How many carbs on a cut?

[Hydey]

I'm not bodybuilding as such, but i do want to lose weight, add muscle and eventually gain a 6 pack. So i'm bodybuilding in a sense! Not competing though. My primary goal is to be fit to play sport which involves a lot of short bursts of sprinting and endurance the whole day, like baseball.

My body weight is 215 lbs
My height is 5"11
My body fat is around 25%

I want to cut my body fat to around 10-15%. I aim to be around 170-180lbs.

I have been using fitday.com to count all my intake foods, i started only yesterday. It says that just by sitting around i burn 3,200 calories per day. Yesterday i ingested 2412 cal, 170g protein, 70g of fat (20g saturated), and 270g of carbs.

I plan to cardio around 3 times a week, and weights 2-3 times a week. I play matches on the weekends. This all isn't happening for a few weeks though so how should my diet differ between now and then?

Thanks in advance,

dickiehyde

[Hydey]

*bump*

[Hydey]

Anyone?

[DominicN]

3200 as sedentary sounds very high to me.

Carbs on cut? Preference. the only point in cutting carbs is if you want to archieve the hard and dry look due to less water retained.

[Hydey]

Originally Posted by DominicN

3200 as sedentary sounds very high to me.

Carbs on cut? Preference. the only point in cutting carbs is if you want to archieve the hard and dry look due to less water retained.

Or so that they don't get stored as fat because i'm not using them?

[DominicN]

Originally Posted by Hydey

Or so that they don't get stored as fat because i'm not using them?

Noes, if you don't eat over maintenance level nothing will get stored as fat. Sounds like you've been fed a load by a carbophobe down the gym. or watched Bruno. I eat 300 daily while cutting right now at 160lbs.

If you don't suffer from like diabetes or insulin resistance don't bother with restricting your carbs.

[jscan1]

go under the My Metabolism section and scale activity level back to sedentary, otherwise it sort of double counts your activity, because once you add activities under the activity tab (Ie: daily weightlifting and cardio) when you go to your summary it shows both combined

[Hydey]

So don't cut my carbs at all... even on a cut? I thought restrcting them to pre and post workouts.. and breakfast was what to do??

I sit around all day mostly, so i dont use the carbs?

[Hudacris]

stop worryin about the damn carbs. Thats irrevelant on a cut. Just eat under maintennance and get your protein requirements.

[Hydey]

Originally Posted by Hudacris

stop worryin about the damn carbs. Thats irrevelant on a cut. Just eat under maintennance and get your protein requirements.

Ok cheers. How do i work out my matinience?

[Hydey]

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[hankst]

Trial and error...
But http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm is also a good start.