well thought out Cutting "maintaining" Diet: how does it look??

[Darkwatcher758]

Here is a little background information:

I work from 1pm to 9:15pm, Job sucks and tired sometimes at night, so it focuses all around this.

GOAL: Lose rest of bf% to 10% and try to lose LESS or maintain as much muscle possible.

Stats:
5'7
168lbs
15.5% bf

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<b>WORKOUT PROGRAM</b>
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NOTE: Each morning will be followed with Protein Shake/l-glutamine. Creatine on lifting days, and fat burner on cardio days.

Day 1: Wake up, HITT CARDIO (25min)Abs

DAY 2: Lifting Chest/Triceps (Morning) - Followed up with 15-20min Low Intensity Cardio

DAY 3: Wake up, HITT CARDIO (25min)

DAY 4: Lifting Biceps/Back (Morning) - Followed up with 15-20min Low Intensity Cardio

DAY 5: Wake up HITT CARDIO (25min) AbS

DAY 6: Lifting Legs/Shoulders (Morning) - Followed up with 15-20min Low Intensity Cardio


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<b>DIET</B>
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Chicken
Veggies
Little Beef
Tuna
Raw Almonds
Wheat Bread
Cottage Cheese
Protein Shake
Occasional Muscle Milk
Occasional Meal Replacement
Apples
Oats
Eggs
Brown Rice
Wheat Pasta

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Fish Oil (before bed)
Multi-Vit/B-Complex
Lipo6
Creatine CEE
L-glutamine
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<b>Example Meal Plan</b>

5:00am - Wake up , drink Whey protein shake with water
6:00am Gym
7:00am- Home
8:00am - make breakfast ( 4eggs, 3 whites/1whole) 2 slices of wheat toast, with 1/2 cup cottage cheese.
10:00am - Apple
12:00-1:00pm - Protein Shake with water
2:30pm - 3:00pm - Lunch, Chicken/Veggies/ Wheat Pasta or Brown rice/ very little.
5:45pm - Dinner (Same thing)
7:30 - 8:00pm (almonds)
10:00pm (Muscle milk if lifted with low fat milk / Whey protein with water on cardio days.


What do you guys think? Do you think it will make me crash or I can handle it? Don't want to set up myself for failure.

[zaxx19]

So based off that youd be sleeping well under 7 hours a night?

Not a good idea.

Wake up later if you are working @ 1 PM.

Just an initial thought, you need to be getting 8+ hours a night with all that HIIT and lifting....especially if you want to cut bodyfat at the same time.

Im not trying to slam you or anything but why are you trying to cut anyway do you want to be 150?

I mean it is perfectly alright if the answer is yes. Just curious.

[Darkwatcher758]

no no, I have a lot of loose skin left from loosing 100lbs..

and the only way I can shrink the bitch up without a tummy tuck is to drop WAY WAY low in bf%..

Not trying to lose weight at all:

Pic's here:

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=1493191


I got this idea, from this guy:

http://bodyspace.bodybuilding.com/DJohnson/

He had lose skin, check out his pics, its still wrinkled but he got it all tight.

oh and well I guess if its cardio days I can sleep in a little more an hour or 2

[ScottC]

Hey Darkwatcher, after lifting you want to do a minimum of 20 mnutes of cardio. It is recommended 20-30 minutes of low to mod cardio after lifting. I keep it on the high end and do 30 minutes.

[Odin]

Not bad. If you are trying to do fasted state cardio in the A.M. you don't want the protein shake prior to HIIT in the A.M. Whey should be taken alone anyway and it looks like you are doing it again at noon. The apple at 10:00 is not a meal, all meals should be based on protein first. Look you are getting closer but until you start following these rules and understanding why they work you will not get best results. I agree with ScottC on the cardio. Yeah I am tough but so are those last 20 lbs, believe me.