AC Cutting Log

[AustinRCraig]

Was cutting for a bit and was almost where I wanted to be, but after a rough thanksgiving week+ it's time to get back on the grind. Will use this log to track my progress over the next few months, review some supplements I choose along the way, and hopefully to motivate others.

Will update minimum every Wednesday with a weekly weight average as well as possible pictures.

Current Training:
Weights 3x/week (MWF)- will post strength changes
40 min SS cardio 3x/week (STR)
Athletic Practice 6x/week (M-S)

Current Diet:
~6 Meals Per Day
~2650 Calories
~260g protein (mainly from chicken breast, tuna, eggs, whey)
~80g fat (mainly from eggs, avocado, olive oil)
~220g carb (mainly from oats, sweet potato, fruit, pasta/rice)

Current Supplements:
Multivitamin (Anavite)
Fish Oil (Kirkland)- 3/day
Lean Mode- 2 servings/day
Creatine Mono (all-max)- 5g/day
Yohimbe HCL (all-max)- 5g/day

Plan:
Drop a minimum of 1.2 Lbs/week until around 178lbs
If stall, or losing too slow will drop carbs as needed
Re-feed accordingly if performance drops drastically or cannot recover well enough

[AustinRCraig]

Initial Post: Wednesday Dec 2, 2015

After water weight loss I'm sitting at about 190.5lbs @ 6ft 1in. I'll use this as my starting weight and take averages from here on out.

[AustinRCraig]

Week 1 Update:

Weight: 188.5 weekly average- Loss of 2lbs. Probably maximum I want to lose/week so will watch carefully and add cals if appropriate.
Composition: Leaner especially in legs and rib-cage area, stomach flattened out a bit due to water loss, maintaining vascularity and size

Stayed on training program

Hungry early in the week, ended up over by ~2700 calories. Think I settled back into the routine and have been on point for the past few days without a problem.

Have not lost any strength or endurance, have improved if anything.

Plan to do a slight carb-up next week with 250g Sunday and 300g Monday. Will then return to 200g. Should be a weekly inc of ~600cal

[AustinRCraig]

Week 2 Update:

Weight: 185.9 weekly avg- Loss of 2.6 lbs. Not too worried about the extra loss this week due to the holiday coming up, but will re-assess intake post-holidays.
Composition: Leaner, arms and shoulders becoming more defined as well as legs. Vascularity appears to have increased. Size still there.

Stayed on training program, but did not due extra cardio due to a taper for an athletic event this past tuesday.

Not too hungry, ended up carbing up with ~750 total calories and had an event to attend which I went over by ~1200 calories so I was over this week by ~2000 cals.

Endurance and Strength Improving (bench is beginning to feel rougher)

Plan to eat normal thru the 17th, drop carbs by 40 to ~180(~2500 cal) for 3 days, then drop carbs by 50 to 130(~2300 cal) for 3 in order to prepare for christmas eve and day.

Also note- unsure if I have actually been eating 220g carbs, possible miscalculation, will assess after holidays.