Thread: Cutting diet problems. Please help. (Long-ish)

Hi Habib!
it sounds like you are in quite the tuffie situ with the cafeteria and limited funds for foods yourself. you have the right idea of oats, whey, tuna and natty pb. those will greatly help. as you said, those processed meats that they have in the cafeteria are terrible for you. the only good thing I can hear from their menu is the veggies, fruits and dinners dont sound too terrible with lean meats. do they serve boiled eggs or something in the mornings?? those red skinned potatoes they serves arent bad either, better than plain white potatos.
-first I would suggest upping your protein if you can. sounds hard. how about adding at least another 1/2scoop of protein at breakfast?
your dextrose/whey post workout works great
hmmm I would have a peice of that fruit with your following meal with those veggies. that deli meat is brutal though. how about a can of tuna? and add in some healthy fats too! do they have like olive oil or what not available? you could also add in a serving of oats there or the red potatos to get your carbs up some.
definitly add in the natural pb with your cottage cheese before bed.
are you able to take 'doggy bags' with you of food? like get a second serving and take some with you?

I might also add that it appears to me that you dont really have much fat to loose, and you defintly work on building up some more muscle, you have a decent base now to build on.. with the best of diet that you can get along with heavy weight training that will help to pack on more muscle, boost your metabolism and shed that unwated fat(as long as you stick to clean eating).

That sucks abot your cafateria food...my school gets catered(sp?)

But then again i am in high school...and its a small school

sweet potatoes look similar to yams

All I can say is that I relate. I've been whining (as people well know) abouy my own literal inability to "feed myself". I don't live on campus, but I can't very well expect my father to shell out gobs of money for my food, even though he has a high paying job. Just isn't right, and he doesn't believe in what I'm doing anyway. I have no job, since I am a full time student.

Ah well, I can't afford 50$ of lean meat and assorted other bits per week, so I try and aim for getting whatever is the most bang for my buck. For instance, 75% of my protein intake comes from whey - either in shakes alone, or slowed down by a meal with healthy fats. Lets face it, a 50$ tub of whey that can last up to a month is much more affordable than 50$ of meat per week.

As to Deli meat, alot of people here give it a bad rep, but there are some kinds that aren't that bad. The kind I get here from my grocery store certainly isn't low in sodium, although it's not as high as most. It's lean, white turkey, and low fat. About 18 grams of protein per 100 grams. I go through about 600 grams per week, and it certainly doesn't seem to be hindering me.

I suppose you simply have to make the best of a bad situation. Some things may not be ideal (i.e. the deli meat/general meat problem) but you take what you can get. Protein is neccesary, and it's better to take in a less than ideal form than not at all!

Originally posted by atherjen
dinners dont sound too terrible with lean meats.
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Today they had some basil and chive chicken. Basically skinless, bonesless breast fillets in some basil/chive marinade, the majority of which I scraped off. Mmmmmm.

do they serve boiled eggs or something in the mornings?? those red skinned potatoes they serves arent bad either, better than plain white potatos.

They do serve eggs, but they are sliced. It takes like an hour of picking through them to come up with 10 egg whites
Although, today they had whole hard boiled eggs in the shell, and if that becomes a trend then at least one of my lunch meat meals gets the boot.

-first I would suggest upping your protein if you can. sounds hard. how about adding at least another 1/2scoop of protein at breakfast?

Upping it to what? I took in over 200g last night, and am on similar pace today (though I think I'm going to end up with slightly more carbs due to all the tomatoes I ate throughout the day).

hmmm I would have a peice of that fruit with your following meal with those veggies.

You mean the meal following my workout? If so, how long should I wait after my shake before I have it?

add in some healthy fats too! do they have like olive oil or what not available?

Hmm, maybe. Would pitted black olives work? They have..olive oil in them, right?

definitly add in the natural pb with your cottage cheese before bed.
are you able to take 'doggy bags' with you of food? like get a second serving and take some with you?

How much PB? Also, we are "technically" not allowed to take food out of the dining halls. However, I recently started bringing a sandwich bag with me, loading up on something (tonight, I, umm, 'stole', 3 chicken breasts), and then moving off into a dark corner and stuffing it in the bag. Heh.

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I might also add that it appears to me that you dont really have much fat to loose, and you defintly work on building up some more muscle, you have a decent base now to build on.. with the best of diet that you can get along with heavy weight training that will help to pack on more muscle, boost your metabolism and shed that unwated fat(as long as you stick to clean eating).

Good to hear. I'll have a better idea of my BF when my Accumeasure calipers arrive some time this week. My scale says 15%, but most of the people who have seen my pictures say that that sounds too high. Well, we'll see.

Thanks for your answers, and I'm sorry for asking so many questions in return.

Edit: Regarding the post workout shake: fat free milk, or water?