Cutting

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Hello /fit, I'm in need of some advice. I've never done a cut before.

Height
>5'11"

Weight
>190 lbs

Macros
>20%carbs 30%fat 50%protein

Calories
>2000 a day roughly

Let me share a little background first. At my heaviest I weighed 280 pounds. It has always been my goal to have a physique I could be proud of. This winter I put on some muscle in hopes that I could just cut once the warmer weather came around. With spring right around the corner I'm finally burying the hatchet with this unwanted fat. I've been on a low carb diet for the past week. Getting carbs strictly from low gi foods (cutting wheat out completely). Along with my diet I've reworked my weightlifting schedule. Hitting the weights 6 times a week while doing high reps and keeping my heart rate up throughout my one, one and a half hour workouts. My cycle goes as follows:

>day 1: chest, delts
>day 2: upper/lower back & traps
>day 3: legs & abs
>repeat

I am currently NOT doing any type of cardio afterwards and that's my big question today, should I? If so, how long & how often? How should I fit it into my schedule? Now I've done my research and it's suggested that I dedicate days for cardio and do full body workouts rather than split them up. I know I should be doing compound excersises (and I do), it also suggests I do cardio first thing in the morning on an empty stomach. My only problem with cardio is of course losing my muscle mass. I know that it's still too early to know how my progression has been going so I'm just going to ask you, am I missing anything? What should/ shouldn't I be doing? My goal here is to cut as much fat as possible while keeping as much of my muscle as possible.