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I have been browsing through the forums since yesterday and found a lot of the same questions here as in every other bodybuilding forum's diet section has.
What should I eat.

I think I might have a solution to these questions and it could help everey one else to get some variety in their diet.

I was thinking if everyone gave a sample meal plan(even just 1 day's worth) it could give everyone a better chance of success.

Just the basics
I don't even think macro's are nescessary each can work out for himself/herself what they need.

Unless its your own recipe of course.
what do you guys think?

The trouble I have with posting meal plan after meal plan is that Mark McManus has covered meal plans in Total Anabolism and Total Six-Pack Abs. If people just read the book, they get a nice cross-section.

My average day when cutting looks like this. Protein shakes will be about 150 calories, all other meals I target about 300 calories, keeping carbs minimal. Except on carb-up days -- I only take one carb-up day a week, tops -- when I typically just don't track at all but try to eat low-fat, high-carb.

* Pre-workout protein shake first thing after I wake up and a glass of water. (150 cal)
* Two eggs, two strips of bacon for breakfast and a glass of water. (300 cal)
* Protein shake for mid-morning snack. (150 ca) Sometimes I add in something else like some tuna or chicken breast to bump up the calories.
* Salad for lunch. I mean, like a SERIOUS salad, shooting for around 500 calories. If I'm in a hurry, the Wendy's "BLT Cobb Salad" fits the bill nicely for what I'm talking about as long as I skip the dressing (460cal, 12g carb, 46g protein, 26g fat)
* Protein shake for mid-afternoon snack. Same as mid-morning snack, usually. 150-300 cal.
* A big dinner, including a big, yummy salad.

A simple recipe to get you started is the "hand, palm, fist" recipe. A serving of veggies the size of the whole back of your hand. A serving of meats the size of your palm. And a serving of carbohydrates the size of your fist. Amazingly, when you calculate this out on Livestrong or some such, you end up with a very GLAD-ish 40/30/30 type of diet from this very, very easy-to-use rule. It's fun to use it when eating out, too: ask for a box with your order, then select out portions until you match this guesstimate. Remarkably accurate for a decent cutting diet until you reach very low body fat.

I always try to keep things simple much easier to keep to.

File Name: M.A.N.S. 3000.rar
http://www.sendspace.com/file/bff6pi

And I'm burping bacon-ey, chicken-ey, blue-cheese-ey, egg-ey, lettuce-ey goodness right now.

Yep, I was so excited after writing about the Wendy's BLT Cobb Salad, I had to have one. Yum!

KRS: I like your approach. Same building blocks, over and over again. It's a recipe for success by building a strong habit. Sweet.

BLT Cobb Salad Looks tatsy.

File Name: G.L.A.D. Diet 2850.rar
http://www.sendspace.com/file/vkq6lu

Redgiki,
How are you progressing on your diet?(How lean do you get?)

The reason for asking is I see 3 shakes p/d

Whenever I was asking for feedback on my diets I would get blasted for also having 3 shakes.
So I have never followed through with so many shakes.

Shakes make things so easy versus trying to get 6-7 solid meals, I just struggle to eat so much.

@krs

Could you please upload again your MANS and GLAD diet files?
It seems they were deleted.

Thank you