How is my diet for my cut?

[dcne02]

Agreed fully. Your fruit and vegetable intake is way to low. You need the vitamins supplied by the fruits and veges in order for certain metabolic processes and things to happen, not to mention for general health and well-being reasons.

As well as this, your diet contains hardly ANY calories from carbohydrate (CHO) and as such you must have rather low glycogen levels (stored energy in the form on blood, muscle and liver glycogen). Simply eating excess protein IS NOT going to make you grow, to grow, you need to be consuming excess calories (eating more calories than what the body burns). Yes, some of this needs to be from protein, max 2g protein/kg/bodyweight but most need be in the form on CHO. Also, your pre-workout meals need revising. Why consume that much protein beforehand? When working out, the body needs FUEL in the form on carbohydrate or fat (dependant on the exercise) and while protein can be used as energy, using it in this way is just a waste of resources. Try consuming mixed fruit smoothies or LOW G.I. foods..

EDIT: both CHO and protein contain the same calories per gram AND eating an excess of both will result in them storing as fat however this is the LEAST likely pathway for both of them, CHO gets used for energy first and foremost before storing as fat

I grew plenty during my bulk. I have a protein shake and oatmeal about 1 1/2 hours before I workout. How is that too much protein? I agree with the fruit and veges intake being low, I'm working on that.

[Jiigzz]

You'll grow if your eating in calorie excess, thats just the way it works (and if training and sleep habits are on par). Im coming from a science background (i'm just completing my masters in sports nutrition). I'm just trying to be constructive in terms of how I think I would improve your diet, of course however your tastes in food might be completly opposite to my own and as such everyones diet will be different. However I do believe that you will benefit greatly from additional CHO in your diet as your body will be able to perform longer and harder. Protein is used to repair muscles after exercise (and transport hormones, molecules etc. as well as a variety of other things) however excess intake can possibly lead to higher urinary losses of calcium (something to consider especially as calcium aids in muscle contraction as strengthens the skeleton.

But each to their own

[EasyEJL]

What else would be a good carb source for breakfast other than oatmeal?
I am trying to get back into working out but I am 16 and a student in high school so I don't have time to cook oatmeal in the morning

easy answer, cook 2 cups of white or brown rice, or quinoa in the evenings, and then just have some in the morning. eggs over easy on top of quinoa is pretty damn nice

[cameronman223]

Haha I don't think I could bring myself to eat quinoa
Can I lose weight(fat) by bulking?

[CrazyChemist]

You need more variety, you can't eat the same thing every day. I like to have 3 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 3 dinners, 3 snacks, then I can mix and match. I also plan cheat meals. Most people stray from ideal at some point, if its part of the plan you'll get back on track faster.

[cameronman223]

By cheat meals you mean foods that aren't on the plan?
So one morning eggs, the next raisin bran and some source of protein but then what?

[Kekkuk]

What else would be a good carb source for breakfast other than oatmeal?
I am trying to get back into working out but I am 16 and a student in high school so I don't have time to cook oatmeal in the morning

I put dry oatmeal in my blender w my shake. Tastes great.

[CrazyChemist]

You need more variety, you can't eat the same thing every day. I like to have 3 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 3 dinners, 3 snacks, then I can mix and match. I also plan cheat meals. Most people stray from ideal at some point, if its part of the plan you'll get back on track faster.

By cheat meals I mean if your friends want to hit up a local diner one day, allow yourself to go - don't get fried food but dont freak out if you cant find something on the menu thats necessarily a perfect fit. Or, yeah, if youre craving pizza one day its okay to have a slice or two. If cheat meals are limited to, say somewhere between once a week and once every 3 days, and you don't go overboard with 3000 calories of fried crap then its okay.

Eggs are a staple for the bb-er, cottage cheese and greek yogurt are good as well as some other cheeses for flavor, lean meats, peanut butter or peanuts or almonds, turkey jerky. For your carbs brown rice and oats.

[bean5er]

drop the glycomaize and any 2 of the shakes, and get more protein from solid foods.

^^^^^this. Also carb cycling is awesome IMO. Reduce cheat to one or two Meals a week not days.

[mdigregori]

Too many carbs for a cut , specially if its not a carb cycling diet lol...Get less carbs In IMO.

This is not necessarily true. Check out kris gethins 12 week daily trainer on bodybuilding.com. He eats a boat load of carbs on his diet and drops a lot of fat and gets insanely jacked. If you do enough cardio the carbs will not put on fat. But then again, everyone is different. For me, I need carbs on a cut to power through workouts. I just increase my cardio and keep my diet strict while on a bulk I will eat a lot more cheat meals and junk