[sabianx56]

how many grams of protein should you take in per day on a cutting diet in order to not lose muscle?

[jason newman]

what type of diet are you using?

[sabianx56]

i'm not even sure. i'm 230 right now and i wanna cut down to 200. i've been researching cutting diets, and so far i've been sticking to this (not exactly sure if this is the right one to do though)

breakfast
cup of oatmeal and whites

lunch
grilled chicken wrap on whole grain
w/ apple or banana

snack
canned tuna on whole grain crackers

pre
1/2 chicken breast

post
shake

dinner
lean meat/fish w/ greens, sweet potato, or baked potato

snack
cottage cheese w/ fruit

[jason newman]

Originally Posted by sabianx56

i'm not even sure. i'm 230 right now and i wanna cut down to 200. i've been researching cutting diets, and so far i've been sticking to this (not exactly sure if this is the right one to do though)

breakfast
cup of oatmeal and whites

lunch
grilled chicken wrap on whole grain
w/ apple or banana

snack
canned tuna on whole grain crackers

pre
1/2 chicken breast

post
shake

dinner
lean meat/fish w/ greens, sweet potato, or baked potato

snack
cottage cheese w/ fruit

definately could use some tweaking in this for cutting bro.
1how many eggwhites for breakfast
2. drop the apple or banana due to sugars, use them postworkout
3. how much tuna?
4. add the fruit from snack1 to postworkout
5.drop the fruit and cottage cheese before bed.
6. do a shake with olive oil before bed.

[jason newman]

what BF% are you at?

[sabianx56]

thanks a lot dude.

i have 4 whites

1 can of tuna

should i take casein before bed, or jsut regular whey?

[jason newman]

Originally Posted by sabianx56

thanks a lot dude.

i have 4 whites

1 can of tuna

should i take casein before bed, or jsut regular whey?

hmmmm 4 egg whites will only net u 16g protein.

1 can tuna is 35g protein

DEFINATELY DO CASEIN its slower

[sabianx56]

and im not sure my bf

[jason newman]

i can definately tell you you need more protein

6 egg whites, if you use whole eggs and pull yolks out do 10 eggs,

[sabianx56]

how much protein should i take a day? ive been doing about 20 mins of cardio daily before my lift, so i want to make sure i get enough in. my friend said something about like 1.5 grams per pound bodyweight?

[jason newman]

totally missed to potato
drop the potato at dinner, and have the sweet potato with the chicken breast PRE workout.

eat as much fish for your meats as possible, pollock/tilapia/and orange roughy!!!

[jason newman]

use interval cardio, do it after the workout, and have protein and fruit after workout

[sabianx56]

Originally Posted by jason newman

use interval cardio, do it after the workout, and have protein and fruit after workout

definitely, i do rows, so ill start doing them at the end of the workout. thanks for all the help

[tps154]

230 lbs = roughly 3100-3200 cals (maintenance approx. 3700)

should take about 320g protein considering your bodyweight, which puts you at 1280 cals. if you are not on low carb diet, 320g carbs as well puts you at 2560 cals total, which leaves around 60-65g fats. these numbers will decrease proportionally as you lose weight

[Demon Knight]

Protein alone will not save you from losing muscle mass. Generally,protein is muscle-sparing but only to a limit. Your overall calorie deficit is a bigger determinant of how much muscle you will retain.

Slow and steady wins the race in cutting