New diet, ready to cut. Thoughts?

[Jfew44]

Hey everyone, just trying to get a little input on my new diet plan before I hit up the grocery store. 6'3" 232lbs 13%bf. Got some clen I plan on starting here in a few weeks. Any thoughts feel free to shoot them my way. Going to try and get down to <10% before starting 3rd cycle in April.

(Food, Cals, Protein, Carbs, Fat)
Meal 1
Oatmeal, 300, 10, 54, 6
Whey, 240, 46, 4, 4
Natty PB, 360, 16, 12, 32

Meal 2
5 Egg whites, 1 whole egg, 145, 26, 0, 5
Flax, 210, 6, 12, 15
Whey, 120, 23, 2, 2

Meal 3
Chicken, 200, 48, 0, 1
Veggies, 30, 0, 7, 0

Meal 4
Tuna, 170, 40, 0, 5

Workout

Meal 5
Whey, 240, 46, 4, 4
WMS, 200, 0, 50, 0

Meal 6
Chicken, 200, 48, 0, 1
Oatmeal, 300, 10, 54, 6
Veggies, 30, 0, 7, 0

Meal 7
Cottage Cheese, 145, 25, 3, 0

Totals (Roughly):
Cals: 2890
Protein: 344 47%
Carbs: 209 28%
Fat: 81 25%

[Jfew44]

Anyone? Bump

[Opasan_Bosanac]

hey buddy, maybe drop your fat intake to about 50.. How much cottage cheese u having?? I would drop the oats in meal 6 and add a 1/4 cup brown rice in meal 4

[Jfew44]

2 servings of cottage cheese. I'll cut out some of the peanut butter. Anyone else?

[Jfew44]

Also, I'm dropping the oats and switching it to brown rice for about the same macros for meal 6. Need some kind of complex carbs post workout.

[Phate]

looks good

i would add some cottage cheese at the last meal, put a complex carb source pre-workout with the tuna(30g is enough) and cut the whey down to just PWO so you have more solid food, for cutting you really want to emphasis thermogenesis

[Jfew44]

Thanks bro, that makes sense. Always appriciate your input.

[XD-9]

I'm no expert, but I will throw in my 2¢. You are all over the place with this diet. Calories fluctuate way too much from meal to meal. 900 kcals in you first meal? And 42 grams of fat? I think it is a good start though

[Rugger02]

I think your calories are right where they should be, but - and i think this was mentioned above - I would throw in a low GI carb source in meal 2 and meal 4.

To compensate for the calories gained, I think I would just lower the fat a bit.

Overall looks very solid though.

[FireGuy]

Cardio is going to determine whether or not you hit your goal on the proposed diet. It is in the ballpark of where it should be and should provide a good starting point.

[Jfew44]

Thanks for all the input guys. I'm going to drop some of the fat in meal 1 and add in some broccoli meals 2 and 4.

FireGuy, your advice is always good and you've got the physique to prove it lol. I've just started doing low intensity fat burning cardio for 30-45 minutes in the AM 5 days a week. Do you think I should wait and see how my body reacts then maybe add in another cardio session after weight lifting in the PM?

[Phate]

Thanks for all the input guys. I'm going to drop some of the fat in meal 1 and add in some broccoli meals 2 and 4.

FireGuy, your advice is always good and you've got the physique to prove it lol. I've just started doing low intensity fat burning cardio for 30-45 minutes in the AM 5 days a week. Do you think I should wait and see how my body reacts then maybe add in another cardio session after weight lifting in the PM?

i'll respond while we wait for fireguy, personally i think you could add the cardio session now and it wouldn't hurt, but if you want to see how the changes in the diet are going to effect you then hold off for a while, that way you are only changing one variable at a time

[Jfew44]

Thanks that's what I was thinking. I'd like to get my diet down then mess around with my cardio to see how I respond. I'm not in a rush, just would like to get back down to <10% again.

[FireGuy]

Agree with Phate, always change one thing at a time so you know what action is causing the effect.

[Phate]

Thanks that's what I was thinking. I'd like to get my diet down then mess around with my cardio to see how I respond. I'm not in a rush, just would like to get back down to <10% again.

personally i like running a diet that is close to my maintainance and using lots of cardio to cut, that way my body doesn't get anywhere close to entering starvation state and my strength and vascularity stays at a good level since my body is getting plenty of calories and nutrients, i'm just making it into a furnace that burns more by upping cardio to 2x a day most days

[FireGuy]

If you can hold your lean at 202lbs (where you are now) you only need to lose 8 lbs of fat to hit 10%. Would make a very attainable 6-8 week goal.

[FireGuy]

Again, I agree with Phate, fat should be burned away using cardio not dieted away from low calorie diets. Much easier to hold your LBM that way.

[Jfew44]

Well my maintainance is right around 3000 cals so I guess without realizing it I'm doing exactly what you do lol. I'll run the diet a couple weeks, see what happens, then up the cardio if needed. I've always had a fast metabolism but I'm afraid it may have stayed in my teen years

[Jfew44]

Once again, I appriciate your guy's help. I'll make a new thread in a couple of months with my sub 10% bf pic and my proposed cycle.