My Cutting Diet, Opinions?

[Kolo]

I have been cutting for alittle over a month now and have lost about 10lbs. Although I have noticed slight changes in my body, I still haven't noticed anything too dramatic.
Here is what a typical day usually consists of;

Cardio for 30min on eliptical or bike

8:00am- 2 bags Cream of Wheat Original
3 eggs whites, 1 full egg
8 oz glass water

10:00am- low fat cottage cheese or myoplex carb sense (2.5g fat, 25g protein, 5g carbs)
2-3 slices of deli turkey

12-12:30pm- Chicken breast filets (3)
Spinach or sweet potato

3:00pm- low fat cottage cheese or can of low sodium tuna
2-3 slices of deli turkey

GYM-(Mon/Wed-Back and shoulders Tues/Thurs- chest, bis, tris Wed/Fri- lower body) (Abs are done 4 days a week, alternating the workouts)

6:00pm- Chicken breasts or Salmon or turkey filets
Asparagras/ broccoli

8-9:00pm- Isopure protein drink w/ no carbs or low fat cottage cheese w/ splenda


This is a typical day for me. I try to wake up early in the morning and do my cardio, but sometimes that doesn't work out, so I do the cardio after I am done with my weight training.
I know I eat a lot of low fat cottage cheese, is this alright? Or should I find another food to take its place?
Also, I want some more dramatic results, should I cut some of my carbs out? I have been trying to just take in most of my carbs in the early morning, usually with the oatmeal and berries (blueberries and blackberries). I still seem to have a lot of energy in the gym even with the low carbs.
I am currently 6'3" and 171lbs, I am trying to get to around 5% body fat. My waist is at 29" in the morning before eating anything, and then goes to around 30" once I have eaten.
Also, another quick question. I weigh myself in the morning before I have eaten anything, and before I have worked out, and I weigh 171lbs. But then after I have eaten something, and at around 3:30-4:00pm I weigh around 175-176. Is this normal?

Thanks for any help, it is greatly appreciated.

[nithos]

What is your BF% now? Honestly, 5% is pretty low and very hard to acheive. Personally, I consider 6'3 and under 170 to be light. If you could to a clean bulk and keep ~ the same amount of fat, it would probably be more aesthetically pleasing.

Keep the cottage cheese, but switch to non fat.

[Kolo]

I have done my BF % testing two different ways. One is with the calipers, and it said I was around 4%, so I am assuming it is alittle off. I also did it the way the YMCAs usually do it, and that it is to take your waist and your weight, and do some mathmatical equation. I just remember that it came out to be around 8% BF.
Now I have pictures somewhere on here, and here is one (when I was around 180lbs).

This picture is un flexed and relaxed. I think I took this picture after eating breakfast.

I'll have to try the non fat cottage cheese.

[Kolo]

Here is the pic...
Relaxed



Side


Before (around 185lbs) I still have this little bit of fat or skin bunch together when I am sitting down and bending over...

[Hummarstra]

Dude, if I were you I would keep bulking for a few more months. IMO, you don't have enough muscle yet to cut, yet.

[Kolo]

back up.

[Matadon]

Originally posted by Hummarstra
Dude, if I were you I would keep bulking for a few more months. IMO, you don't have enough muscle yet to cut, yet.

I'll second that; I'm 5'9" and 177 lbs, working on cutting down to 10% BF (I'm at 13-14% right now), and I'd say that my LBM is a bare minimum as far as cutting goes -- if I wasn't coming into a cut after a hell of a lot of lifting and rock climbing, I'd probably bulk before cutting.