help me out! need a cutting diet/routine

[XOXOXO]

hey there everyone!
i have a social event the first weekend in May, and i need to cut BIG TIME. i have full access to a major chain gym, and plan to go 1-2x daily, 5-6 days a week. i am hoping to drop 10-15% of my body weight (at least) in the time starting 2/20 until 4/25, so i have about 8 weeks. this is what i am planning

1 - cut carbs significantly to 30-50g/day
2 - cut calorie intake to 2000/day, spreading meals to 5x a day
3 - cardio every morning on an empty stomach for 60-90mins (60 mins first month, 90 2nd month), on a precor elliptical at 10 resistance and medium grade elevation.
4 - cardio 30mins every evening (same as above) with lifting 3-4x a week
5 - refrain from alcohol
6 - have one cheat day/week

i hopefully can stick to this schedule. any thoughts?

 

[1999TL]

Current stats/history?

 

[XOXOXO]

i'm so outta shape it ain't even funny.
6'1, 310.
was up to 335, but brought it down recently.

i was thinking of supplementing with ripped fuel 2x daily

 

[XOXOXO]

any ideas???

 

[SouthernLord]

any ideas???

The best advice I can give you at the moment is to buy Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle by Tom Venuto. This is the best book I have ever read on getting lean. It will change your life. You can get the eBook from here. PM EF Frank and see what kind of deals he has.

http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/burn/

 

[XOXOXO]

thanks for the info. anyone have a good lifting routine to help boost metabolism and help me to trim down???

 

[muchmass]

2000 cals for a 310lb 6'1 guy with 90mins + strength training every day, will be too low, you will end up starving your body.
You need to count your basic calorie needs and cut 500+ calories from it, but without being too obsessive

 

[XOXOXO]

thanks much mass.

 

[XOXOXO]

i ordered a cutter today from primordial performance. gonna try to keep my cals a little higher, maybe 2000, spread out through the day

 

[SouthernLord]

i ordered a cutter today from primordial performance. gonna try to keep my cals a little higher, maybe 2000, spread out through the day

2000 calories???? You're not eating enough. I weigh 100 pounds less than you and I'm dieting on 3300-2500 calories daily.

Figure out exactly how many calories you need on a daily basis. Eating too little will actually cause your body to add fat and eat up muscle. This is your bodies natural defense to under eating. It's called "starvation" and more than likely exactly what you are doing now. Use this formula to figure out exactly how many calories you need and eat 500 calories or no more than 20% less than your maintenance. Do this, lift weights, and do cardio daily. Add a stim like Lipoflame or (and) lipostim3 and it will speed up the process.


***Use the following equation to calculate your Basal Metabolic Rate***

Men: BMR = 66 + (13.7 X wt in kg) + (5 X ht in cm) - (6.8 X age in yrs)
Women: BMR = 655 + (9.6 X wt in kg) + (1.8 X ht in cm) - (4.7 X age in yrs)

***Please Note***
1 inch = 2.54 Centimeters
2.2lbs = 1kilogram

The BMR is the number of calories your body burns in a given day (unless you are overweight or extremely muscular).

Your BMR multiplied by your activity factor should give you a good estimate for how many calories daily your body will need, this number is called your Total Daily Energy Expenditure or TDEE, use the Activity Factors listed below for calculations:

Activity Factor
BMR x 1.2 (little to no exercise, desk job)
BMR x 1.375 (gym 1-3 days/wk)
BMR x 1.55 (gym 3-5 days/wk)
BMR x 1.725 (gym 6-7 days/wk)
BMR x 1.9 (gym 7 days/wk; twice daily; extreme training)

So now we have your BMR X Activity Factor = TDEE