Squanto's fat

hi, i began cutting about one week ago, and I decided i need some input on my meals, so i'll start posting them. i'm currently doing the isocaloric diet, a 33/33/33 split of calories.
i usually eat the same thing for breakfast every day, but the rest of my meals very from a few pre-made concoctions i've made up. this seems to be working for me, i think ive lost a pound, although im not sure. i weigh 1.5 pounds less than i did a few weeks ago, but i weighed myself at different times of the day. but im going to be consistantly weighing myself once a week on tuesdays, because i go to work right after my first meal of the day consistantly.

im going for 2800-3000 calories per day. i need about 3500 do maintain my bodyweight i think... i tried recording my calories a week ago, but i wasn't really that consistant with my meals. but im going to be from now on.

i dont drink whey as a meal, because it really screws up my appetite for some reason, but i can get away with drinking these isopure drinks that my gym sells, only after i work out.
i probably should not be drinking as much milk as i am, but i really like to drink SOMETHING during a meal... im considering switching to lime juice. would this be a good alternative? anyways, ill post what i've been doing for the past couple days.
oh yeah, my goals: i estimate that im at about 15% bodyfat, i wanna get down to 10% i think. after i lose 5 pounds of fat i'll re-evaluate. i basically just want to have a six-pack. since i dont know my exact bodyfat, i'll see how i look in 5 pounds.

10/24 meals

Breakfast:
1 whole egg, 4 whites
1 piece ww toast
16 oz milk
1 tbsp butter
2:
1/2 lb salmon
6 oz milk
1 tbsp Newman's Family Recipe Italian dressing (i always use this dressing)
1/2 tbsp butter
5 oz red potato
3:
16 oz milk
1/2 chicken breast w/ feta
1 tbsp dressing
1/2 butter
red potato
4:
8 oz milk
1/2 breast w/ feta
1 tbsp dressing
1/2 butter
1/2 red potato
5: midnight snack
1 string cheese
8 oz milk

2637 total calories I THOUGHT. i realized last night that meal 4 only had 485 calories instead of 585, so it's really 2537 total. i wasnt awake very long that day, so i could get away with only having 4 real meals.

10/25 meals

early morning girlfriend wakeup snack (she often wakes me up when she goes to work):
string cheese
8 oz milk

2, breakfast:
4 whites, 1 whole egg
1 toast
16 oz milk
1 tbsp butter

3:
1/2 breast w/feta
1 dressing
1/2 butter
1/2 red potato
milk

4:
Same. 5: same again.

isopure drink: 160 calories, all protein

6 (i guess? i lost count):
1/2 tbsp butter
1 bread
1/4 lb salmon
6 oz milk
1 tbsp dressing

3057 calories total... i thought. after re-evaluating my chicken meals, they were all 485 rather than 585, so i really had about 2757 calories.

10/26 meals

breakfast:
4 whites, 1 whole
1 ww toast
12 oz milk
4 oz apple cider
2 tbsp Cottage Cheese 2%
1 tbsp butter
ran out of milk, wanted to substitute the protein, fat, and carbs...

2:
1/4 lb salmon
1 red potato (5 oz, i weigh all my potatoes out to 5 ounces)
1/3 tbsp butter
1 tbsp dressing
8 oz 2% milk (all i could get, i left some 2% at work a while ago, so i drank it)

3: same as 2

4:
1 1/2 cup cottage cheese
apple
1 tbsp natural P.B.
1/2 tbsp butter
1 ww bread

5:
10 oz Apple Cider
1 bread
1/2 butter
3 legs chicken
1/2 CC

no money tonight, paycheck was coming next day, so i had to improvise my meals. came to about 2919 calories.

10/27 meals

usual breakfast: 538 calories
2:
1/4 salmon
6 oz milk
1 tbsp dressing
1/2 tbsp butter
5 oz red potato
3: same, 4: same

5:
16 oz milk
1/2 breast chicken
1 ww bread
1 tbsp dressing
1/2 tbsp butter

2817 total calories.
so what do you guys think? am i on the right track? is drinking all this milk bad? i seem to be losing weight... thanks for your input.

Certainly look into getting a little more omega 3s in your diet in the form of flax seed or fish oil. Although you eat salmon every day, it would be good to get omega 3s in at least one other meal.

As I told you, look into cutting down on the butter and milk. However, I say give the diet a few weeks. If you are losing at your desired rate, then stick with it until you hit a plateau, if you do hit a plateau. It's certainly leaps and bounds better than the diet you were following before, if you can call that a diet.

Also, I can't tell if you're only getting protein after your workouts, but carbs are just as important. Intake at least as many grams of carbs as protein. Some people do a 2:1 carb to protein ratio. I stick with 1:1.

Feel free to check out my journal; there is a link in my signature. My meal plan is outlined in there. It is very similar to my cutting diet, but with larger portions. I eat about 3700-4100 calories per day currently.

well, i have a protein drink then have a real meal 1-1.5 hours later. works good enuff.

squanto said:

well, i have a protein drink then have a real meal 1-1.5 hours later. works good enuff.

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Don't just have a protein drink. You need carbs too. A lot of protein is wasted if you don't have any carbohydrates to shuttle the amino acids to skeletal muscle.

Well, it's been a while, but I guess I'll post my results from the cut. I revised my diet a bit, took some butter out, took a few calories here and there.... and after 8 weeks, I lost 13 pounds. Now I'm back to a clean(er) bulk. I'm eating about 800 calories per meal rather than 550-600, but I'm considering upping it a little bit. I plan to bulk for about maybe 3 more months, then cutting again. For now I'm going to concentrate more on my training journal.