Looking to Go on 8-12 Week Cut

Diet and Nutrition
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hey everyone, I’m planning on going on my first cut since I began training seriously in nov 07. I’m hovering around 225-230 at a 5’11 bodyweight, fairly built, but pretty bulky all over. My goal is to drop down to 195-200 lean. I don’t know if I can particularly classify my genetics as great, but they’re not bad either. I’m not a hardgainer, I gain weight easily, even on a clean diet with little cardio.

By clean I mean I’ve been eating 5-6 meals a day high in protein with complex carbs and healthy fat and some vegetables/fruits with each meal, no sugary junk food or anything like that. You could probably call me a FFB, a guy with a slow metabolism who gains weight but not exactly lean muscle always. Anyways with that said, here are some questions I have regarding cutting:

1.about breakfast, should I have complex carbs in the morning or not?? should I replace it with fruit? Normally i use to eat 1.5-2 cups of oatmeal with 3 whole eggs and 3-5 egg whites, with a tbsp of almond butter/or flax seed, 1-2 cups of milk and piece of fruit. What would you recommend now?

2.how should I deal with carbs now in my diet?? specifically complex carbs, meaning when should I eat them?? I notice when I eat just a protein and fat meal with minimal carbs, I don’t feel a sense of fullness and my stomach still feels empty does this mean I’m not eating enough or is it a feeling i have to get used to while cutting??

3.post-workout is it still important to have something that contains maltose/dextrose right away with you whey shake?? I notice in some cutting plans people normally have BCAA’S after a workout, is this necessary?? I haven’t tried BCAA’S before so much appreciated if you anyone can give back some feedback on em.

  1. How is a typical post-workout meal supposed to look like?? any complex carbs or is it just a p&f meal??

  2. lastly, is there anything else I should keep in mind while attempting to lose weight??

Alot of the weight I’ve gained is due to to doing minimal cardio, so I’ve decided to kick that up a bit by doing 15-20 min intense, steady state cardio 3x a week and twice a week of sprints on the treadmill.
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[quote]NeedforStrength wrote:
hey everyone, I’m planning on going on my first cut since I began training seriously in nov 07. I’m hovering around 225-230 at a 5’11 bodyweight, fairly built, but pretty bulky all over. My goal is to drop down to 195-200 lean. I don’t know if I can particularly classify my genetics as great, but they’re not bad either. I’m not a hardgainer, I gain weight easily, even on a clean diet with little cardio.

By clean I mean I’ve been eating 5-6 meals a day high in protein with complex carbs and healthy fat and some vegetables/fruits with each meal, no sugary junk food or anything like that. You could probably call me a FFB, a guy with a slow metabolism who gains weight but not exactly lean muscle always. Anyways with that said, here are some questions I have regarding cutting:

1.about breakfast, should I have complex carbs in the morning or not?? should I replace it with fruit? Normally i use to eat 1.5-2 cups of oatmeal with 3 whole eggs and 3-5 egg whites, with a tbsp of almond butter/or flax seed, 1-2 cups of milk and piece of fruit. What would you recommend now? [/quote]
Stick with the oatmeal.

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2.how should I deal with carbs now in my diet?? specifically complex carbs, meaning when should I eat them?? I notice when I eat just a protein and fat meal with minimal carbs, I don’t feel a sense of fullness and my stomach still feels empty does this mean I’m not eating enough or is it a feeling i have to get used to while cutting?? [/quote]

Since you’re cutting, I would say limit the carbs to breakfast and peri workout. It’s not unusual to be hungry during a cut.

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3.post-workout is it still important to have something that contains maltose/dextrose right away with you whey shake?? I notice in some cutting plans people normally have BCAA’S after a workout, is this necessary?? I haven’t tried BCAA’S before so much appreciated if you anyone can give back some feedback on em. [/quote]
This depends on you and if you handle carbs well, in addition to your ability to recover. Personally I recover fine without carbs PWO.

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4. How is a typical post-workout meal supposed to look like?? any complex carbs or is it just a p&f meal?? [/quote]
Lots of people recommend a 2:1 carbs to protein ratio. Unless you’re talking about after the shake. In which case it depends on you. I usually have a p+f meal, maybe with some beans thrown in.

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5. lastly, is there anything else I should keep in mind while attempting to lose weight?? [/quote]
Move more, eat less.