How to zig zag cals properly/caloric cycling properly

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  • Nanadena
    Nanadena Posts: 739 Member
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  • psb13
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    i've been doing the 7 day cycle for 2 weeks and lost 3.2lbs. seems like it's slowing down now. hate to be dense, but am i supposed to be eating back exercise calories or not. still confused. it seems like too many calories if i eat them back.
  • theba2il
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  • ilikejam33
    ilikejam33 Posts: 252 Member
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    Hi, I'm on 1200 calories per day and almost near goal. I've hit a plateau that I need to push past. Do you have to zig zag so dramatically? I don't really want to eat too much less than 1200. Could I just have 1000 one day and 1400 the next and so on? Would I be able to eat exercise calories on top of that? Any info would be good. Thanks!


    I am in the same boat, 1200 a day is my goal, but i am still 20 lbs away from my goal. What can be recommended for us?
    Thank you
  • Lelafin
    Lelafin Posts: 29 Member
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    Innnnnteresting...! anyone notice significantly better results from doing this?
  • katharos3
    katharos3 Posts: 154 Member
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    Love this! Thanks for posting. :smile:
  • crisanderson27
    crisanderson27 Posts: 5,343 Member
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    Innnnnteresting...! anyone notice significantly better results from doing this?

    I did, for two weeks, then flatlined again.

    IF is the only thing that keeps me losing continuously.
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  • dellyy
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    Bump! Found this interesting. I'm also one of those stuck on the 1200 range so I'm waiting out to see the response..
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    bumpin!
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  • caroltina
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  • caroltina
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    Can I be really cheeky? Can u give me advice on this, I am 36, 226lb and have lost 76lb in 2 years but been ok, but not fab over the last 6 months, since really using mfp properly and consistently since June I have lost every week, loosing 17lb in July and august. I am 5 ft 4. My bmr is 1870 and my mfp deficit number is 1540. How would I go about zig zagging? Feel very stuck in a rut, I lost a lot at the start of mfp in July but now I seem to teater around the same weight then through fluke loose by the Friday??? Think doing this might help
  • caroltina
    caroltina Posts: 453 Member
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    Can I be really cheeky? Can u give me advice on this, I am 36, 226lb and have lost 76lb in 2 years but been ok, but not fab over the last 6 months, since really using mfp properly and consistently since June I have lost every week, loosing 17lb in July and august. I am 5 ft 4. My bmr is 1870 and my mfp deficit number is 1540. How would I go about zig zagging? Feel very stuck in a rut, I lost a lot at the start of mfp in July but now I seem to teater around the same weight then through fluke loose by the Friday??? Think doing this might help
  • Jayney10
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  • Tenar13
    Tenar13 Posts: 49 Member
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    Not sure how this would work for me. I only have about 13 lbs to lose though my body fat is quite high. My maintenance calories are 1690 and my 1lb per week loss calories are 1200. On the calculator I tried for fat loss it suggests that I eat

    Mon 1299
    Tues 1184
    Wed 1559
    Thurs 1299
    Friday 1184
    Sat 1429
    Sun 1299

    Which is an average of 1322 a day - not convinced I would loose at this rate... that said if I did 2 days at 1200, 1 day at maintenance would this help me continue with weight loss allbeit at a slower rate? Or will it help me trick my body off the plateau. As these are net values I presume that I add in my exercise calories too. If I continue with the plateau I have I may well give this a go - so long as I have got my head around how it works.

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