help me and my diet

[powerhouse972]

i have just finished 10 weeks of bulking and good gains. The only bad thing was i added about 2.5 inches on my waist. I want to go on a maintainance/small cutting cycle(Natural) to lose some of my flab and then start up again in a month. I haven't been doing any cardio but i figure i can walk every morning before breakfast for 45 min. I have been eating around 3500 cal (350 pro - 350 carbs - 75 fat) Any good diet tips to where i wouldn't lose any muscle? Is this too much cardio?

 

[THEEGAME2544]

NO!!!! Don't try to cut anything off just yet. Having just finished bulking, your goal should be to try to preserve most of what you've gained. I'd suggest that you take a good 6 weeks or so after post cycle therapy and keep your calories and diet high almost like you were still bulking and gradually taper down. Your body needs to adjust to your new size. First instinct your body will have if you cut down a bit now is to reject some of your gains. So take a good 6 weeks and relax with the blubber......then taper down and begin dieting to lose some of the fat

 

[powerhouse972]

well if you say to keep the calories high wouldn't that be the same as what i am doing now and then in six weeks cutting? I was only planning on adding some cardio to my training and cutting carbs a tad

 

[THEEGAME2544]

Yes. Your doing good. I read through and thought that you were going to immediately start cutting. Just make sure that you keep the calories up far enough out so your body adjusts. A little light cardio at this stage a couple times a week would be ok but if your not finished with post cycle therapy hold off just a couple weeks.

 

[thx9000]

I keep calories very high post cycle, but I do dramatically reduce the carbs during my recovery...