my pre-contest diet that im running

[moonstompin_1969]

stats:
age:24
weight: 224
bf%: 18-20
goal:181
bf%: 5-7 hopefully
status:natural

diet:
meal 1: 1 scoop optimum nutrition whey,3 tbs of natty peanut butter
meal 2 same
meal 3 same
meal 4 same
meal 5 same
meal 6 same

totals for day: around 2500 cals

weight training:
mon: chest+tris
tues: back bis
wed: off
thurs: shoulders
friday: legs

cardio: 5 days a week,30 minutes on bike or tredmill after weight training

outlook so far: positive so far, however I get hungary towards the end of the day. other than that im fine. drinking almost 2 gallons of water a day and peeing alot.

supps: multi vitimin,t-rex

week 1 , 19 more to go

any suggestions????

 

[moonstompin_1969]

i also plan to carb up once every 10 days untill i hit 10-12%, then i will carb up once a week.

 

[JKurz1]

Yeah, do CKD instead...lol...I personally think this diet is detremental.....sure you'll lose the lbs, but you'll be neglecting your body of essential vitamins and nutrients....just my .02......

 

[Zer0 Defects]

Very true, but I think thats why Mr. X recommended it only be used for about 3 weeks at a time. Plus your getting a great deal of the lost vitamins and minerals from the supplements Mr. X also advises to take. In any case, good luck moonstompin!

 

[moonstompin_1969]

I found that ckd is alittle harsh on me, aside from being expensive at almost 100 dollars a week, i get really hungary on the diet and i eat the appropiate amount of cals, fat ,pro. in any case, im only running this diet for 10 weeks and then switching to a traditional pre-contest diet with carbs.

 

[swb1126]

You need to switch your protein powder. I know that Opt. Nut. is cheap, but it only takes about an hour to digest; whereas a milk casein protein powder stays in your system for about 3 hours. It's just like eating a solid protein. If you're spreading apart your meals every three hours, you could become catabolic.

 

[Veretta9]

Doesn't the PB slow down the digestion rate?

 

[onerepmaximum]

I must be missing something. It looks to me that you are taking in protein powder, peanut butter, a couple of supplements and that's all? I sure hope not. You need to have solid food. The thermogenic effect will help you burn more calories for one and for two a piece of chicken or steak tastes a hell of a lot better than some protein powder. How far out are you from your contest? You need to eat and I probably would do more cardio than 30 minutes a day with BF% in the range that yours is. If you can do cardio in the morning, that would be the most beneficial. It will keep you metabolism a little higher through out the day. I would do that in addition to, not instead of what you are already doing.