Long term diet tips

Nutrition
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Thank you, could you also please check my diet, which I shared below and add your ideas how could I get to it?

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Protein shakes can definitely make it a lot easier. A quick idea is to build around ā€œprotein-onlyā€ foods then you can add/ subtract fat and carbs to hit your total macros. An idea could be:

  • Post-training: 50g Metabolic Drive and fruit
  • Breakfast: 1.5 Cups of egg whites, a couple eggs and oatmeal
  • Lunch: 8oz. grilled chicken breast on a salad with dressing
  • Snack: 2 scoops Metabolic Drive (Iā€™d probably take my daily fish oil here)
  • Dinner: 10 oz. Mahi Mahi, vegetables, and a little rice (this is tomorrowā€™s pre workout meal)
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Anyone ever mention good old-fashioned DISCIPLINE??

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This is a tough muscle to train, but itā€™s undoubtedly the best muscle to use.

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Never hear it when talking about diet anymoreā€¦ It sucks. Suck it up. How badly do you want results??

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Eat more meat each meal? Greek yogurt? Idk, youā€™re asking the wrong guy. I donā€™t even use protein powders and have no trouble hitting 250g pro during cutting phases. I eat 1lb of meat everyday and a tub of Greek yogurt which automatically gets me to ~190g pro without barely trying.

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Which yogurt ?? Thought of this too

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fage

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12% body fat is very doable and in my experience doesnā€™t require any extreme or highly specialized dieting. It sounds like you have a general understanding of macros and calories. I would say nothing has worked better for me, in any goal, than old fashioned will power.

A couple of ā€œtricksā€ that work for me are:

  1. Dropping 5 lbs at a time. I aim for a caloric cut that should get me five pounds lighter and structure macro intake inside of it. Iā€™ve found this doesnā€™t create a huge energy drop or even require all that much of a change at all, so itā€™s easy. It also doesnā€™t cannibalize much muscle. Sometimes I start on the next five right away, sometimes I level out for a few weeks and then keep going.

  2. I take a weekly approach. I try to be as consistent as possible day to day, but if I blow my calories one day I can either give myself a hard payback day or spread the wealth over the week with slightly more drastic than planned daily cuts. Itā€™s a mental approach that works for me.

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