So I am going to try and cut some fat down starting next week. I'm currently 5'10", 188lbs at 13.5% BF (used calipers for measurement). I want to try and get down to 10% within the next two months. My diet has been clean at 40/40/20 for the past 4 months or so. I am tracking my cals on fitday and currently have them at maintenance which i figure is around 3000. For the first week, I want to cut down to 2800 calories and then each week cut down 200 calories until I am at 2400 calories. I would get sick of eating the same things day in day out so I can't post a meal plan to stick to every day but there are some things that are always the same
AM Shake is 1.5 scoops ON Whey, 1 Cup Oats, 1 Cup Skim Milk.
Bed Time Snack is always .5 cup of 1% Cottage Cheese.
Post Work out is always 1.5 Scoops Whey with 1 cup milk and a Whole Wheat Bagel Mini. A meal is followed up about 1 hour later.
All My meals usually consist of the following foods: Chicken, Tuna, Oats, 100% Whole wheat breads, NF Cheese, Whole Wheat Pastas, Brown Rice, Vegetables (Broccolli, peppers, onions, etc), Ground Turkey Lean, egg whites. I'll add seasonings here and there but the calories are usually neglegable.
I powerlift so I'll be doing some westside stuff coming up. I plan on adding 200-300 calories on workout days to my overall intake. I'll add in some cardio like 2-3 times a week but I play hockey so that usually takes care of a lot of that.
Just wanted to see what others thoughts were to this plan. I really don't want to lose any strength or muscle at all. I have never really tried to get down to 10% before so not sure if something like this will work. I also have an EC stack I could add if everyone thinks it will help me maintain my muscle while cutting this fat. I read a lot of information that EC is beneficial in doing this.
Oh, one more thing, I plan on taking off from lifting next week when I start this plan, So I won't be in the gym for the first week. I can't see this affecting anything but others might know better. My body needs this one week rest as I been going hard for the past 8 weeks.
AM Shake is 1.5 scoops ON Whey, 1 Cup Oats, 1 Cup Skim Milk.
Bed Time Snack is always .5 cup of 1% Cottage Cheese.
Post Work out is always 1.5 Scoops Whey with 1 cup milk and a Whole Wheat Bagel Mini. A meal is followed up about 1 hour later.
All My meals usually consist of the following foods: Chicken, Tuna, Oats, 100% Whole wheat breads, NF Cheese, Whole Wheat Pastas, Brown Rice, Vegetables (Broccolli, peppers, onions, etc), Ground Turkey Lean, egg whites. I'll add seasonings here and there but the calories are usually neglegable.
I powerlift so I'll be doing some westside stuff coming up. I plan on adding 200-300 calories on workout days to my overall intake. I'll add in some cardio like 2-3 times a week but I play hockey so that usually takes care of a lot of that.
Just wanted to see what others thoughts were to this plan. I really don't want to lose any strength or muscle at all. I have never really tried to get down to 10% before so not sure if something like this will work. I also have an EC stack I could add if everyone thinks it will help me maintain my muscle while cutting this fat. I read a lot of information that EC is beneficial in doing this.
Oh, one more thing, I plan on taking off from lifting next week when I start this plan, So I won't be in the gym for the first week. I can't see this affecting anything but others might know better. My body needs this one week rest as I been going hard for the past 8 weeks.