Is This A Good Cutting Diet?

I just want to say right off the bat that you have been quite an inspiration for many people including myself. You are a major contributor to the Bodybuilding.com boards and your knowledge is very appreciated. I have been patrolling the boards before these new forums were even up! Remember that?

Anyway I have come to notice that many many many people do not have a clue what they are talking about and it makes me sick when all I read about is people giving bad advice. I understand you are a very busy person, but I feel that you are one of the few people that I can talk to and get an educated answer from.

I have put together a cutting diet that I think might need some tweaking. I was hoping you could maybe give me a heads up whether or not things are looking the way they should.

I am 5' 9" 155lbs. I know it doesn't sound like much but I have worked my way up from 130 so it seems like a lot to me. I have also noticed that I have small joints so any muscle I pack on seems to look like more than what it really is. I have been lifting recreationally for close to two years, but have only been serious about it for about six months. I have never tested myself for bodyfat but I would say that I am around 12%.

My diet:

TIME	FOOD	CALS	CARBS	PROTEIN	FAT
11:00am
	6 egg whites	100		20
	1/2 C. oats	150	27	5	3
	1/2 serving WHEY	60	2	10	1.5
	multi-vitamin
	2 fish-oil caps	20	0	0	2
1:30pm
	2 whole eggs	140	3	12	9
	1 serving veggies
	T. flax oil	125	0	0	14
	1/2 C. cottage cheese	80	5	2	2
3:00pm
	WORKOUT
3:45pm
	POST WORKOUT
	50g Dextrose	175	52	0	0
	2 scoops of WHEY	240	8	2	6
	1000mg vit C
4:30pm
	100g chix breast	121	0	25	1
	1/4 C. oats	75	14	2	1
	yam	125	35
5:30pm
	100g chix breast	110	0	23	1
	1/2 C cottage cheese	80	5	12	2
	serving of veggies
	1T olive oil	120	0	0	14
7:30pm
	100g beef	160	0	26	8
	serving of veggies
	1/2T. Olive oil	60	0	0	7
	1/2 serving of WHEY	60	2	10	1.5
10:00pm
	1/2 C. cottage cheese	80	5	12	2
	T. flax	25	0	0	14
	2 fish-oil caps	20	0	0	2

TOTALS:

• Calories: 2271
• Carbs: 134 Grams
• Protein: 204 Grams
• Fat: 105 Grams

Well, that is the diet I plan on following next week. I am working a 3 day split lifting mon, wed, fri, and doing 12-14 min of HIIT on Tues, Thurs, and Sun. Saturday is usually our big family days so figure that it will probably be a mild cheat day. I really appreciate you taking the time to read this all. Any response from you would be awesome!

Your diet is pretty good. Very well set up. What I recommend doing is lowering the fat to 60 grams a day. That frees up 405 calories. Now you should add 45 grams of protein, taking you up to 250 grams of protein a day. Add 50 grams of carbohydrates, taking you up to about 185 grams of carbs a day. To do this, simply cut a couple of your servings of flax and olive oil in half. So instead of having 1 TBSP with your 5:30 p.m. meal, have 1/2 a TBSP. Since you are cutting, I would add a pre-workout shake. This could be about 30-40 grams of carbs (dextrose) and a scoop of whey.

Lastly, with the remainder of the carbs/protein, add another 1/2 cup of cottage cheese to your 10 PM meal. This will give you more slow digesting protein to use throughout the night. You are doing very well. Let me know how this works out.

You can contact me with your questions and comments at dspikehead@hotmail.com.

Later,

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