Bulk or Cut? tricky situation

[qside]

Hey guys
I'm new here on this board
I've been lifing for about a year now and I think I have a decent training program
I lift four days a week
sat - back
sun - chest
tues - shoulders
wed - legs
my problem now is that i bulked up to about 160 lbs at 5'8 and my BF went up to 17%
I am thinking to cut down a little bit before I bulk up again
some might say I am too underweight but I think 17% BF is too high already for bulking
I tried Adam's diet but it didn't really work
my diet looks like:
8 AM: low fat milk + whey, a banana, an apple
10:30 AM: peanut butter whole wheat sandwich + tuna
1:00 PM: lunch take out...I'm Chinese so I usually eat Chinese food, 3 entries with white rice but I cut out the rice and replace with some veggies
3:00 PM: 10 egg whites + some veggies
work out
post work out: orange juice + whey
8:00 PM: chicken breast + low fat cheese +veggies
I have been trying to cut for a couple weeks
but my weight keeps fluctuating, sometimes I thought I had lost some fat but the next day I would gain it back
Also I found that when I add in more fat such as nuts, my weight loss comes back
My goal is try to get to 160 lbs at 10% BF
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, thanks

[qside]

and also I do one HIIT session and 1-2 moderate cardio sessions on off days

[BjsAust]

I'm at about the same % bf. Me, I want to cut that back significantly before bulking. Get back to a decent starting place then start adding the weight back on in better proportions.

I'd suggest tracking your cals for a while, just to get an idea. If you've been bulking for a while your eating habits might have you eating too much even following Adams diet. At the end of the day, just like any other diet, if you're eating more energy than you use you'll add weight.

Also dont weigh every day, weigh once a week, you'll always fluctuate day to day.

[matador1]

Try tracking your cals at Fitday.com. Looking at your diet, it looks like your getting more carbs than protein. If so, your going to continue to gain. Try tracking it and maybe a cutting cycle like Ripped, Rugged, and Dense by Joel Marion at t-nation. I started it a few weeks ago with Adam's diet and the fat is falling off.

[phizer]

Any particular reason why you train with a split, as opposed to a whole body routine? Do you switch up your routine much?

How are you measuring your body fat percentage?

Weight does not equal body fat, necessarily. Your daily fluctuations in weight may not be indicative of what your body fat is doing.

[bryanc]

Flip a coin if there are no strong reasons either way--and it doesn't sound like there are.