What do you usually eat on a cut?

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

You don't have to go insanely clean to cut. I've done a lot of cuts and I've never done the unsalted chicken breast/broccoli bullshyt. Right now I'm prob on my cleanest cut ever. It's very basic. I have a 2000kcal/day target and I do cardio on top of that. My daily meals go as follows:

Weekdays:
Breakfast: black coffee
Lunch: 1 of several 600-700kcal, ~40-60g protein meals.... some kind of chicken and rice or pasta (with flavor- Rice A Roni, fettucine alfredo, chicken parm, Jamaican stewed chicken + rice and peas etc), meat loaf, turkey + stuffing etc.... I eat good
Mid afternoon protein shake: 100g protein, 40g fiber, 6g creatine
Dinner: 700-800kcal of whatever... tacos, beef stroganoff, pizza, whatever wifey/grandma make

Weekends:
Breakfast: pancakes or Cream of Wheat and eggs, coffee on Saturday for my bike ride
The rest of the day: protein shake + whatever; I go to maybe 2300-2400kcal on Saturday

All I drink is water... I don't even drink alcohol much (because I'm so weak 1 beer would put me down). Only deviation outside of that is for my bike rides I'll have a granola bar and 12oz of juice in a little electrolyte cocktail. About 300kcal to do a 500-800kcal ride... fair trade IMO

I think on one of my last cuts I even had a candy bar every day at work.... but that cut into dinner which was not good. Dinner was poverty spec

I just don't buy into the idea that "clean foods" do anything on the cut. I'm down about 7lbs in the last 3 weeks just eating less of the foods I usually do. It's bad enough being hungry all the time. You don't want to compound that by making what little you eat boring AF

Sorry if I'm on edge.... I'm fukking hungry But naw you don't need to eat completely clean. Just eat smart. Leverage high volume foods and low calorie flavoring. Mustard is good. Parmesan cheese is good and relatively calorie cheap. Etc. etc.

 

[who_better_than_me]

Brining your Chicken breast for two hours makes a big difference for me. I season my vegetables. Liberally

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Man, switch to chicken thighs, chicken breasts are garbage

 

[The ADD]

Man, switch to chicken thighs, chicken breasts are garbage

We keep trying to tell them...........

 

[~Styles~]

Breakfast : Shake...blueberries, strawberries, half banana, cup of oats, scoop of peanut butter...2 scoops of protein

Lunch: Chicken breast, sweet potato, broccoli

Post Workout: Tuna salad in a wrap

Dinner: Ground turkey bolagnese with rice/pasta


..I don't count calories but this is basically my staple post Christmas meal plan and it's been working for me. My job does require me to walk up to 10 miles per day though so it may be a lil high on cals for most

 

[ISO]

I don’t mind eating that bland shyt

I just can’t cut out sugary drinks I love Snapple Apple so much

 

[BillBanneker]

Def on the chicken breasts, steamed kale wave. These Hershey kisses are a life safer though

 

[klientel]

On a cut I typically just eat what I normally eat, but just less of it. I try to stay around 2000 - 2300 calories and cut out sugary junk food. Thats usually good enough for me to lose 1-2 pounds a week. If I go lower to hit like 1800 calories or some shyt, I start to feel sick.

I can't do strict diets anymore, I just can't maintain it. Too boring.