How do i diet for a cutting cycle???

[burnthiscorpse]

Cutting Cycle means nothing. Its a cutting diet where your taking exogenous hormones to help your body retain as much muscle tissue as possible during a calorie deficit.

That being said... If your trying to lose bodyfat, you must understand that one pound of bodyfat has 3500 available calories. So you need to be 3500 calories under maintenance to burn that pound of bodyfat.

At 190lbs and 18% BF you have ~34.2lbs of fat. 12%BF would mean you want to cut 11.4lbs of BF. 11.4 x 3500 = 39,900 calories. You want to do this over 16 weeks, so 39,900/16 = 2494 calories per week, or alternatively 2494/7 = 357 calorie deficit per day. So you need to be 2494 calories in deficit every week for 16 weeks to reach your goal.

Take that number, then find out your BMR using any calculator (you can google this and find it in 5 minutes), and subtract the 357 calories from it. That will tell you exactly how many calories you need to eat each day to reach your 16 week goal. Take that calorie amount and design yourself a daily menu with a good protein:carb:fat ratio and bing bang boom you have got yoruself the perfect cutting diet for your body.

Dayum!!! nice post. (for a skins fan)

 

[Para_Shoot]

"Cutting Cycle means nothing" I AGREE!! 95% of people, I believe, have this grand illusion that they will go on a "bulking" cycle consisting of something like sustanon and deca and then they really believe that there are magic steroid drugs to take right after that to "Cut up", without regards to diet. If only it were that easy.. everyone would be walking around looking like a mini Jay Cutler.. Keep dreaming! I second the motion that "Skinsfan" took the time to write.

 

[cobracock1979]

Dayum!!! nice post. (for a skins fan)

Agreed

Excellent post.

I would also say that the amounts of AAS needed to maintain LBM whilst on a cal deficit are considerably less than on standard bulking cycle.

 

[nydj66]

agreed

excellent post.

I would also say that the amounts of aas needed to maintain lbm whilst on a cal deficit are considerably less than on standard bulking cycle.

+1

 

[Makavelli]

Agreed

Excellent post.

I would also say that the amounts of AAS needed to maintain LBM whilst on a cal deficit are considerably less than on standard bulking cycle.

Actually that's false. One needs more AAS while dieting due to the catabolic nature of dieting. While bulking the amount of calories, mainly the carbs, cause an anabolic and anti catabolic effect. This allows one to use less AAS and still grow.

 

[cobracock1979]

Actually that's false. One needs more AAS while dieting due to the catabolic nature of dieting. While bulking the amount of calories, mainly the carbs, cause an anabolic and anti catabolic effect. This allows one to use less AAS and still grow.

Personally I need very little to maintain LBM on a large cal deficit.