Calorie Shifting and math

mamayoga
mamayoga Posts: 43
edited September 22 in Health and Weight Loss
Has anyone tried calorie shifting?

How did you determine the number of calories for your High and Low days?

I was thinking of trying a pattern like this (where H is high calorie and L is low calorie, C is cheat day, and also adding in Workout calories if I work out that day)

H L H L H L H (first week)

H H L L H H C (second week)

repeat

I had to make an excel spreadsheet to calculate all this.
Has anyone tried anything like this?

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  • tonya24
    tonya24 Posts: 21
    no but that seems like a good idea...
  • CharityD
    CharityD Posts: 193
    I'm interested to see what people have to say about this. I've heard about it but never tried it.
  • nisijam5
    nisijam5 Posts: 9,964 Member
    It looks like a good system...but, I think you should just have the high days when you FEEL hungry rather than schedule them
  • themommie
    themommie Posts: 5,033 Member
    I too would like to know if anyone has tried this and if it works
  • mamayoga
    mamayoga Posts: 43
    I've been trying to read about it on the internet.

    Part of the theory is to confuse your body about what calorie intake to expect.
    They suggest you do it on a schedule to make sure you aren't inadvertently doing it in a predictable (to your body) pattern.

    All I know is, I lost weight over Thanksgiving, and I think it's because I was accidently calorie shifting.

    That is, I changed my exercise schedule (cause the gym was closed thursday and friday) and although I "overate" on Thanksgiving day, I still lost a couple pounds, when I had been stuck for several weeks prior to that.
  • mamayoga
    mamayoga Posts: 43
    Seems like phase III of the Curves diet plan is a type of calorie shifting.

    http://profile.rodale.com/uof/curves/bundle3/three_phases.html
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