Cutting Diet
Merry Christmas. Today I decided to start my cutting diet. I read through Layne’s article on contest prep and decided I can do this. I am at 212 and body fat is somewhere between 13 and 17 % depending on how you measure it. I need to get down to about 190 while maintaining muscle mass to get my BF % to about 5. I want to lose about 1.2 Lb per week of fat and I calculated my dalily MR at 3000 Kcal. I am going to shoot for 2200 to 2400 Kcal a day with 280 - 300 g protein, 150-200 g carbs and 50-70 g fats. I am going to workout pretty much every day but take days off as needed. I will do cardio 3 times a week for 30 mins a session and also do abs with cardio. I am currently taking Lipo 6 and Halo-tren 400 along with Explosive Growth Blend, Isopure Protein Shakes and NO-xplode preworkout. This is going to be a long cutting period and I expect it will take me at least 4 months. Wish me luck!
December 25, 2007 at 3:43 pm
Good luck, I know you can do it! Keep posting with your progress!
December 26, 2007 at 6:12 pm
Well today is my second day on the cutting diet and its not as bad as I thought it would be. I have not been eating enough the last few weeks which has caused my fat loss to stall. - I am actually eating more now but mostly in the form of extra protein and I am also eating more frequently — ie 2.5 hrs. I feel good. Today I went to Kohls and bought three pairs of size 34 pants — they are a bit snug but I can wear them — I wanted to get some tighter clothes not only to look good but to be a constant reminder that I am cutting. I also bought two new medium size shirts — they are pretty snug but they show off nicely my arms and chest so I figured why not! I cant wait to get into size 32 pants — hopefully next month!
January 2, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Today is my eighth day of cutting. I started at 213.6 and this morning I weighed 206.4 — I have been at this same weight for 4 days now so I decided to use today as a refeeding day to stimulate my leptin levels - I doubled my carbs and reduced my protein to 1 g/LB while keeping my fats at about 50 g. I noticed more definition today during my leg workout and my 34 inch pants are fitting better so I know its working but I still have a long way to go. I think I will post some progress pics when I am down to 200.
January 4, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Today is day # 11 of cutting diet. I did a refeed 2 days ago and then cut down the carbs to 150 g again and today the tonita scale at 206 and 18% body fat. The Navy charts also say 18% so I guess I really am that high - ughhh. Well if I am 18 % and I lose 1.5 pound fat a week while maintaining muscle then my progress should go like this:
1/4/08 206 LB 18% BF
2/4/08 200 LB 15% BF
3/4/08 194 LB 13% BF
4/4/08 188 LB 10% BF
5/4/08 182 LB 7% BF
I’ll post pics at each landmark weight - I am pretty sure I will end up in the 180s somewhere for competition condition - that seems so low to me but I guess that is what its going to take….
February 24, 2008 at 7:33 pm
That is definately progress my friend. Great idea about getting the smaller pants — dude size 34?!? you rock. Keep at it…you will be "on stage" before you know it!
Could have used your help today…see my #7 blog.
Hope you ande wife are well.