Protein on a cut

[golfstar22]

I have around 150 pounds of lean mass and I'm consuming on average 100g of protein a day. Would that be sufficient for a cut? I'm taking MP Combat protein (2 scoops a day). I can bump that up to 3-4 scoops if need be.


Here's my diet:

Breakfast- 2 scoops of protein

Lunch- 1.5 cups of baked squash (with 1 tablespoon olive oil) and 5 oz salmon

Snack- can of tuna fish, handful of nuts

Dinner- 1 cup of asparagus or sauteed spinach and 6 oz beef or chicken

Drinks- water, Coke Zero

Supplements-daily vitamin, fish oil, EC stack (1 week cycle)

[davidolson22]

Personal experience is that at 1g/pound of lbm I was less hungry all day long.

Your calories might be a bit low. How low are they? I'm same weight as you with no EC stack and cutting at 2200. I eat way way more food than that.

[cumminslifter]

what is your overall calories and tdee? I would personally eat more protein

[golfstar22]

Without alcohol it's around 1600. With alcohol 2000-2200. My TDEE is around 2,500. I have a huge gut, but my arms and legs are around 15% bodyfat. Currently at around 194lbs.

[Mrpb]

No 100 gram of protein is not optimal for you.

How many calories, protein and fat are in your current diet? The list you included looks like more than 100 grams of protein.

Eating tuna everyday is a bad idea because of the mercury contents.

[golfstar22]

Whoops...cals actually only add up to 1,256.

Just checked macros on myfitnesspal:

28 C
52 F
169 P

So obviously I should just add more carbs until I get to 1,800-2,000. I'll cut out tuna and add guacamole to add some fat. Not sure why I thought I was only getting 100g of protein.

[davidolson22]

You need more fat. Should be 0.45 grams per pound, or about 80 grams for you.

[Connor1226]

On my cut I have noticed if I get anything less than 1g of protein per pound of body weight, I would be in trouble.
I'm 5'9'' and 135lbs, and I would be losing muscle mass at 100g of protein per day on a cut. You are a much bigger guy.

[K3RB3R0S]

Without alcohol it's around 1600. With alcohol 2000-2200. My TDEE is around 2,500. I have a huge gut, but my arms and legs are around 15% bodyfat. Currently at around 194lbs.

That huge gut is a sign of visceral fat...and generally poor health. Drinking helps that a lot. I am not going to tell you not to drink but cutting back on your drinking would be very helpful to lose some of that visceral fat.

I became a lot chubbier than I realized a couple years ago from drinking too much and not eating right. You don't realize how much fat you are carrying until you try to lose it. I still drink but the longer I go in between drinking the better my physique looks. I would consider not drinking a fat burner...a very depressing fat burner

[Former300lber]

On my cut I have noticed if I get anything less than 1g of protein per pound of body weight, I would be in trouble.
I'm 5'9'' and 135lbs, and I would be losing muscle mass at 100g of protein per day on a cut. You are a much bigger guy.

Do you even have muscle mass at 135lbs standing 5'9? Not hating, just think it would be kind of hard to notice any mass loss if you don't have any to begin with.

[cumminslifter]

Without alcohol it's around 1600. With alcohol 2000-2200. My TDEE is around 2,500. I have a huge gut, but my arms and legs are around 15% bodyfat. Currently at around 194lbs.

well that is a large part of your problem

[mtb4life95]

Without alcohol it's around 1600. With alcohol 2000-2200. My TDEE is around 2,500. I have a huge gut, but my arms and legs are around 15% bodyfat. Currently at around 194lbs.

if alcohol is making up 25% of your daily calories, you're probably not gonna have a successful cut.

[SouthDakotaBrah]

Do you even have muscle mass at 135lbs standing 5'9? Not hating, just think it would be kind of hard to notice any mass loss if you don't have any to begin with.

Lold

[golfstar22]

Yea it's going to be hard, but I should really cut back. Last year I graduated college and got a good corporate job. Really stressful so I ended up drinking 4-5 nights a week, usually around 375ml of vodka a night. I've cut back, but I think it'd be worth it to quit until I lose weight. It's honestly hard not to drink when you are 23 years old, have a good paying job, and living in a big urban city.

On a side note, just a note that after starting the EC stack, it's a WHOLE lot easier to control cravings. It's really no problem at all sticking to a diet plan. However if there's one downfall I'd face would be drinking.