SS and diet for the tree-hugging fatass

[SixtySix]

Hey Coach:

Couple of quick questions regarding how I should be eating. I'm 6'5", about 290, with probably 28% BF (using the military method of calculating BF via neck/wait measurements). My lifts for 5x3 are: Squats 245, bench 205, and deadlifts 275 (5x1 on the deads).

I am using the SS workout, and I'm on about week three. It's going very well, and I feel stronger, more energetic, and overall healthier. I follow it strictly, and do the workout exactly as listed in SS. I've read SS, Strong Enough? and Practical Programming.

My only question is in regards to diet. I am fatter than I'd like to be (I'm not worried about abs, but I've got a 48" waist, so I could use a bit of a trim down). I'm currently eating approximately 2500 calories/day with around 225-250 g of protein.

I should mention that I am a vegetarian (I know, I know...I am a hopeless gaywad and I pray for death daily). Actually, I am pretty much a vegan with the sole exception of whey protein. I take about 150-200 g of ion-exchange whey protein per day, as the rest of my diet is obviously lacking in major sources of non-plant protein.

With all of that tremendously uninteresting background aside, am I on the right track to lose weight while building a decent strength base? I know that I am in a pretty significant caloric deficit and won't be putting on a lot of mass, but I feel that if I can get rid of some of this fat over the next few months I can up my calories and look to accelerate my gains. The only reason I am fucking around like this at all is that I'm looking to join a police department and I need to drop my bodyfat.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

[Mark Rippetoe]

The gross numbers look pretty good for sustained progress and bodyfat loss, until the vegan silliness begins to interfere with recovery when you get up to bigger weights and bigger stress loads. Until then, you'll be fine.

[Andy Baker (KSC)]

I guess you had no sympathy for the milk when the whey and casein were savagely torn apart from each other after spending a lifetime together, and then the whey was tortured further by having its ions exchanged.

[fluxboy]

I guess you had no sympathy for the milk when the whey and casein were savagely torn apart from each other after spending a lifetime together, and then the whey was tortured further by having its ions exchanged.

Actually, ions are quite the swingers.