Thread: My cutting diet, please advise

any recommendations on my diet. I seem to be very indecisive on my goals and finally decided I'm cutting. A month and a half to lose 12 lbs is what I'm going for. I'm setting my limit to around 2,000 to 2,500 calories a day. Heres what my rules are....
1-only whole grains and natural sugars, no processed highly glycemic sugars/carbs
2-120-180 grams of carbs a day ____45-60 grams of fat a day_____ at least 180 grams of protein a day

Heres what i had yesterday for example:
breakfast:
-One packet of organic/natural oatmeal with a half a teaspoon of brown sugar
-4 half deviled eggs (*they were left over from the night before)
Morning Snack:
-2 more deviled egg halfs
Lunch:
6 oz of beef fajitas
1 and a half pieces of whole wheat bread
Prework out supplement:
1 scoop of NO shotgun
Dinner:*normally do better for dinner but I had to take my GF out so not a typical dinner
2 chicken enchiladas w/ tomatillo sauce
1 cup cooked of mexican rice
10 tortilla chips
evening snack:
muscle milk 30 mins b4 bed

This was 2004 calories, 145 grams of protein, 74 grams of fat, 186 grams of carbs

Originally Posted by awhites1

yeah in hind sight that is a lot for such a short period of time.....

You may lose 2 lbs for the 1st week or two depending if you've been overeating lately but after that it's hard to lose more than 1lb/week. I've been cutting for about 13 weeks now and have lost about 15 lbs. I actually lost the first couple lbs without even tracking my calories but I leveled off until I got my diet in check. Since then I've lost 1lb/week over those 13 weeks.