Good Cutting Diet?

[jugarelly]

What type of diet(s) have worked for you when cutting?

Here's my story:

I'm a hard gainer that worked my butt off in 2008 to get big. I'm 6'1" and 32 years old. I started off at about 155lbs in Feb of 2008 and got up close to 200lbs around Feb of 2009. When I was at my biggest I still wasn't as cut as I wanted to be. I was still lean, but I didn't have those 6 pack abs I remember from back in high school. Since then, life happened, my workouts have been less frequent, my diet wasn't clean, and I shrunk back down to just under 170lbs. I still am at a higher bf% than I want to be, so while I'm small and don't have as much muscle to lose, I want to get as lean as possible before I start bulking up again so that I'll have a more cut look this time around.

I'm doing cardio in the mornings, and have a pretty basic workout to try to maintain my strength. I have to problem sticking to a clean diet, but I'm trying to figure out the best macros breakdown for my goal which is to get under 10% bf. Since I'm not concerned with losing muscle right now, I plan on doing a calorie deficit for a month or so.

Any advice or positive experiences in the past with specific programs is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[75th]

Keep in mind that the more muscle you have, the more fat you burn. You should try to preserve as much as possible.

What does your diet consist of now? I usually consume 180g protein, 100-150g carbs, and maybe 100g fat and I'm about your weight at 8% bf or so. Lean meat, eggs, and veggies only.

You could always try a keto diet and see how that works for you. Very effective, but can be difficult to maintain.

 

[jugarelly]

I saw Future's post about a keto diet recently and have been considering it. Over the past week, I've been keeping my calories pretty low.

For example, I've been somewhere around 1,700 calories - about 45% protein, 30% carbs and 25% fat