Getting Serious; 73 days to do the best I can

[aschulz90]

I'm just out of school and have until July 28th to absolutely devote myself to exercise and diet (I will have a job but this will only help me wake up early and not mope around the house...a good thing).

Goal: Spend approx. 40 days cutting fat while attempting to maintain muscle. Spend the remaining 33 days developing more muscle, size and strength.

Schedule for first 40 days:

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday:
Wake up,
-Eat 2 whole eggs, 1 Oat Toast, 1 Bannana
-Workout( Ride bike 15 min to Gym, Run 30min, Core )
-Eat "Mixture*"
-Go to Work for 5-8 hours eat 2 x "Mixture*"
-Do lift (Mon/Thurs: Bi & Back & Lat, Tues/Fri: Tri & Chest & Shoulder)
-Eat "Mixture*"
-Ride bike home
-Drink skim milk Before bed.

Wednesday/Saturday(Minus the work):
Wake up,
-Eat 2 whole eggs, 1 Oat Toast
-Workout( Ride bike 15 min to Gym, Core )
-Eat "Mixture*"
-Go to Work for 5-8 hours eat 2 x "Mixture*"
- Legs & Hardcore Core (Squat, hack squat, calf) (weighted abs)
-Eat "Mixture*"
-Ride bike home.
-Drink skim milk before

"Mixture*":
5 Servings Whey
5 Servings Oatmeal powder
2 Cups Milk
5 Cups Water
3 Tablespoons Peanut Butter (Ing: peanuts)
(nutrient info: approx 1600 cals, 160 grams protein, 40% protein by cal)

Caloric Breakdown:
Consumed:
MBR: 1757 (calcd using second equation from sticky article by Emma);
NEAT: Minimal (desk job)
EAT: 500 (200 bike, 300 Tredmill (I subtracted the errors from both))
Net Out: 2257 calories.
Net In: 1800
Net Neg: 357

Let me know what you think!

[Last2WalK]

Where is the solid food???

[Morag2]

I would advise less mixture, more real food. Tuna, salmon, chicken, cottage cheese. You need food that will make you full.

More vegetables/fruits is also a good thing. You are currently eating 4 bananas a week and nothing else. I would... work on that. Make sure you take a multivitamin if you insist on the tiny amount of fruits/veggies though.

Also, that mixture will be mad expensive (5 scoops of whey?!?!) and much less enjoyable than eating solid food.

[seattlems333]

Where is the solid food???

^x2

[aschulz90]

Admitedly there's little solid food in this diet...and yeah I know it's expensive...I suppose I could replace one of those 5 servings with some tuna/chicken/lean pork and brown rice or something. The idea is to have serious control over my caloric intake and make it easy to prepare my food for the whole day.