Cutting season

[cutnbulk]

I am 24 years young, and at 13% body fat, am looking to get into my last bit of my cut for the summer time. I have read through most of the stickies on the site, and follow most of the basic concepts- eat lean protein, eat carbohydrates before and after workouts most of the time, and also adding fats in the diet- olive oil, avocados (spelled right?), almonds.

I train 4 times a week, and love to do leg work, as well as, HIIT and other cardiovascular exercises- even though running sucks. Overall, I make sure to move more and eat less, and run a caloric deficit most days of the week.


This seems like the right place to start...I've searched the internet for help, and this looks like a right fit. Give me a few days, and I will post my diet website from fitday. Thanks!

 

[Built]

OH - MY - GOD! A newbie who READS!!!

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Welcome, my friend. I look forward to watching your progress.

 

[cutnbulk]

http://fitday.com/fitness/PublicJournals.html?Owner=cutnbulk

I will add my foods as I go along this weekend.

 

[nkira]

Fitday is not showing your diet, ends up giving the error as below,

"There was an error processing your request. Click here to return to the main page."

Tried several times but same error

 

[cutnbulk]

Fitday is not showing your diet, ends up giving the error as below,

"There was an error processing your request. Click here to return to the main page."

Tried several times but same error

I received the same error. I will look into this. Thanks for letting me know!

I just came down with a cold last night, so my diet will not be where I usually keep it at in terms of calories and foods I consume. I have cold medicine, and such, and am starting to feel a bit better, but I probably will not start posting till Sunday (taking Friday and Saturday off to get back to 100% and healthy).

I will send another message from this page, and will get this fitday website changed so everyone can see!

Thanks.

 

[QuestionGuy]

OH - MY - GOD! A newbie who READS!!!

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Welcome, my friend. I look forward to watching your progress.

It's not a "Newbie" anymore oldtimer....It's now called a "NUB". Get wiht the program.

 

[nkira]

It's WITH not wiht......

 

[Built]

Try this link:

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[cutnbulk]

That works! I am adding all my foods currently.

 

[QuestionGuy]

It's WITH not wiht......

LOL, you have no idea how many time a day i make that mistake, my spell check at work is getin burned out with changing that so many times.....is because i try to type so fast....

 

[QuestionGuy]

It's WITH not wiht......

oh...oh....have you seen that family guy episode when stewie keeps saying "cohhwip" instead of colwhip........

 

[cutnbulk]

Okay, here's what I've come up with, calculating what I usually consume daily.

For maintenance: I usually average just over 200g of protein, around 80g of fat, and 100-150 grams of carbohydrates. My maintenance calories would be around 2,400.

Does this sound right so far?

So for me to cut, I probably need to drop a few hundred calories- maybe down to 2,000 and cut a few carbs out at the same time.

Again, you won't be able to see my diet today, but tomorrow, I should be all better from my cold sickness/weakness. I've got all the antibiotics I need .

So for when I cut I will need to drop:

-protein down to around 165-180g
-carbs pre and post workout to 25 g per= 50 total
- fats can stay at around 80g though.


Modify! please if ya'll would I'd love to hear input.

 

[T_man]

Okay, here's what I've come up with, calculating what I usually consume daily.

For maintenance: I usually average just over 200g of protein, around 80g of fat, and 100-150 grams of carbohydrates. My maintenance calories would be around 2,400.

Does this sound right so far?

So for me to cut, I probably need to drop a few hundred calories- maybe down to 2,000 and cut a few carbs out at the same time.

Again, you won't be able to see my diet today, but tomorrow, I should be all better from my cold sickness/weakness. I've got all the antibiotics I need .

So for when I cut I will need to drop:

-protein down to around 165-180g
-carbs pre and post workout to 25 g per= 50 total
- fats can stay at around 80g though.


Modify! please if ya'll would I'd love to hear input.

From what I've learnt on this forum, protein should be infact UP on a cut, rather than down, because you still need to maintain the muscle, and with a decrease in nutrients, your body would burn off the muscle as they have vital energy. I wouldn't take any sugars on a cut apart from pwo, and then also only very limited, as when the muscle glycogen stores are saturated (correct me if I'm wrong), the insulin spike & fast absorption makes the excess sugars be stored in lipid cells,as there's a higher amount of sugar in the blood than can be taken in and used by "normal" cells.

Are you only going to be taking 50g of carbs a day?? Wouldn't that decrease your calories by too much?

 

[Built]

Yeah, for your weight that sounds about right.

Drop your calories, lift heavy, keep the protein up and the fat up as much as your comfort and calories allow, target the carbs you eat to the meals before and right after you lift.

No need to drop the protein when you're cutting (in fact, that's when you need it the most!), but yours is still ample.

 

[cutnbulk]

Okay, so keep protein up and fat, and limited amounts of sugar- post workout apple/banana I will limit to.

Also, I have decided not to use whey protein. I am going to eat all natural foods all the way. I've heard the benefits of doing a shake before and after, it does affect my phsique- I hold onto more water for some reason.

Anyone else cut out shakes on their cuts?

 

[Built]

Post workout, your best bet is something like white rice.

Fruit is okay preworkout, but post, you just want glucose and or glucose polymers, and that means dextrose, or starch.

I don't generally use shakes - whole food is more filling. Nothing wrong with whey if you like it though.

 

[cutnbulk]

Post workout, your best bet is something like white rice.

Fruit is okay preworkout, but post, you just want glucose and or glucose polymers, and that means dextrose, or starch.

I don't generally use shakes - whole food is more filling. Nothing wrong with whey if you like it though.

Would old fashioned oats/oatmeal be viable instead of white rice?

Also, I was looking at suppl.- in addition to fish oil and a men's daily viatmin, would this product be of any assistance to my cut?

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[Built]

Probably not, but it might help give you stiffies.

Oats will work fine. If you do a "slower" type of carb post workout, take in some carb pre-workout as well, so you already have 'em available in your blood stream. That way you'll just "top up" what you have when you get in your oats.

 

[cutnbulk]

I feel awful again today, so there is no way I will be able to continue my cutting cycle until I recover from this awful cold. I was planning on working out and running today, but my whole body aches

 

[danzik17]

I would just eat at maintenance and take it easy while you're sick. Just let your body recover and then jump back into your diet.

 

[Built]

danzik speaks the truth. No training until you're well.

Chicken soup, STAT!

 

[Fezz]

LOL cutting season,
not for me.. i've always been skinny, gotta bulk up =P

 

[cutnbulk]

Feeling a little better today. I think I am just going to continue my cut diet. I also started a journal to not only track my foods but also my workouts. Thanks all for the great tips!