18-19% Body fat looking to cut 20lbs of fat.

Male
27 Years Old
37in waist
220lbs
BMR=2000-2200
Texas Method - Lift three days a week (currently deloading)
High intensity: sprints or jump training - cardio twice a week (currently deloadin)
Deload for me is random bro exercises in the gym with a 30 min walk for cardio.

MAX Lifts @5reps
D=405
S=325
B=250

Basic philosophy for Dieting, Lifting, & Health.

DIEt
When dieting the only thing that matters is calories in vs calories out (The First Law Of Thermodynamics). If you want to survive the hunger pains basically you have to eat "healthy". Typical health foods being any vegetable or lean meat. For the macro nutrients hitting the minimum amount of protein in order to force your body to use fat as energy instead of your muscle. I personally stick with 1g of protein per lb of body weight but that is probably way over the minimum for most.

Lift
I like Squating, Benching, and Deading for high weight & low reps. By no means is the only appropriate resistance training for somebody else. Resistance training is necessary so please do something gymnastics, plyometrics, lift weights etc...

Health
moderation in life. I believe healthy food is most likely the least processed food for example: vegetable - good, honey bun - bad. lifting helps fight loss of muscle and loss of bone density. Cardio for heart health. Last and probably most important dont smoke.

note
I started a cut a few weeks ago but it was going very slow so Iam going to actually start counting my calories again. Diet should be a lot of chicken, eggs, protein powder, whole milk, monster energy drinks & veggies. Any comments or thoughts would be cool. I think i will update my progress every week with a picture, weight, and waist measurement.

01/12/2016
Week 0
220lbs
37in waist
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