u can do to tweak it will be appreciated

[Phate]

what do you want to do first of all? clean bulk? dirty bulk? cutter?

[phillypcp]

what do you want to do first of all? clean bulk? dirty bulk? cutter?

just to drop fat and tone up a bit. not looking to do shows or anything, but i just wanna look good with a shirt off. 5'7" 205 right now. stocky, but fat

[Phate]

7am- 1/2 cup quick oats w/ 1/4 cup sugar-free maple syrup
4 egg whites one whole egg or whey shake
double the egg whites
10am- thickly piled turkey and lettuce on joseph's oat bran and flax wrap(low carb)not bad, make sure you get around 50g of protein here
medium apple and handful of peanuts or almondscut the apple and nuts
1pm-8oz chicken, steak, pork or fish with 1/2 sweet potato or half cup of brown rice, side of greensgood
4pm-same as 1 o'clock meal
6:30pm pre-workout 1/2 cup low fat cottage cheese with sliced strawberries
8pm-2 scoops whey protein in juice(post workout)
9pm(if i am still awake) mrp protein in skim milk with handful of almonds

anything u can do to tweak it will be appreciated

all in all not a bad diet, just make sure you get the protein you need

[phillypcp]

all in all not a bad diet, just make sure you get the protein you need

thanks, just wondering why to drop the apple and nuts? i know the apple has sugar, but if its once a day, is it really that bad? i thought the almonds have all your good fats, and they fill me up. how long should i go with a diet like this? i hate thinking of it as a diet because it seems to set me up for failure. any tips on how to stay on track also? thanks phil

[Phate]

thanks, just wondering why to drop the apple and nuts? i know the apple has sugar, but if its once a day, is it really that bad? i thought the almonds have all your good fats, and they fill me up. how long should i go with a diet like this? i hate thinking of it as a diet because it seems to set me up for failure. any tips on how to stay on track also? thanks phil

i personally try to stay away from putting fats/carbs in the same meal, because they are both energy sources when you ingest carbs/fats the carbs are used for energy and the fats are stored for later use, at least that's what i was taught and i haven't seen any evidence to the contrary

as far as tips for following it, just change it up when you need to, swap out carb/pro sources at will and give yourself variety

[phillypcp]

i personally try to stay away from putting fats/carbs in the same meal, because they are both energy sources when you ingest carbs/fats the carbs are used for energy and the fats are stored for later use, at least that's what i was taught and i haven't seen any evidence to the contrary

as far as tips for following it, just change it up when you need to, swap out carb/pro sources at will and give yourself variety

definitely makes sense. i will do my best to stay on track. thanks a lot