Started cutting today, need diet suggestions...

[gymtime]

Bulking fun is over. Seems I'm "pushing maximum density". New diet starting today. Quick stats: I'm 33, 6'1", 225, 13-14%bf. Want to get to 10%, hopefully go from there. Will keep lifting heavy, but up the cardio. I prefer more of a zone diet to the CKDs. This all comes to roughly 3575 cals, 50/25/25.
Here's what I'm doing, any suggestions?

I drink water (mostly) / 1 can diet soda / 20-40oz diet iced tea throughout the day.

8:30: Multivitamin and one ECA pill. 2 cups lowfat cottage cheese, 1 cup pineapple (canned in unsweetened juice.)

11:30: 12 oz chicken (lt and dk meat), 1 cup brown rice, a little soy sauce. (this is a large teri-chicken serving w/o sauce from Yoshi's. I eat about half of the rice.)

2:00: Shake: 60/6/2.

4:30: 2 wheat tortillas and roughly 10oz of tuna mixed with some canola mayo and sweet relish.

6:30: 10-12 egg white shake with a shot of protein powder and two tbspns flax oil.

7:30 - 8:45: workout (10gr L-Glutamine post workout)

9:30: large skinless, boneless chicken breast, seasoned, and some vegs.

 

[gymtime]

Bump

 

[Murman]

Hello gymtime

If your trying lose weight why are you eating like your bulking up?
Your Cal's should be around 2700 to 2250.

 

[gymtime]

OK, did some miscalculations. It's actually 1 cup cot chs in the am, half cup of pineapple. Plust 8 oz. chicken at 11:30, not 12oz. So it comes to under 2700. Still too high?

 

[bigmag]

You need proten in the morning and right after your workout. You should also take some right before you go to bed. You need to be getting atleast 250 grams of protein each day (I"m not sure if you are) and I'd take in around 200g of carbs. The foods you are eating look good, it's just that you're eating them in the wrong proportions in my opinion.