Critique My Diet Please

[calmB4storm]

I'm 6'3", 190 pounds, giving me a BMR of 2073. Assuming I'm "lightly active" (I'm doing the 5x5 Intermediate Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and HIIT on Saturday), that means I need 2850 calories for maintenance.

Right now I'm looking to cut for a month or so, hopefully dropping ~5 pounds to get rid of the hint of a beer belly that has developed.

This is what I came up with for a hypothetical diet (numbers in parentheses are grams of fat, carbs, and protein, respectively)....

Breakfast (8:00 am):
Oats, raw - 311 Calories (5, 54, 13)
Protein Powder - 120 Calories (1, 3, 24)

Pre-Workout (12:00 pm):
Wheat Bread - 195 Calories (3, 35, 7)
Turkey, deli - 125 Calories (4, 0, 20)
Romaine Lettuce - 3 Calories (0, 0, 0)

Post-Workout (3:00 pm):
Oats, raw - 311 Calories (5, 54, 13)
Protein Powder - 120 Calories (1, 3, 24)
Raisins - 47 Calories (0, 12, 1)
Skim Milk - 43 Calories (0, 6, 4)

Next Meal (4:00 pm):
Wheat Bread - 195 Calories (3, 35, 7)
Ham, extra lean - 133 Calories (5, 2, 20)
Romaine Lettuce - 3 Calories (0, 0, 0)
Tomato - 6 Calories (0, 1, 0)

Dinner (7:00 pm):
Tuna - 194 Calories (1, 0, 43)
Olive oil - 239 Calories (27, 0, 0)
Lime juice, fresh - 10 Calories (0, 3, 0)
Romaine Lettuce - 6 Calories (0, 1, 1)

Last Meal (10:00 pm)
Chicken Breast, boneless and skinless - 128 Calories (3, 0, 24)
Green Beans, frozen - 41 Calories (0, 9, 2)
Olive oil - 119 Calories (14, 0, 0)

Snack (12:00 am):
Peanut butter - 190 Calories (16, 6, 8)
Carrot - 26 Calories (0, 6, 1)

Totals:
2537 Calories (89, 228, 211)

I'd appreciate any and all comments you may have, but I also have two specific questions:
<ul type="square">[*]How should I change my diet on my non-workout days?[*]If I wanted to add more HIIT, would it be best to do it on off days (Tuesday/Thursday) or immediately after lifting?[/list]

[pr0crast]

Honestly, if you want a decent answer post this at t-nation. Dunno why people post questions like this at 2p2.

[Ikaika]

This looks very good. It will definitely be a challenge to stick to it but you've done a great job balancing things out. Drop the carrot at midnight(pointless carbs) and you're good to go.

Eat exactly the same on non-workout days but you can drop the carbs that are in your post-workout meal. Your body doesn't need them for energy/glycogen replenishment on days you aren't training so I don't think you need quite as many.

Do the HIIT whenever you feel up to it, honestly. You can't really do it on leg day so just do it 4x a week or w/e. Get in the gym 5 days a week, it'll be like a second home after a while.

[Doug Funnie II]

If you do this for a month you should easily lose 5 lbs. Besides being really boring, I don't think there's anything really wrong with this. Although I would try to get some casein protein in before bed instead of just fat and carbs. Maybe eat some cottage cheese or buy casein powder.

You could cut the carbs in your 3pm meal on off days, but all those carbs are so low glycemic that I don't think it'll make any difference.

Also something that I do is plan ahead for cravings which helps to prevent cheating. My stomach only really gets two cravings; sweet or salty. So to satisfy a craving for sweets I drink diet ginseng green tea or eat an apple. For salty I'll eat Hormel turkey chili or have a handful of triscuits.

I'm wondering what kind of oats these are. They look way healthier than what I'm eating now.

[Ikaika]

http://www.bobsredmill.com/catalog/i...action=express

Scroll down to the Oats section and look at the steel cut oats. The texture is like gravel but you'll learn to love it.