Cutting log

I figured this will be a way to track my progress as well as share my information and adventure with you all :D My current weight ranges anywhere between 166-170 and I hopefully will weigh in around 155 by the end of 5 weeks, keeping majority of my muscle gains.

Here is a sample diet of what I will be eating and it won't change that much on a day to day basis.

Meal 1:
1 Cup Oats
1 Scoop whey
Handful of almonds

*WORKOUT*

Meal 2:
50g Brown rice or WW Bread
8-10oz chicken/fish


Meal 3:
1 Serving almonds
1 scoop whey

Meal 4:
8oz chicken/fish/lean steak
1 cup broccoli or asparagus
1 tbsp olive oil

Meal 5:
3 Eggs
1 Can tuna or 1 cup cottage cheese

Meal 6:
2 tbsp peanut butter
1 scoop whey

The macro breakdown will be as follows: <100 carbs, 80-90g fat, 200g protein

To preserve muscle, I will be following a 3 day split during the week for lifting, and filling up 45-1 hour of cardio on days I do not lift. If i feel energized enough I will go back and do cardio on lifting days in the evenings.

I will be using the 3 day split as follows...

Day 1: Chest/Back
Day 2: Shoulders/Legs/Shrugs
Day 3: Arms


Supplements:
Scivation Xtend (2 scoops pre, 1 scoop post)
ON 100% Whey
10g L-Glutamine with the Xtend

As the weeks progress, I will be eliminating even more carbs. According to my BMI I burn 1900 calories in a day, so my goal is to be just under to maintain as much mass as possible. I'm really excited for this and will let you all know how it goes. If anyone has any questions let me know! I'll post pictures after every week.

are you 5 feet tall? why are you cutting from 165-170? and why do you do chest/back the same day? just curious...

I've never been below 13-14% bodyfat and I finally have motivation after seeing enough gains to cut the fat and really show what my body looks like. My lifting split is to keep muscle mass and most of the workouts are supersets between i.e Chest and back.

For example today my workout went like this:

1 Set 8-12 rep: Flat DB Press
1 Set 8-12 rep: Seated Close Grip Cable Row
1 Set 8-12 rep failure: Flat DB Press
1 set 8-12 rep failure: Seated Close Grip Cable Row

etc..etc...

I am doing 8 sets total, 4 for each body part.

I'm 5'7 by the way

Uh - you probably want to add more muscle before cutting....

Thanks for the comment but I feel like I have enough mass to get pretty cut.

These were taken not long ago at 169lbs..

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c165/youngbeezy_/Photo159.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c165/youngbeezy_/Photo133.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c165/youngbeezy_/Photo147.jpg

He's 5'7".

This was from last year, around 155lbs at 14% bodyfat.
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c165/youngbeezy_/Photo34.jpg

sorry that was mean

Put on some weight bro

Daredevil say what you said before you edited

you look kinda like a buff steve-o

I still think you should add more mass before you cut. But :shrug:

I guess I should have posted the whole story behind it and it would make more sense. Basically to summarize, I was pretty overweight throughout my teen years and my whole midsection area stayed skinny fat as the rest of my body didn't really. I'm trying to cut down to a workable frame thats very lean and build on top of it. I know i'm going to miss out on some of the gains ive made but i'm thinking long term and it will be much easier this way.

I guess I should have posted the whole story behind it and it would make more sense. Basically to summarize, I was pretty overweight throughout my teen years and my whole midsection area stayed skinny fat as the rest of my body didn't really. I'm trying to cut down to a workable frame thats very lean and build on top of it. I know i'm going to miss out on some of the gains ive made but i'm thinking long term and it will be much easier this way.

Whatever your goals are. As long as you're hitting them, good on you ;)

As of this morning I am 5lbs lighter, which i'll attribute to mostly water weight and some fat. I am noticing my obliques and love handles to be getting a little tigher, I cant wait to look at the pictures only 1 week in. Today was the first day lifting, my strength actually was greater than it normally was which I think is due to a lot more downtime between muscle groups. I had a really nice pump going on and alternated between biceps and triceps throughout my workout. I'll post pictures on wednesday which will be exactly 1 week. Wish me luck !