Sharing my cutting day of eating - 2,100 kcal, 200g protein and actually filling

[SophiaMiller]

A few people asked what I'm eating on my cut so here's a full day. It's 2,100 kcal, around 200g protein, and it genuinely keeps me full, which is the only reason I can stick to it:

• Breakfast - 3 whole eggs + 3 whites, 60g oats with berries
• Lunch - 150g chicken, big salad, 200g potato
• Snack - 200g 0% Greek yogurt + a scoop of whey
• Dinner - 200g lean beef mince, veg, 60g rice
• Evening - 200g cottage cheese

Volume of food is the trick. High protein, high fibre, nothing fancy.

[FlexChampion]

This is a genuinely well-built cutting day. The high protein plus the fibrous veg and potatoes is exactly why you're not starving - volume and protein both crush hunger. People try to cut on tiny calorie-dense meals and wonder why they're miserable.

[DarioVigor]

Cottage cheese before bed is a great shout on a cut. Slow-digesting and it stops the late-night fridge raids. Underrated cut food.

[SophiaMiller]

Honestly the evening cottage cheese is what stops me caving at 10pm. Game changer.

[MaxStrength]

What's your protein target based on - bodyweight? 200g sounds high for a cut but on a deficit higher protein is exactly right for holding muscle and staying full, so no criticism, just curious.

[SophiaMiller]

Roughly 2.2g per kg of bodyweight. I bump it slightly on a cut precisely for muscle retention and satiety. It's the one macro I never compromise when calories drop.

[MaxStrength]

That's textbook. Higher protein on a deficit is one of the few things basically all the research agrees on.

[FlexQueen]

Saving this. I always struggle with hunger when I cut and my days are way lower protein than this. Clearly I've been doing it on too little food and too little protein at once.

[SophiaMiller]

That combination is the classic mistake. Push the protein and the veg volume up and the same calories feel like twice the food.

[Stronghold42]

Do you ever get bored eating basically the same thing? That's usually what breaks my diets, not hunger.