This time I'm really going to cut!

Ollie · 13-07-2006 10:35 AM

Last time I thought about cutting I posted a provisional diet up here then changed my mind and decided to bulk instead! I'm 5'10'', currently 12 stone 5 pounds, and around 14-15% bf.

I want to drop back to about 10% bf. Whilst bulking I completely stopped running and I really miss it, so I'm going to reintroduce it. I'm planning on longer low intensity sessions (~40 minutes) first thing in the morning (i.e. before breakfast) on 6 days a week, with training looking something like this:

Monday - push (all compound)
Tuesday - pull (all compound)
Wednesday - rest
Thursday - legs
Friday - arms
Saturday - rest
Sunday - rest

Here's the diet I've got in mind:

7:00 am:
2 kiwi fruits
30 g blueberries
1 slice pineapple
40 g whey in water
Black coffee (needed!)

10:00 am:
30 g cashews
1/2 tub quark

1:00 pm:
180 g tuna
Wholemeal pita
1/2 tomato
Spinach

4:00 pm
1/2 tub quark
4 wheatgerm crackers
Black coffee

7:00 pm (PWO)
50 g whey
40 g maltodextrin

8:00 pm
Salmon, cod, chicken or lean beef
Lots of vegetables

10:30 pm
300 ml skimmed milk

Bearing in mind that I'm not looking to be competitive, I just want to be very lean, how does that look to you guys?

**Tom** · 13-07-2006 05:43 PM

drop the fruit first thng (unless u workout) and replace with oats!

have some carbs with the 8pm meal

have some whey in the milk (with some olive oil)

**Ripped Barbarian** · 13-07-2006 06:53 PM

Replace the fruit in morning with oats, put the fruit in with post workout.
Get some more good oils in there, would add a few cals but tbh it's prob slightly too low as it is.

**Karlos02** · 13-07-2006 09:26 PM

whats wrong with fruit first thing?

Resurrected · 13-07-2006 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Karlos02

whats wrong with fruit first thing?

Nothing at all. But you do need something more than fruit even if on a cut. So have the oats and your fruit

**Tom** · 13-07-2006 09:49 PM

oats = low GI, complex carbohydrate
fruit = medium/high simple carbs. in the morning this generally leads to fat gains

Resurrected · 13-07-2006 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom

oats = low GI, complex carbohydrate
fruit = medium/high simple carbs. in the morning this generally leads to fat gains

Rubbish. Total calories consumed minus total calories expended = a calorie surplus leads to fat gains not consuming fruit in the morning

**Karlos02** · 13-07-2006 10:07 PM

i think simple sugars may encourage fat storage at times, but fuit which is high in fiber an natural sugar (fructose) which isnt very high GI generally, will not cause fat storage in the morning.definitly have some oats in there aswell tho!

**Tom** · 13-07-2006 10:13 PM

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Rubbish. Total calories consumed minus total calories expended = a calorie surplus leads to fat gains not consuming fruit in the morning

so if my total daily calorie expenditure was 2000kcals. and i ate 200g fat from lard (1800kcal) i wouldnt get fat ?

Resurrected · 13-07-2006 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom

so if my total daily calorie expenditure was 2000kcals. and i ate 200g fat from lard (1800kcal) i wouldnt get fat ?

You know full well that the human body could not survive in the long run solely on consuming fat. Come on Tom you can do better than that.

Maybe I should have been a little more specific and said

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Originally Posted by 43andstartinover

Total calories consumed minus total calories expended = a calorie surplus leads to fat gains not consuming fruit in the morning on a balanced diet