Cutting Diet Help

[Bretmj1]

Any reccommendations for foods to supplement cutting cals througout the day? I don't want to lose muscle if all possible so i was figuring keeping calories about the same, just cutting out the sugars - my meals usually dont contain more then 7g of sugar

 

[Kabeetz]

Just stick with whole foods, meats, low g.i. carbs, healthy fats. Make sure you're getting in your gram of protein per pound of bodyweight a day... and keep your calories as high above maintenance as possible, but that you still low enough to lose between 1-2 pounds of scale weight a week. If you're losing anything more than that, naturally, you're bound to take some muscle with it.

 

[jeepboi]

Looks good.

 

[Bretmj1]

I'll try out fitday, its been about two weeks since i've cut the sugars and excess carbs from my diet, i've lost about 3-4 lbs and am seeing improvement. About a month left to go till summer when I want to be cut up. I'll check out fitday and see if I cant manage my calories. My understanding was in order to cut fat you'd need to cut yourself of some calories to below maintenance? Could you maybe explain that? My diet goes about as follows:

Breakfast 9:30am:
5whites 2 whole eggs
2 tablespoons ANPB
20oz water

Lunch: 12:00pm
1 cup 1% cottage cheese
1 cup frozen peas
1 can tuna
20oz water

Afternoon 2:30pm:
3/4cup brown rice
chicken breast
1tbsp ANPB
20oz water

Preworkout 4:00pm
1tbsp ANPB
1/2cup Lentils
2tbsp fat free strawberry yogurt
20oz water

Post workout 5:30pm
1can tuna
2 servings(16oz) gatorade(dextrose sugar)

Dinner 7:30
1tbsp ANPB
1slice Wholegrain bread
6slices osker mayer lean meat
1 cup peas(or lima beans)

Snack 9:30
1tbsp ANPB
1/2cup 1% cottage cheese
3 slices oscar meyer lean meats

Bedtime Midnight:
1.5tbsp ANPB
1/2cup 1%cottage cheese
1/4 cup 2% milk


This is my cutting diet, what ya think?

 

[Bretmj1]

Oops, Stats!

20y.o
6'2
173lbs
8-9% bf

 

[Bretmj1]

anyone?