critique my low-carb diet

[Zach Trowbridge]

Starting at 168 lbs at 11% bodyfat, goal is 7% in 6 weeks.

Meal 1                                         
4 whole eggs
1/2 cup Quaker oatmeal
multivitamin     
3 capsules Redline
443 cal, 23 fat, 28 carbs, 29 protein

Meal 2
2 scoops ON 100% Whey
1oz Spanish peanuts
410 cal, 16 fat, 11 carbs, 56 protein

Meal 3
4oz Italian roast beef
1 cup frozen vegetables
180 cal, 5 fat, 7 carbs, 26 protein

Meal 4 (preworkout)
1 can tuna
3 capsules Redline
159 cal, 2 fat, 1 carbs, 33 protein

Meal 5 (postworkout)
2 scoops ON 100% Whey
16 oz Gatorade
340 cal, 2 fat, 34 carbs, 48 protein

Meal 6
6oz chicken breast
2 cups salad
2 tbsp olive oil vinegarette dressing
multivitamin
306 cal, 14 fat, 6 carbs, 36 protein

Meal 7
Muscle Milk RTD
350 cal, 17 fat, 17 carbs, 34 protein

Meal 8
1 can tuna
1000 mg calcium
150 cal, 1 fat, 0 carbs, 33 protein

Daily total = 2338 cal, 80 fat, 104 carbs, 294 protein

I know I'm on too many meal replacements and not enough whole food, but my budget is cheap right now and I'm just using up what I have left around the house first.  I also should probably be on aminos and creatine to spare muscle tissue.

Also, I was reading on another low-carb thread to stay with 60-80 grams of carbs/day for 6 days, and then have a high-carb/low fat day on a non-training day.  How would that strategy work for a natural as opposed to someone who's "on"?      

[Tapeworm]

Your gatorade PW might be fruitcose instead of dex - check the label.

I predict that you will need a lawyer by day 4 after you murder someone for their bowl of spaghetti.   

I tried low carb and I JONESED hard.  Let us know how it goes for you.

[Luv2Hurt]

I think you need more fats in that diet.  With the fats used for energy you will feel fine on the low carbs.  Thats a lot of small meals per day, 6 larger ones a day should be plenty, gonna be hard to keep that up.  Drop the carbs more and bring up the fats till the calories suit your needs, use protien with more fat, such as salmon and beef. 4oz itallian beef?? thats enough for a small child.  Drop the tuna.

[Laura Lee]

My suggestion:  Ditch the gatorade (too much sugar & carbs for a drink) and Muscle Milk (unless you are trying to make fat gains (and I don't mean "good fats"...this is a no-no).  Also, opt for a leaner/less sodium cut of meat.  Italian Roast beef has a lot of sodium. 

[Zach Trowbridge]

I will probably switch out the roast beef for 5-6 oz of eye of round or some other lean beef, but like I said right now I'm just using up some things that I have readily available.  As far as the tuna, I've heard a lot of "yes" and a lot of "no" in terms of using it as a diet food.  For me I like it because it's so cheap, and as I said I'm on a small budget.