Thread: Diet Critics Needed

Originally Posted by timt

I am working on a carb cycling diet and need to know if this is good.

no carb day

8:00AM
tuna 2 cans

10:30 am
1 cup raw broccoli

12:30
6oz chicken breast grilled

4:00
2 cans tuna or 4 oz chicken breast

7:00
6 oz chicken breast

Dude this is about 1200 calories total if that. Your refeed is probably about 1500 calories. Your metabolism is going to slow down and you're not going to lose anything on this. Read the stickies at the top and work on it a little bit.
At 245 you need more calories to get your metabolism revved up before you begin to drop pounds.

The day quoted is at 1500 cal. I should probable be at, what, 2200? This is already a lot of food and comparable to what I usually eat minus junk food. So if I add another 6 oz of chicken breast and another 2 cans of tuna every day; and maybe a cup of cottage cheese on different days.
Thanks for your response.

something like this:

8:00AM
tuna 2 cans

10:30 am
1 can of tuna
1 cup raw broccoli

12:30
6oz chicken breast grilled

4:00
3 cans tuna or 6 oz chicken breast

7:00
6 oz chicken breast cup of broccoli

9:00
6 oz chicken breast


Low carb day

8:00AM
1 cup oats

10:30 am
1 can of tuna
1 cup raw broccoli

12:30
6oz chicken breast grilled

4:00
1 cup of broccoli
2 cans tuna or 6 oz chicken breast

7:00
6 oz chicken breast

9:00
1 can tuna, 6 oz chicken or 1 cup cottage cheese



refeed once a week
8:00AM
ff bagel
1 cup oat meal

10:30 am
2 cans tuna
1 cup raw broccoli

12:30
6oz chicken breast grilled
1 cup bulger (cracked wheat boiled w/ lemon juice)

4:00
2 cans tuna or 6 oz chicken breast
1 cup broccoli

7:00
6 oz chicken breast
1 cup broccoli
1 cup bulger

9:00
2 cans tuna or 6 oz chicken breast.

I really don't know if I can eat this much.

2200 calories

Do me a favor and read this article then come up with a new meal plan:
http://magazine.mindandmuscle.net/ma...159&issueID=15

You need balanced meals, proteins, and fats in every meal. None of this going all day then having 2 meals with very little protein. At your weight you definatly need more cals or you will kill your metabolism and screw your body up. Read the article and apply it to your diet if you are looking for a cyclical cutting program. It works very well and I have yet to see people fail with that cycle as long as they applied themselves.

I would say eat a minimum of 2500 calories, probably more like 3000. At 200 pounds I was eating 2300 calories per day and lost about 2 pounds per week, meaning I definitely lost some muscle. At 2800 calories, a midpoint in the move to bulking calories, I was still losing.