This is my projected routine for the next month and one half.

1. A combo of jogging/walking in the morning, 5:00 am daily (every morning) -
2. Speed training/conditioning for an hour mon, wed, fri at 4:00 pm
3. Strength training tuesday (upper body), thursday (lower body), 80% lower intensity sat (upper body) and sunday (lower body)

This is what I am forced into, being that I go to school and play baseball after school. I have baseball practice 4 days a week as well. I want to stay lean and I am trying to cut at the same time. I have been taking creatine and have been able to maintain for the most part muscle mass and my strength. I have also been getting slimmer and losing the fat in the areas I want. if I had to guess I only take in around 2000 calories a day. I have been losing about 2 lbs a week.

1) I want to measure my body fat, how do I go about this.
2) With this routine when I should I be taking in carbs and when should I take in protein

My eating plan is as follows....

5:00 am. green tea
6:30 am- 1 cup kashi go lean with one cup milk, tangerine, meatless breakfast patty, 8 oz orange juice, glutamine
9:45 am- 20 mini pretzels, celery
12:00 pm- sugarfree bread with 3 slices turkey and mustard, a small salad with carb solutions italian dressing, roasted peanuts
3:30 pm - protein bar
7:00 pm - creatine with gatorade
7:45 pm - protein powder with water, anything such as tuna fish, chicken breast, rice, salad, etc...

Through the entire day I drink water....

Please also give me any advice / oppinions. Should I take any other supplements, any sort of fiber, etc... I want to lose 1-2 lbs a week , but keep my strength, and not always feel tired.

Robbie

Well, I try to keep my carbs and protein pretty equal. That seems like a lot of carbs for your breakfast meal. Maybe cut out the orange juice . That looks like about 500 calories to me in the breakfast meal. Aim for 6 meals a day, the first three about 2 hours apart and the last three about 3 hours apart. More protein in the morning, otherwise your energy will be zonked later and you will be reaching for other things. the pretzel/ celery meal, I would by pass and have a handful of almonds and an apple instead. Or how about 1/2c -1 cup of cottage cheese with some sugar free yogurt? Protein, protein, protein at every meal. Stay away from the protein bars as much as possible and just use them if you are in a crunch, not able to prepare your meals, or are in danger of cheating. I find it is best to stick to whole foods - those that haven't been overly processed.

Let me give you a typical day of eating for me, that helps in losing 1 lb a week for me.

7:30 a.m. 3/4 c. bran flakes, 1/2 c. skim milk, 1/4 blueberries, 1 scoop of whey protein powder mixed with water.

11:30 a.m. ( post workout) 1 scoop of protein pwder, mixed with 1 cup of skim milk, and some fruit thrown in. Or sometimes orange juice. or sometimes a few Tbsp of ovaltine.

1:00 p.m. 1/2 c. cottage cheese, mixed green salad and 6oz. of sugar free, fat free yogurt.

4:00 p.m. 12 almonds(83 calories approx.) and an apple and some raw veggies like cucumbers, or broccoli

7:00 p.m. 3oz chicken breast, some non starchy veggies, like broccoli, or spaghetti squash or a salad, maybe 1/2 c. of brown rice.

9:30 or 10:00 - 3 egg whites, 1 whole egg omelette with veggies inside and salsa on top.

Throughout the day, I drink 4 to 5 quarts of water.

Hope this helps, this is just a rough idea of what a typical eating day might be for me. I have found that if I don't get enough calories or protein in the morning, it sets me up for a binge later.

I have some calipers that I use at home to measure bodyfat. But I also have the same trainer at my gym do it for me once or twice a year, and have found their method to be more accurate.