diet help please

[lincoln]

I've made some good gains with my current diet and workout plan (5/3/1). I'm 6'4" 225lbs. I've gained about 30 lbs in 9 months - adding noticable size to my lats, shoulders, and legs. However, I also have added about 2 inches to my waist (40 inches now) and some of my pants don't fit any more. I wouldn't say its a full blown gut but I do have a little bit of a paunch which is exaggerated when I'm bloated from creatine.

Current diet:

-7:30 am Coffee

9am Breakfast:
-Protein shake (12 oz 2% milk with 1 1/2 scoops whey)
-One cup oatmeal with 2 tblspoons flax seed, sprinkling of brown sugar, and 1/3 cup blueberries

10:30 am
Snack:
- 1 slice P28 bread toasted with 2 tblspsoon natural peanut butter
- 2 handfuls of trail mix (raisins, almonds, cashews, sunflower seeds)

12:30
Lunch:
- tuna or chicken salad sandwich on wheat with lettuce and black pepper
- pasta salad or triscuits with pepper jack cheese

3pm
Snack:
- blueberry greek yogurt
- handful of trail mix

6:30 pm
Dinner:
- Grilled chicken or pork or hamburger or pasta with meatballs
- veggie (asparagus, broccoli, spinach, or green beans)
- rice, potato, or bread
- 8 oz 2% milk

11 pm
Before bed:
-Protein shake (12 oz 2% milk with 1 1/2 scoops whey and a shot of evoo)

I also take 1000 mg vitamin c daily, along with 3500 mg fish oil and a multi-vitamin and drink about 130 oz of water daily. I've been taking creatine monohydrate but just switched to kre-alk

Any suggestions on how to trim down my waist line? I'm not looking to be the next abercrombie model, just want to lose a little excess fat.

 

[Built]

Figure out how many calories this is, then drop your intake by 20%.

 

[lincoln]

Just entered a sample day into fitday:

3,451 calories

160.0g fat

269.5g carbs

240.2g protein

I should note that I've been stuck at 225lbs for over a month, so I guess this would be considered my "maintenance" diet right?

Using your 20% it looks like I need to cut 690 calories. Cutting back on 8 oz milk and 1 scoop whey drops about 200 calories, the toast and peanut butter another 330, and cutting the evoo loses 230. Sound like the right things to cut?

 

[Built]

I'd cut non-essentials like carbs first. Then fat. Try not to drop protein. In fact, I'd consider bumping the protein up to about 300. Maybe ease the fats down a smidge to 100g and you're still left with 170g or so carbohydrate.