Need help w/ my cutting calories

[cranny]

OK heres the deal. I've got a vacation coming up in about 8 wks. I figured this would be a good goal to shoot for. To start w/ I'm not that far off(relatively lean already). So 10 wks. out I upped my cardio to 4-6 times/wk. from 3 times/wk. and resrticted my calories by about 500 cal./day less than what I've been eating. I got on the scales yesterday and I've gained 6 lbs. WTF? I'm on a maint. dose of test e @ 250/wk. I know you shouldn't judge your progress by the scales and more by how your clothes feel and look in the mirror. But damn that makes no sense. I know one thing. I look pretty good in the morning when I first get up. But by the time I get home from work, I look like a porker w/ a bloated gut. You think it's just water? Or could this be a delayed reaction to what my previouas diet was and it's just now showing on me? Puzzled.

 

[SgtSlaughter]

First off cutting cals by 500 / day ...3,500 calories a week deficit from before is HUGE... probably too ambitious. 500 deficiet for the week with added cardio and super clean food should do the trick to start.

What are you eating?

Food list...and/or diet breakdown?

 

[cranny]

To be honest my diet is crap at the moment and too embarrassed to list. Nothing crazy like fried foods, just way too much peanut butter and such at night as well as eating out too much lately. My plan was cutting my portions back for the time being. Sounds like I need to clean it up and increase my water(currently 1/2 gallon or less/day). Guess I just figured be increasing my cardio(almost double) and cutting portion size I could at least get going in the right direction. I tell ya, training is the easy part but this dieting as a predominant endomorph is tough.

 

[SgtSlaughter]

I hear ya bro... diet is tough... but it pays off in the end.

It's about portion for the average joe trying to loose weight. For us, we need to eat clean to notice real changes... lots of clean food.

Fitday your clean intake..or what you'd like to aim for, i bet it'll be less calories than you think if you haven't done it before.

Clean, clean, clean... if you cheat often, it will show, remember that... reward your self one meal a week... IF THAT because you're only 8 weeks out... i'd eat as clean as long as I could then reward (nothing too crazy, just to stay saine...).

Without a doubt...bump the h20 up

 

[cranny]

I hear ya bro... diet is tough... but it pays off in the end.

It's about portion for the average joe trying to loose weight. For us, we need to eat clean to notice real changes... lots of clean food.

Fitday your clean intake..or what you'd like to aim for, i bet it'll be less calories than you think if you haven't done it before.

Clean, clean, clean... if you cheat often, it will show, remember that... reward your self one meal a week... IF THAT because you're only 8 weeks out... i'd eat as clean as long as I could then reward (nothing too crazy, just to stay saine...).

Without a doubt...bump the h20 up

Thanks as always. Appreciate your help.