2007 Cutting Contest (January 1,07-May28,07)

[jay1514929]

some more

[Minns39]

Is it too late to join? If not then i will enter today. I will post pics up tommorrow.
My Stats Are
Height: 5'6
Weight: 179
Bf: Unknown.
Goal:
Cut down to 150 - 159 while keeping all my muscle ive gained.

[maffie2]

I'm joining... is it possible? Currently, 177lbs. Looking to get to around 165lbs with single digit body fat.

[CleverOne]

2 weeks in and decent progress this past week. Diet was good, workouts were good. I'm starting a new workout program, Chad Waterbury's TBT. I wanted something that was a full body workout 3x a week and would be challenging. Currently on day 2, day 3 is gonna be tough, but I'm looking forward to it.

Here are my updated stats, starting stats are in ().

Stats:
Weight: 183 (185)
Height: 5' 9"
BF %: 25% (24.6%)
Waist: 36.5 (37)
Chest: 38 (38)
Abdomen: 37.5 (38)
Bicep: 14.5 (14.5)
Hips: 40 (41)
Thigh: 23.5 (24)
Calf: 14 (14)
Neck: 15 (15)

updated progress pics are on my BodySpace (http://bodyspace.bodybuilding.com/CleverOne/)

good times.

[new2lifting]

some more

lots of mass bro

look forward to seeing your cutting progress

keep up the good work

[new2lifting]

I'm joining... is it possible? Currently, 177lbs. Looking to get to around 165lbs with single digit body fat.

ok you are in

registration is closed

good luck everyone with your goals

[new2lifting]

I attached 2 photos
made this today with my bread machine
only ate half of it and threw the other half away
it was really good, but I didn't want to be tempted with the other half sitting around

here is the calories and macros for this whole pizza

Total: 596 calories
Fat: 22 grams 34%
--Sat: 6 grams 10%
--Poly: 4 grams 6%
--Mono: 12 grams 19%
Carbs: 75 grams 46%
--Fiber: 9 grams
Protein: 28 grams 19%

ingredients

-crust is whole wheat bread...(made from olive oil, whole wheat flour, vital wheat gluten, small amount of salt and honey, yeast)
-1/2 cup low fat mozzarela cheese
-8 slices turkey pepperoini
-1/2 cup ragu tomatoe sauce
-1 tomatoe
-1 banana pepper

need to find out how to make a healthy tomotoe sauce, replace the mozzarela cheese with fat free cheese, and replace the turkey pepporini with chicken, and it should be really healthy.

I am working on getting this healthy recipe down
the breadmaker arrived yesterday, so this is the first recipe I made with it
I will make a healthier pizza next time
need to drop by the grocery and pick up some more ingredients

[JaeGee]

i am still going strong. not really much to report except for a cheat meal yesterday. had 2 beers and some hot wings at a local bar.

but other than that it has been all good. cant wait to lift tomorrow morning. plus some cardio since all i got to do today was play 5 games of raquetball.

[synthetic54]

Hi, here are my pictures. I'm not in great shape compared to all the "Jay Cutlers" but from what I was before, I'm in great shape. I'm still striving for my goal but I know I'll reach it eventually.

I lost around 90lbs in 9 monthes, so loose skin and stretch marks are abundant.

- Synthetic54

P.S. Can somebody estimate my bodyfat?

Measurements:
Height: 5' 9.5''
Weight: 166lbs
Arm: 13in
Waist: 35in
Hip: 33.5in
Chest: 36.3in

[CapitalJay]

only ate half of it and threw the other half away

Don't throw it away!!! Go brush your teeth and wrap it up for another meal when you don't have time to make one.

Easy ideas for improving that meal:
-cut your chicken breasts into smaller pieces, cook on stove, then roll around in solution of olive oil & hot wings sauce before adding to pizza
-"good" pizza sauce is easy: 1 can of tomato sauce, 1 can diced tomatos, 1 can water, oregano, basil, maybe some pepper, garlic, onion, add more veggies as desired (I like green pepper), and don't forget 1 bay leaf! Simmer over low heat until the tomato becomes nice & soft. It will taste significantly different without the sugar/salt found in most pre-made sauces, but it's much healthier! Remove the bayleaf before serving!

---->cooking, I can do, it's avoiding the people at work selling g/s cookies for their daughters that is driving me crazy!

-Jay

[jay1514929]

I attached 2 photos
made this today with my bread machine

Ahhhh, That makes me hungry just looking at it... Yum, oh well, at least since I am on keto I get to eat fats so I can't even really complain. Come on guys and gals (if there are any in this) lets turn up the heat. What are you doing to cut? Yesterday for instance, I did an extra hour on the treadmill and drank 2 gallons of water.What are you doing? My next step is to add am cardio, that is pretty tough for me in the winter. I am like a bear and want to stay in bed.

[CleverOne]

I attached 2 photos
I am working on getting this healthy recipe down
the breadmaker arrived yesterday, so this is the first recipe I made with it
I will make a healthier pizza next time
need to drop by the grocery and pick up some more ingredients

Healthy sauce recipe? This is mine and it works perfectly for healthy pizza and on pasta. I usually do a very large batch and individually freeze about 5 nights worth. Here's the recipe, which will make around 10-12 servings:

3 28oz cans San Marzano crushed tomatos (tomato choice is extremely important)
3 Large Green Peppers
2 Large White Onions
1 Large Bulb of Garlic
7 Baby Carrots (cuts acidity because of the natural sugar in carrot)
Bunch of Fresh Basil
Salt
Pepper

Roughly chop and saute all the vegetables in the olive oil. Once you've softened them up add the tomatos and 28oz of water. Simmer until it's reduced to about 1/2 to 2/3 it's original volume (about 2 hours). About 15 min. before you turn the heat off add a ton of fresh basil. Let the sauce sit off the heat for about 30-60 min then blend. Be careful while blending hot things, crack the lid of the blender when you first turn it on so that the heat can escape. Use the highest setting on the blender and liquify the sauce. Blending gives the sauce the consitency of pizza sauce.

Macros are good on this, don't know them right off the top of my head, but it's around 180-200 cals for 150-200g.

My wife and I eat this at least 2 times a week on whole wheat pizza dough, part skim mozzarela (I use very little cheese) and turkey sausage, we don't even miss our favorite pizzeria's pizza.

[Samm]

Been keeping it at it so scrictly I am used to the whole thing now.

Changed my 40 Minute run/5 Times a week to a 20 Minute High tens/20 Minutes High Weights/20 Minute bike/10 Minutes Skip + Crunches.

Think it will work a hell a lot better. I will see in my results.

[JaeGee]

I lost around 90lbs in 9 monthes, so loose skin and stretch marks are abundant.


P.S. Can somebody estimate my bodyfat?

damn that is some damn impressive weight loss! from the looks of it you are about 17 % bf or so. but i am viewing on a pda with a screen of about 2 inches so that estimate could be totally off.

[new2lifting]

Healthy sauce recipe? This is mine and it works perfectly for healthy pizza and on pasta. I usually do a very large batch and individually freeze about 5 nights worth. Here's the recipe, which will make around 10-12 servings:

3 28oz cans San Marzano crushed tomatos (tomato choice is extremely important)
3 Large Green Peppers
2 Large White Onions
1 Large Bulb of Garlic
7 Baby Carrots (cuts acidity because of the natural sugar in carrot)
Bunch of Fresh Basil
Salt
Pepper

Roughly chop and saute all the vegetables in the olive oil. Once you've softened them up add the tomatos and 28oz of water. Simmer until it's reduced to about 1/2 to 2/3 it's original volume (about 2 hours). About 15 min. before you turn the heat off add a ton of fresh basil. Let the sauce sit off the heat for about 30-60 min then blend. Be careful while blending hot things, crack the lid of the blender when you first turn it on so that the heat can escape. Use the highest setting on the blender and liquify the sauce. Blending gives the sauce the consitency of pizza sauce.

Macros are good on this, don't know them right off the top of my head, but it's around 180-200 cals for 150-200g.

My wife and I eat this at least 2 times a week on whole wheat pizza dough, part skim mozzarela (I use very little cheese) and turkey sausage, we don't even miss our favorite pizzeria's pizza.

Don't throw it away!!! Go brush your teeth and wrap it up for another meal when you don't have time to make one.

Easy ideas for improving that meal:
-cut your chicken breasts into smaller pieces, cook on stove, then roll around in solution of olive oil & hot wings sauce before adding to pizza
-"good" pizza sauce is easy: 1 can of tomato sauce, 1 can diced tomatos, 1 can water, oregano, basil, maybe some pepper, garlic, onion, add more veggies as desired (I like green pepper), and don't forget 1 bay leaf! Simmer over low heat until the tomato becomes nice & soft. It will taste significantly different without the sugar/salt found in most pre-made sauces, but it's much healthier! Remove the bayleaf before serving!

---->cooking, I can do, it's avoiding the people at work selling g/s cookies for their daughters that is driving me crazy!

-Jay

thanks bros for the recipes and the tips!!
I'll give these a try

[warbird00]

I started cut last week and my stats were:
1/11/07
186.4 lbs
~13-14bf (15.4 according to bf scale)
No cheat meals! Woot

1/18/06
184
15.1% according to bf scale

[magnumfreak]

I lost around 90lbs in 9 monthes, so loose skin and stretch marks are abundant.

- Synthetic54

nice job on the weight loss. continue to build some muscle and it will help fill in the loose skin for you.

never give up!

[synthetic54]

PM me for pictures from 250 down to 160. I'm too embarassed to show what I previously looked like.

I'm a pretty strict person when it comes to diet, except this Christmas. I try to run at least 3 miles a day even on day off so let's see more of this flab come off.

- Synthetic54

P.S. - Can't wait to bulk, already got my bulking diet set up perfectly.

[AF Pumped]

Time for my weekly stats:

Start: 185lbs BF%17.5

Today: 179.5 BF% 17.0

Some thing has got to be messed up with what I am doing. Although I am still losing weight and BF%, I would think with my current calorie intake I would be loosing a little more each week. Perhaps you all can see what I can change and point me in the right direction. Below is my current plan. I am using DietPower to track my stats. This is my weekly average:

Fat/Carb/Protein ratio: 29%/34%/37%

Average cal intake: 1750
Average water intake: 117oz

My work out routine is:

Monday AM: Back 45 min Cardio AM: Medium Intensity: 45 min (elliptical)
Cardio PM: Medium High 30 min (Running)

Tuesday AM: Chest: 45 min Cardio AM: HIIT 20 Min (treadmill)


Wednesday AM: Legs 45 min Cardio: Medium Int: 45 min (Bike)
Cardio PM: Med/High 30 min (Running)

Thursday AM: Arms (Bi,Tri) 45 min Cardio: HIIT 20 min (elliptical)

Friday AM: Shoulders 45 min Cardio AM: Medium int 45 min (Tread climber)
Cardio PM: Med/High 30 min (Running)

What should I change? Thanks for all you help! Good luck with you cutting!

[JaeGee]

Time for my weekly stats:

Start: 185lbs BF%17.5

Today: 179.5 BF% 17.0

Some thing has got to be messed up with what I am doing. Although I am still losing weight and BF%, I would think with my current calorie intake I would be loosing a little more each week. Perhaps you all can see what I can change and point me in the right direction. Below is my current plan. I am using DietPower to track my stats. This is my weekly average:

Fat/Carb/Protein ratio: 29%/34%/37%

Average cal intake: 1750
Average water intake: 117oz

My work out routine is:

Monday AM: Back 45 min Cardio AM: Medium Intensity: 45 min (elliptical)
Cardio PM: Medium High 30 min (Running)

Tuesday AM: Chest: 45 min Cardio AM: HIIT 20 Min (treadmill)


Wednesday AM: Legs 45 min Cardio: Medium Int: 45 min (Bike)
Cardio PM: Med/High 30 min (Running)

Thursday AM: Arms (Bi,Tri) 45 min Cardio: HIIT 20 min (elliptical)

Friday AM: Shoulders 45 min Cardio AM: Medium int 45 min (Tread climber)
Cardio PM: Med/High 30 min (Running)

What should I change? Thanks for all you help! Good luck with you cutting!

Eat more, eat about 2200 calories a day. And then wait a week and see if that fixes things. Actually if you add 400 calories wait 2 weeks to see if that fixes things because the first week you may see a small bit of weight gain.

Then after that I may try to knock a day off of the cardio. Looks like you are losing LBM not fat. So eat more and if possible run less But definately eat more.

[Samm]

Started my new routine today in my Gym. I personally think it's a lot better than what I was doing before.

Before Routine - 40 Minute run, 3.5 Miles.
New Routine - 20 Minute run, 2.0 Miles (faster run than before) + 25 Minutes on bike + 20-30 minutes weights.

Both routines had crunches/pres ups etc added in. Think the new one is a hell a lot better. Every week I will top my run maybe 5 minutes. Or even the speed up a notch. Anyway day off tomorrow, have a naughty thing i.e. Peice of cake, but that will be it, I wont go crazy like some people on there day off. Although I will still skip + do crunches etc.

Weighin myself on Monday. That will be a full week for me. See how I have done. But Im guessing if I have lost any, it will be water weight.

Anyway I'm off to bed.

[socrates399]

I've been progressing fairly well for the cutting contest. I've been keeping my journal in a separate thread. I wanted to go over my diet with everyone and get some input. So far it has worked very well. I started at 222 and now I am at 218 after 15 days, so that's about 1 or 2 pounds a week of fat plus some water weight. I'm planning to post another pic at 6 weeks.

I am 6 feet tall and weight 218 pounds. Here is what I've been eating:

Meal 1: 2 large eggs, 1/2 cup egg whites. Trader Joe's hot sauce (0 cal), salt+pepper. 1/2 cup of oats with splenda and cinnamon

Meal 2: 1 cup of non-fat cottage cheese, 1 can of albacore tuna, plus 2-3 tablespoons of FRESH salsa (not the crap made with sugar sauce), salt+pepper, mixed all together. My girlfriend thinks this is totally gross, but the nutrional value (and convenience) of it can't be beat, its something like 67 grams of protein inside about 350 calories.

Meal 3: home broiled chicken breast (package claims 46 grams of protein per breast). Cooked with olive oil, fresh lemon, salt, pepper and 1/2 cup of cous cous.

Meal 4: "Pouch" of tuna, basically like a can but 150 calories instead of 175. Easier to open at work.

Meal 5 (Pre-workout): 1 cup of NF cottage cheese mixed with 1 cup of fruit yogurt. Usually I get the lowfat yogurt at the store in whatever flavor. It's basically 100 calories of sugar.

Post workout: Whey protein shake, 260 calories, 40 g protein according to the box. (I bought 4 cases of them)

Dinner: Chicken salad with veggies, made with red leaf and green leaf lettuce. The salad also has black beans and garbanzo beans, corn, peas, beets, and some black olives. I use about 2 tablespoons of fat free italian dressing on this.

So far I've been able to stick with this diet, but I expect to make it better over time.

Any comments or suggestions?

Thanks,

socrates399

[new2lifting]

I've been progressing fairly well for the cutting contest. I've been keeping my journal in a separate thread. I wanted to go over my diet with everyone and get some input. So far it has worked very well. I started at 222 and now I am at 218 after 15 days, so that's about 1 or 2 pounds a week of fat plus some water weight. I'm planning to post another pic at 6 weeks.

I am 6 feet tall and weight 218 pounds. Here is what I've been eating:

Meal 1: 2 large eggs, 1/2 cup egg whites. Trader Joe's hot sauce (0 cal), salt+pepper. 1/2 cup of oats with splenda and cinnamon

Meal 2: 1 cup of non-fat cottage cheese, 1 can of albacore tuna, plus 2-3 tablespoons of FRESH salsa (not the crap made with sugar sauce), salt+pepper, mixed all together. My girlfriend thinks this is totally gross, but the nutrional value (and convenience) of it can't be beat, its something like 67 grams of protein inside about 350 calories.

Meal 3: home broiled chicken breast (package claims 46 grams of protein per breast). Cooked with olive oil, fresh lemon, salt, pepper and 1/2 cup of cous cous.

Meal 4: "Pouch" of tuna, basically like a can but 150 calories instead of 175. Easier to open at work.

Meal 5 (Pre-workout): 1 cup of NF cottage cheese mixed with 1 cup of fruit yogurt. Usually I get the lowfat yogurt at the store in whatever flavor. It's basically 100 calories of sugar.

Post workout: Whey protein shake, 260 calories, 40 g protein according to the box. (I bought 4 cases of them)

Dinner: Chicken salad with veggies, made with red leaf and green leaf lettuce. The salad also has black beans and garbanzo beans, corn, peas, beets, and some black olives. I use about 2 tablespoons of fat free italian dressing on this.

So far I've been able to stick with this diet, but I expect to make it better over time.

Any comments or suggestions?

Thanks,

socrates399

How many calories is that bro?

[new2lifting]

Eat more, eat about 2200 calories a day. And then wait a week and see if that fixes things. Actually if you add 400 calories wait 2 weeks to see if that fixes things because the first week you may see a small bit of weight gain.

Then after that I may try to knock a day off of the cardio. Looks like you are losing LBM not fat. So eat more and if possible run less But definately eat more.

I agree with JaeGee
2200 calories minimum
you need energy to slam the weights around
also, never put cardio ahead of weight training, cardio is a good thing, but only if your weight training and caloric levels are in check

anyways, thats my 2 cents
keep at it bro!!

[JaeGee]

How many calories is that bro?

this was my first thought also. seems like you are eating too little. however what you are eating looks awesome. just may have to add to it a little.

and oh my lord meal 2 would make me throw up!

[ronz0r]

thats pretty gross...tuna+salsa=good. but tuna+salsa+cc=ew lol

[socrates399]

All,

Yeah, the tuna+cottage cheese *sounds* gross, but its good and it keeps my blood sugar so constant. As for the total calorie intake, here is where it's at (its really hard to judge the chicken salad since I buy it at my gym, but its made will all fresh ingredients).

OK - here is the exact count:

Meal 1: (2 large eggs+1/2 egg whites + 1/2 cup oats) = 350 calories, 25 grams protein

Meal 2: (tuna+cottage cheese+salsa) = 360 calories, 65 grams protein

Meal 3: Chicken Breast with cous cous = 350 calories (estimated: 220 per breast + 1/2 cup cous cous) = ~50 grams protein (cous cous has protein too)

Meal 4: Tuna pouch, 150 calories, 30 grams protein

Meal 5: Yogurt (130 cals) + 1 cup nf cottage cheese = 290 calories, 36 grams protein

Meal 6: Post workout shake = 260 calories, 40 grams protein

Meal 7: Chicken salad. I'll estimate this guy at about 400 calories (to be safe) and 20 grams protein as it has 1/4 cup grilled chicken breast plus a bunch of beans (black beans, garbanzo).

so.... that is a grand total of:

2120 calories and 267 grams of protein.

I weigh 218 pounds now and am lifting pretty hard on a 4 day split. I work behind a desk. My cardio is 3 x a week at least a 5 mile run.


socrates399

[JaeGee]

id probably add about 250 or 300 calories. but if you haven't seen a decrease in lbm then more power to you. and keep it the same until (if) you do see a decrease.

[warbird00]

any1 using layne's cut here?

[AF Pumped]

Thank you all for the help, I will give the higher cal less cardio approach a try and let you know how it works out!

Thanks again!