Zig zag diet
dee3mom30
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Is there a way to set up a zigzag diet on my fitness pal
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what is a zigzag diet?0
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They lost me on Step 1:
"THE 5 RULES
RULE 1
Always eat at least 5 meals a day (preferably 6 or 7). Two or three meals simply isn't often enough. Your blood sugar levels will be controlled (and thus your cravings), you'll get protein in small amounts throughout the day to support growth and recovery, and (most important) the enzymes that store fat will be produced in far smaller amounts, making your body far less capable of storing fat!
Simply, by providing your body with a consistent and frequent supply of calories—life-giving energy—its need to store fat is significantly reduced. Conversely, when you eat infrequently, your body recognizes a "famine" situation, and the enzymes are produced in large quantities to "swoop down" on every calorie you consume in order to store it as fat in preparation for the "famine" to come."
Yeah, no.
OP: What are your health and fitness goals? Perhaps we can help you achieve them without resorting to this kind of complicated nonsense.
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Yes, with premium you can set separate goals by the day for the upcoming week.2 -
snickerscharlie wrote: »They lost me on Step 1:
"THE 5 RULES
RULE 1
Always eat at least 5 meals a day (preferably 6 or 7). Two or three meals simply isn't often enough. Your blood sugar levels will be controlled (and thus your cravings), you'll get protein in small amounts throughout the day to support growth and recovery, and (most important) the enzymes that store fat will be produced in far smaller amounts, making your body far less capable of storing fat!
Simply, by providing your body with a consistent and frequent supply of calories—life-giving energy—its need to store fat is significantly reduced. Conversely, when you eat infrequently, your body recognizes a "famine" situation, and the enzymes are produced in large quantities to "swoop down" on every calorie you consume in order to store it as fat in preparation for the "famine" to come."
Yeah, no.
Sounds like yet another “diet plan” created by someone who doesn’t quite understand how insulin works.18 -
snickerscharlie wrote: »They lost me on Step 1:
"THE 5 RULES
RULE 1
Always eat at least 5 meals a day (preferably 6 or 7). Two or three meals simply isn't often enough. Your blood sugar levels will be controlled (and thus your cravings), you'll get protein in small amounts throughout the day to support growth and recovery, and (most important) the enzymes that store fat will be produced in far smaller amounts, making your body far less capable of storing fat!
Simply, by providing your body with a consistent and frequent supply of calories—life-giving energy—its need to store fat is significantly reduced. Conversely, when you eat infrequently, your body recognizes a "famine" situation, and the enzymes are produced in large quantities to "swoop down" on every calorie you consume in order to store it as fat in preparation for the "famine" to come."
Yeah, no.
Sounds like yet another “diet plan” created by someone who doesn’t quite understand how insulin works.
Or CICO for that matter.10 -
snickerscharlie wrote: »They lost me on Step 1:
"THE 5 RULES
RULE 1
Always eat at least 5 meals a day (preferably 6 or 7). Two or three meals simply isn't often enough. Your blood sugar levels will be controlled (and thus your cravings), you'll get protein in small amounts throughout the day to support growth and recovery, and (most important) the enzymes that store fat will be produced in far smaller amounts, making your body far less capable of storing fat!
Simply, by providing your body with a consistent and frequent supply of calories—life-giving energy—its need to store fat is significantly reduced. Conversely, when you eat infrequently, your body recognizes a "famine" situation, and the enzymes are produced in large quantities to "swoop down" on every calorie you consume in order to store it as fat in preparation for the "famine" to come."
Yeah, no.
Sounds like yet another “diet plan” created by someone who doesn’t quite understand how insulin works.
But you need to "keep your body guessing so you can avoid homeostasis." :eyeroll: https://www.livestrong.com/article/488503-zigzag-calorie-diet/7 -
Or you could just lose with a moderate deficit, which is a lot less complicated.3
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havent read about zig sag diet - but even on free version of MFP you can set your calories to weekly if you want to. and then you could aim for different calorie days as long as total fits into weekly allowance
I dont follow zig zag diet (never heard of it, in fact) but I do find weekly calories a good way to manage varying days.3 -
Ah basically calorie cycling with a different name. Can't do it on free version, you'll have to fork out for premium in order to do it.
I have manually done it but it's a pain in the butt to have to go in there every day and change my calories based on whatever the daily allotment is.
I didn't cycle daily though, I had 4 low days and 3 higher days, so only had to go change the macros once a week. Still annoying though.3 -
Cahgetsfit wrote: »Ah basically calorie cycling with a different name. Can't do it on free version, you'll have to fork out for premium in order to do it.
I have manually done it but it's a pain in the butt to have to go in there every day and change my calories based on whatever the daily allotment is.
I didn't cycle daily though, I had 4 low days and 3 higher days, so only had to go change the macros once a week. Still annoying though.
Or you could just bypass the pain of daily resetting your calories and just shoot for whatever your goal is for the day and ignore the red numbers on your higher calorie days. Don't let a little red number run your life.8 -
lynn_glenmont wrote: »Cahgetsfit wrote: »Ah basically calorie cycling with a different name. Can't do it on free version, you'll have to fork out for premium in order to do it.
I have manually done it but it's a pain in the butt to have to go in there every day and change my calories based on whatever the daily allotment is.
I didn't cycle daily though, I had 4 low days and 3 higher days, so only had to go change the macros once a week. Still annoying though.
Or you could just bypass the pain of daily resetting your calories and just shoot for whatever your goal is for the day and ignore the red numbers on your higher calorie days. Don't let a little red number run your life.
Yes I know that. This was when I had a coach and was doing a particular thing for my particular goal at that time. On a normal day to day basis I don't care and don't let the red number get to me. But when i'm paying someone to help me get to a certain goal, I need to hit (or close to hit) the correct macros. And I can't be bothered counting in my head, so a once a week macros adjustment in MFP was easier than having to maths in my brain.
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Cahgetsfit wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »Cahgetsfit wrote: »Ah basically calorie cycling with a different name. Can't do it on free version, you'll have to fork out for premium in order to do it.
I have manually done it but it's a pain in the butt to have to go in there every day and change my calories based on whatever the daily allotment is.
I didn't cycle daily though, I had 4 low days and 3 higher days, so only had to go change the macros once a week. Still annoying though.
Or you could just bypass the pain of daily resetting your calories and just shoot for whatever your goal is for the day and ignore the red numbers on your higher calorie days. Don't let a little red number run your life.
Yes I know that. This was when I had a coach and was doing a particular thing for my particular goal at that time. On a normal day to day basis I don't care and don't let the red number get to me. But when i'm paying someone to help me get to a certain goal, I need to hit (or close to hit) the correct macros. And I can't be bothered counting in my head, so a once a week macros adjustment in MFP was easier than having to maths in my brain.
OK. Whatever works best for you. And although I quoted you, I really was offering it more as an alternative for the OP. Who doesn't seem to be coming back.4 -
I thought zig zag diet was just working with a week calorie deficit instead ofa daily one? Lots of people here do this. If you have premium you can adjust daily calorie goal I think but personally I just go to the nutrition section and change it to say week instead of day. That gives me my week totals.2
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Thank you all for your input button wouldn’t be eating your fitness calories sort of be like a zigzag since exercise is different for me daily0
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Thank you all for your input button wouldn’t be eating your fitness calories sort of be like a zigzag since exercise is different for me daily
Depends if you are thinking total calories per day eaten or if you are trying to manage your actual calorie balance (calories in vs calories out) and have that balance different day to day.
Eating back exercise calories keeps your daily calorie balance the same day to day.
It's really not clear what you mean by zig-zag or more importantly what you are trying to achieve.1 -
Which days do you zag and what does that mean vs the ziggy days?
Also, did they run out of names for diets?
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