Know this may ruffle a few feathers, given the prevalent view that Bill Phillips is a sell-out. BUT--I'm getting ready to begin my next cut cycle, of Eq/Winny/Fina/Anavar/t3. On past cutting programs, I've utlized a low carb diet, with some success, but for me, as an active college student, playing a sport, and working in the off-season, the drawbacks often outweight the benefits. The headaches and feelings of low-energy hit me bad when I'm real low on carbs, and even though I consume carbs before and after my lifts, I often feel like I'm losing a little something. So, I'm curious if anyone has an opinion on the Bill Phillips diet--6 meals a day, each meal equaling one portion protein, one portion carbs, with one portion of veggies addes to two meals--as an effective cutting diet. I'm at 5'9, 190 lbs, approx. 12.5% bf--looking to get that number down to around 7-8 over an 8 week period. I've calculated my maint. calories as a little over 3000. I do cardio twice a day, 5 times a week, as endurance is just as important to me as strength training--I do high intensity interval running on an empty stomach in the morning, and low-intensity swimming in the evening. So, I'm planning my diet to be in the 2500 calorie a day range--giving me a 500 calorie deficit, on top of alot of cardio, a generally active lifestyle, 5 intense lifts a week, and hydroxycut in addition to the cycle at 3 weeks on and one week off over the course of the cycle. I apologize for the length of this post--any help wpuld be much appreciated..thanks!

[This message has been edited by quaker (edited November 05, 2000).]

1 Chicken Breast (150-180) cals
1 Apple (80) cals
Broccoli (25) cals

Thats one "portion" sized meal which only consists of 285 cals. What a fuckingf joke. I can't believe Bill put that shit into his book. Maybe for women that would be ok, but most men need a shitload more protein/carbs than that. Here is what I found works best:
Make sure to balance most meals, but dont worry about the portion thing. For example, I would eat...

2 Cans Tuna (300) cals
2 pc bread (120) cals
Orange Juice (120) cals

Thats about 540 cals total.
540*6= 3240 cals/day.

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meal one: bowl of oatmeal with raisins, soy protein with 2 cups milk, 3 oz can of tuna, plus one centrum and b vitamins

workout: i drink a bottle of ocean spray cran grape juice during my workouts for the carb content.

post workout meal: cup of pasta with vegetables with 5 oz white chicken from can. also 2 cups of milk with soy protein and 1 bannana. plus b vitamins

2-3 hours later

3 oz can of tuna with 2 cups of milk and soy protein

2 hours later

2 slices of cinnamon bread with 3 oz of tuna
1 bannana,
1 cup of milk, and b vitamins

3 hours later

2 cups of oatmeal with 2 cups of milk with soy protein

vegetables with pasta and 5 oz can of chicken or/and beef, 2 glasses of milk +apple

go to bed.

this diet is VERY easy to follow and im never hungry. the key is to structure your heavy carb intake around your workouts, either before or after, and right before u go to bed. i have a cheat meal on saturday nights before i go out and drink, then sunday morning its back to the diet.