please critique cutting diet

[bludevil]

I've been on a cutting phase for about a month. I'm plan on staying on this diet until mid-June. Let me know if this looks pretty good.

Breakfast - Protein shake, Fiber One cereal (no sugar), and tsp on natty PB. / or 4 eggbeaters with fat free cheese and salsa and tsp of natty PB.

Mid Morning - Protein shake, 1/4 cup of nuts

Lunch - Chicken Breast, Broccolli

Mid Afternoon - Chicken Breast, Strawberries

Dinner - Lean Beef, Green Beans

Post Workout - MRP (45 g of Protein, 25 g of Carbs)

Night time - Protein shake and tsp of natty PB

This is pretty much my exact diet for every day. It's getting kind of dull after a month but I'm sticking with it. (Unless you guys tell me otherwise)

 

[w8lifter]

Doesn't seem like enough calories/fat...do you know the calorie count/srving sizes/ & p/c/f grams?

If you're not eating any slow burning carbs (which you're not) you are going to need to add a carb up day. Stats would help too.

 

[bludevil]

I'm adding a carb-up meal every 5th day. Basically Sweet potatoes, banana and some type of sandwich with whole wheat bread. Don't have a lot of time right now, but I'll get the breakdown of calorie content later.

 

[Arnold]

Originally posted by bludevil
I'm adding a carb-up meal every 5th day. Basically Sweet potatoes, banana and some type of sandwich with whole wheat bread. Don't have a lot of time right now, but I'll get the breakdown of calorie content later.

I do something similar I eat high carbs one day per week (Saturday).

 

[bludevil]

ok w8, here's the breakdown.



Breakfast -
Protein Shake 3g fat 3g carbs 30g of protein 183 cals
Fiber One cereal 2g fat 48g carbs 2g p 123 cals
2tsp natty PB 16g fat 7g carbs 7g p 200 cals

Mid Morning -
Protein Shake 3g fat 3g carbs 30g protein 183 cals
1/4 cup Sunflower Seeds 13g fat 8g carbs 8g protein 180 cals

Lunch -
8oz chicken breast 3g fat 0g carbs 26g protein 141 cals
Broccoli 0 fat 6g carbs 5g protein 38cals

Mid Afternoon -
8 oz chicken breast 3g fat 0g carbs 26g protein 141 cals
Strawberries 1g fat 11g carbs 1g protein 46 cals

Dinner -
8oz Lean Beef 16g fat 0g carbs 44g protein 320 cals
Green Beans 0g fat 10g carbs 2g protein 40 cals

Post Workout Shake 1.5g fat 27g carbs 45g protein 300 cals

Bedtime -
Protein Shake 3g fat 3g carbs 30g protein 183 cals
1tsp natty PB 8g fat 3.5g carbs 3.5g protein 100 cals

Total = 72.5 fat 129.5 carbs 259.5 protein 2178 cals

Also, I weigh 188 lbs @ 6'1 tall.
I drink around 6 liters of water a day
15 g of glutamine a day
Tribex 500
ZMA
Multi Vitamin

 

[w8lifter]

That looks good, but I have a few notes/questions....first, you're counting all your carb sources....generally you can get away only counting your active carb grams....meaning you don't really need to count your fibre & veggie carbs, so your carb count would be less if you went that route.

Also your meat/chicken counts seem off...are you weighing the meat raw?

Also, if everything is working fine...don't change this, but if you find you're slowing down and not making as much progress, you might want to consider keeping the same numbers, but fitting it into only six meals a day.

 

[bludevil]

Originally posted by w8lifter
meaning you don't really need to count your fibre & veggie carbs, so your carb count would be less if you went that route.

Also your meat/chicken counts seem off...are you weighing the meat raw?

Damn, if I take my veggie/fibre calorie count off my carb calories my total % will be way down.

Also, regarding the chicken, I took it off the website (fitday.com) for skinless chicken breast. It could be wrong.

I've been on this diet for a month now and pleased with the results. My abs are pretty noticable now and my chest is finally starting to get that line beneath the pec look. I'm just afraid I'm going to lose more mass that I should be. by the way, thanks for the advice.

 

[w8lifter]

Originally posted by bludevil


Damn, if I take my veggie/fibre calorie count off my carb calories my total % will be way down.

Well yeah....like I said...I didn't think it was enough calories, lol.

When I plug 8 oz chicken breast into fitday I get 367 calories, 8 fat, 69 protein.

 

[bludevil]

ok, should I up my total calories(fat, carbs, protein), or just up my fat and protein. Oh yeah, I guess I plugged in the wrong numbers because I got what you showed the 2nd time I tried.

 

[w8lifter]

Well if you're going low carb and doing a carb up every 5 days, then just up your protein/fat.

You could make your first & last meal 35-40 gram of protein, and a full tbsp of peanut butter.

In fact, your mid morning shake could be upped to 35-40 gram protein as well.