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FatRobo

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Rightio!

I’ve been cutting for about 6 months now and intend to begin cutting. I have done some searching on here for advice on cutting but can’t see to find exactly what I want. From what I understand diet is the most important part of it all. So my questions cover mostly this. For information I am about 85kg, 177cm tall.

Diet:

From what I understand eating 5-6 small meals a day is desirable rather than 3 large size meals. I need some advice on what variety of snacks and meals you can have which have low calories and taste nice to keep you interested. At the moment I snack on tuna a lot, celery and peanut butter, chicken and mayonnaise sandwiches, fruit, fresh cucumber ect. And the usual protein shakes after working out. Sometimes salmon and steak for dinner. Problem is this will get boring after eating this week after week…. Especially on the snack side of things. At the moment I eat a lot of pasta, which I understand is not good for cutting so I’ll do my best to get rid of that. Anyone got any idea’s?

Exercise:

When I return home from where I am temporarily working, I intend to get back into riding into work. I will be riding approximately 50km a day, 25km in the morning and 25 in the afternoon. Will this help much in cutting? I would think so but I’m not sure. Also I play touch football once a week. I will also be continuing my visits to the gym. As I understand it less reps with heavier weights is required when cutting to keep the lean muscle. Would 2 sets of 6-7 reps be sufficient?

Any help on the topic would be much appreciated. Any information I have left out just ask.

Cheers.
 
As far as food you want to be in a caloric deficit (500 is a good start), get in a good amount of lean protein, good carbs and good fats. Here is a list of suggested foods to eat while cutting.

http://www.fitness.com/forum/nutrition/lvs-grocery-list-19098.html

For exercise I would look into HIIT as you really want to preserve that muscle and its a great way to burn stored and incoming energy but not kill your muscle as much as steady cardio. For lifting check out some of these various pre-made progams within this list as a starting point.

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Thanks heaps! A very good read indeed, i got alot of good ideas out of that!

I had already been using LV's grocery list, but the other link was very helpful. I have been searching for an Australian website. Sometimes it would be helpfull to see the australian brands they are talking about the same cereals i would find in woolworths here in australia. For instance is "Oatmeal" the same as traditional uncle toby's porridge? Obviously its the plain and unsweetened one, but im not sure if its the same?
 
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