Alright, so here is the deal. I'm 22 yrs old, 5'11, ~177 lbs. I've been lifting seriously for about 2.5 yrs. I've been cutting for the past three weeks. My diet is on tee, nearly impossible to get any better I believe (posted below). I'm taking AP and Hot Rox, lifting HST style every Mon, Wed, Fri. Doing 20-25 minutes of HIIT every tuesday, thursday morning and bodyweight exercises with light cardio every tuesday, thursday night. On the weekends I tend to swim for about 30-45 minutes each day.
I've lost a grand total of maybe 3lbs, and gotten slightly leaner but by no noticable degree. I maintain ~250g protein per day to minimize lbm loss and accelerate fat loss. I keep carbs below 120g/day. Most of the time 100g/day. And I only eat oats, brown rice, or chickpeas as my carbs after I take one AP. How is it that my body refuses to shed the excess fat?
5:30 am: 1 AP, 3 Hot Rox
6:00 am: Shake (1 light & fit yogurt, 1/4 cup skim milk, 1/4 cup frozen fruit, 4 tblspn dried egg white powder (48g protein), 1/2 cup ground oats, 1 tblspn natty pb)
7:00 am: 1 cup strong brewed Oolong or Green tea
9:15 am: 1 can tuna or 2 scoops Zero Carb Isopure WPI
1.5 cup vegetables, 3g Flax Oil/Fish Oil
12:00 pm: 1 AP, 3 Hot Rox
12:30 pm: 1 large chicken breast, 1 cup long grain brown rice, 1.5 cup veggies or 2.5 cups Chicken Salad (2/3 can breast meat chicken, 1/3 can chickpeas, 1/3 cup sweet peas)
3:30 pm: 2 scoops Zero Carb Isopure WPI, 1.5 cup veggies, 3g flax oil/fish oil
5:30 pm: 2 scoops No Xplode
5:45-7:00 pm: Workout (Either HST or Bodyweight w/ light cardio afterwards)
7:15 pm: 1 AP
7:30 pm: 1 large chicken breast, 1 cup long grain brown rice mixed with 1 large egg, 1.5 cup veggies.
10:00 pm: 1 cup lowfat cottage cheese or some low fat turkey bacon to try to prevent catabolic action overnight.
Total Calories: ~2500-2700, 250g protein
Any advice at all would be helpful. I only have two weeks left before my cruise and I'm starting to get pissed off. I know its a slow process, but I'm working my ass off and eating right. So what is it I'm doing wrong? Or does my body just refuse to lose fat?
:wtf:
I've lost a grand total of maybe 3lbs, and gotten slightly leaner but by no noticable degree. I maintain ~250g protein per day to minimize lbm loss and accelerate fat loss. I keep carbs below 120g/day. Most of the time 100g/day. And I only eat oats, brown rice, or chickpeas as my carbs after I take one AP. How is it that my body refuses to shed the excess fat?
5:30 am: 1 AP, 3 Hot Rox
6:00 am: Shake (1 light & fit yogurt, 1/4 cup skim milk, 1/4 cup frozen fruit, 4 tblspn dried egg white powder (48g protein), 1/2 cup ground oats, 1 tblspn natty pb)
7:00 am: 1 cup strong brewed Oolong or Green tea
9:15 am: 1 can tuna or 2 scoops Zero Carb Isopure WPI
1.5 cup vegetables, 3g Flax Oil/Fish Oil
12:00 pm: 1 AP, 3 Hot Rox
12:30 pm: 1 large chicken breast, 1 cup long grain brown rice, 1.5 cup veggies or 2.5 cups Chicken Salad (2/3 can breast meat chicken, 1/3 can chickpeas, 1/3 cup sweet peas)
3:30 pm: 2 scoops Zero Carb Isopure WPI, 1.5 cup veggies, 3g flax oil/fish oil
5:30 pm: 2 scoops No Xplode
5:45-7:00 pm: Workout (Either HST or Bodyweight w/ light cardio afterwards)
7:15 pm: 1 AP
7:30 pm: 1 large chicken breast, 1 cup long grain brown rice mixed with 1 large egg, 1.5 cup veggies.
10:00 pm: 1 cup lowfat cottage cheese or some low fat turkey bacon to try to prevent catabolic action overnight.
Total Calories: ~2500-2700, 250g protein
Any advice at all would be helpful. I only have two weeks left before my cruise and I'm starting to get pissed off. I know its a slow process, but I'm working my ass off and eating right. So what is it I'm doing wrong? Or does my body just refuse to lose fat?
:wtf: