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    Healthy Snacking... Good idea?

    I've gotten into the habit of bringing healthy snacks to work with me to munch on throughout the day. Snacks usually consist of 2 carrots (raw), 2 celery sticks, an apple, a bananna, 4-6 ounces of white grapes, and an orange. I typically graze on these snacks in-between my normal meals.

    for my main meals I generally eat a whole grain cereal with a couple hard boiled eggs (whites only) in the morning, a 6 oz. can of tuna for lunch, and a 8 ounce steak with some sort of green leavy veggie for dinner. I try to avoid starch like the plague.

    So here is my question.... are the sugers and carbs in these fruits and veggies counter-productive in my attempts to lose body fat? My work-out routine consists of 3 days of weights (Mon, Wed, Fri) and 2 days of cardio (Tue, Thu). My cardio workouts usually consist of an hour on the stairmaster or a 5-mile run.

    I should also point out that I am on the trailing end of an M1T / 4AD cycle and am about to start my PCT with 6OXO.

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    you will get different opinions on this question. imo it sounds like too much fruit for a cut.

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    i sometimes eat like a piece a day.....either an apple or some grapes. i would definately avoid the carrots and bananas.

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    You can still lose fat while eating fruictose however it will SLOW your fat loss to a crawl. If you want to eat fruit severly limit it and only eat it in the morning on your cut when your metabollisim slightly is faster (ie breakfast)

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    also, you need SOME carbs... it looks like you really dont have any besides the fruit. throw like half a red potato or a piece of whole wheat bread in those last 2 meals.

    keeping track of your calories is really the way to go. you may even be eating too FEW calories and putting your body into starvation mode, which slows your metabolism.

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