Need feedback on this meal plan

[Lee]

I'm switching my diet from a bulking diet to a cutting diet, simply because I'm sick and tired of being chubby. Here's a meal plan I think would work but i need some feedback.

Meal 1:
3 whole eggs
2 slices toast with butter
1 Optimum protein shake in 2 cups 2% milk

Meal 2:
Optimum Protein shake in water
Piece of Fruit

Meal 3:
3 whole eggs
2 slices toast with butter
14 dried prunes

Meal 4 - post workout:
1 steak or porkchop
1 Optimum protein shake in 2 cups 2% milk
1 can of spinach or green beans

over the day i will drink about 1.5 gallons of water and i have a 5 day a week workout split with 4 days of planned cardio, but i will prolly do more cardio out of boredom.

 

[collegiateLifter]

personally my style would be to eat more meat, ditch the fruit and up the veges.... don't know about your total caloric intake under this versus maintence. If you are losing generally 1-2 lbs a week then you are fine though.

 

[Lee]

i could up the meat a bit, like some bacon with the eggs...

 

[louden_swain]

Be sure to include a wide variety of foods.

 

[louden_swain]

Also, make sure your diet is enough to maintain a healthy body.

 

[Scottyo]

I am sorry bro but if your cutting that diet is pretty weak. Fruit, butter, porkchops? I think you need to rethink some things. Use the search for a few sample diets, figure out if you want to do CKD, zone, 40/40/20 or some other variation. And dont add bacon (unless your CKD'in it)

 

[spatts]

May I suggest more meals, more protein, fewer high GI carbs, and more good fats/less bad fats?

 

[Lee]

hmmm, whats a high GI carb, and how can i tell the difference between good fats and bad fats?

 

[spatts]

Lee, good fats like those found in avocados, fish, natural peanut butter, olives, etc...unsaturated (poly and mono) fats are going to HELP you lose unwanted fats. Things like butter, excessive amount of red meat, etc...are higher in "bad" (saturated) fats. You need fat, but you need the right kind in the right amount.

The glycemic index, in basic terms, is a ranking from 1-100 on how quickly sugars turn to glucose in your body. Simple sugars (carbs) turn quickly, and most complex carbs turn slowly. Bottom line is that you want carb choices that are like oats, sweet taters/yams, brown rice, etc..as opposed to pancakes, pop tarts, breads in general.

Also, you may be able to get by with cutting with fruit in your diet. I personally can't. Fructose is a simple sugar and doesn't help me meet my goals. Same for the simple sugar lactose, found in milk products.

 

[Lee]

ok i understand now. time to go raid the kitchen writing a new meal plan.
ill be back in a while with a write up.

thx for all the help

 

[spatts]

Spatts' Cutting Diet - 2000

This is my old cutting diet. I don't use those sups, or train at those times anymore, but you can at least get an idea of meal choices, ratios, and spacing. This is also a carb rotation diet.

I'm doing a similar cutting diet now, and have gone from 192 to about 178 in ~4 weeks. No LBM or strength loss.

 

[Lee]

wow thats a lot of small meals. the problem with that is im in school for 6.5 hours a day and dont have time to eat like that.

i think i got a better write up than the last one. lets try this again


Meal 1 @ 7:20 am:
1 cup oatmeal 1/4 cup milk fat free milk stirred in
3 whole eggs
1 glass fat free milk

Meal 2 @ 11:35 am:
Optimum protein shake
i want more for this meal but im in school and dont really ahve anything at my house to pack for a lunch

Meal 3 @ 2:30 pm:
3 eggs
Optimum protein shake in 2 cups fat free milk
some sort of vegetable
1/2 cup cottage cheese

Meal 4 - post workout @ 7pm:
1 steak or porkchop or 3 hamburgers w/o bun
1 can spinach or green beans
Optimum protein shake in 2 cups fat free milk

 

[spatts]

When you say school, are you talking about college or high school? I even ate like this in HS...had a cooler that fit in my locker. I know those measures aren't worth it to everyone, but if you're really hungry, it can be done.

That's looking better, just looks like it's not alot of food. I'd be hungry, but I'm a bit of a pig.

 

[Lee]

high school, im a senior right now, graduate in 33 days

anyways, im never really that hungry at school, the breakfast holds me over til lunch, and the shake holds me over til after school, so its not that bad. and i always drink about 3 aquafina size water bottles of water at school, sometimes more.

 

[spatts]

I know this sounds silly if you haven't experienced it, but you probably don't get hungry because you don't feed yourself. If you started eating something between breakfast and lunch everyday, then you'd probably find that skipping that meal leaves you REALLY hungry. You body is conditioned to not ask for food because it doesn't get it...it's very smart.

 

[Lee]

hmmm, makes sense. maybe i should start lookin for somethin to bring to school to eat daily.

 

[spatts]

Well, if you eat breakfast at home, and lunch during school, a shake between is good. If you mix it with water, it's easy. Take a cup with a lid (like those cheap ziplock cups with the tabbed top) and put a couple scoops in there...throw it in your bag. Then fill it up half way with water at a fountain between class, shake it up, and chug!

 

[Lee]

well the thing is, the meal 2 on my plan is a shake at school during lunch. i just put some powder in an empty water bottler and fill it up with water at lunch. i just need to find somethin i can bring to school to actually eat at lunch time so i can drink the shake between breakfast and lunch.

 

[spatts]

Bingo.

 

[Lee]

thx for all yer helps spatts, i appreciate it a bunch

 

[gmanlax7]

eat a big bag of peanuts , or an extra tuna sandwich. Banana's , granola bars.

thats what i did