Diet advice please- struggling to get cut/more ripped!!

[Rickyboy]

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Im English and we have a habit of stating our weight in stone  not sure how many lbs that works out to.....

[Rickyboy]

What's your waist measure now?  certainly not 35".  You look good! great job! 

Did you follow Wes' diet?

Its 33.5"

[Rickyboy]

Rickyboy, your post got me thinking and I wanted to hear opinions and maybe this has been touched upon here already..

So you said you dropped out all bananas, bread, pasta, ect..  So did you replace the calories with anything else- more protein or fat or did you just make that your caloric deficit. 

I know this goes back to the old debate is a calorie just a calorie or does the type of calorie or maybe in this case type of carbohydrate you eat affect body fat levels.  Eating the same amount of carbs in bread, fruit, and pasta doesn’t burn as much fat if you were eating brown rice, oatmeal, and veggies..

What is everyones experience with this to get really lean?

Oh and good pics by the way Rickyboy..awsome progress!!

Did not replace the calories as such....needed to drop calories anyway....no starchy carbs after 20.00....and 30 mins HIT cardio 5 times a week.

[chris-a]

Im English and we have a habit of stating our weight in stone  not sure how many lbs that works out to.....

you're 185lbs.
done well, good stuff mate...

[kevcat]

First thing i wouldve told you mate is that 15mins cardio is literally pointless IMO.Your diet looked fine to me at the beginning, maybe without all the bananas and cut some bread out.Obviously youve gotten results from what you tweaked anyway and congrats, but i personally would rather drop the fat by doing cardio rather than starving myself lol well done!

[Rudee]

First thing i wouldve told you mate is that 15mins cardio is literally pointless IMO....

Depends on the intensity of the cardio.  If he doesn't restrict his carbs too severely, a hard 15 minute bout of intervals on the treadmill, elliptical or bike can be fabulous for whipping a person into shape.