My Zig-Zag Method Challenge

sarah307

*Last week, I believe I "accidentally" zig-zagged my calories. The reason for this is because my daily routine varied A LOT last week and I lost 1.4 lbs even though my settings were to lose 0.5 lb/wk and I ate over my goal, a lot.. so it was either 1. I wasn't getting enough calories to begin with or 2. I zig-zagged calories by accident.

*This week, I am going to purposely do it and see what happens .

I know a lot of people are interested in this and wanting to know how it works. Well, I'm going to do experiment with it. So here is my personalized zig-zag calorie challenge.

LAST WEEK (approx. what I did accidentally):

Days/Cals
1 1800
2 2400
3 1600
4 1970
5 1300
6 1280
7 1400
*worked out well that "Day 1" is actually "June 1st"

MY PERSONALIZED ZIG-ZAG CHALLENGE:

Week 1: this is what i'm going to *try* to do!

Days/Goal Cals
1 1500
2 1200
3 1800
4 1500
5 1300
6 1650
7 1500

****Keep in mind, I have no idea what I'm doing.****

This is my *own* little experiment and I thought I'd share it with you guys I will keep try to do the best I can at this and keep posted how everything goes!! (Also, I will be traveling for a photo shoot on day 2 of my challenge. I have no idea what kind of foods will be thrown at me there. That is the 1200 day, so if i go over that day.. I will probably make day 3, the 1200 cals goal day.)

BTW, i am just keeping my "goal settings" at 1400 as a baseline just because i don't feel like actually changing it everyday. As for my nutritional ratio, I am going to keep my settings on what I already have set. 45/35/20 for carbs/proteins/fats

hope everyone has a great week! wish me luck on this!

bflicker11

I'm really curious how this will work out. I literally just met a body builder yesterday who was telling me that is how he lost weight AND still continues to do this. He looked great and was in amazing shape. I'm afraid to do it but if you have success, maybe I'll consider it. Keep us posted!

melzteach

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funkyspunky871

Good luck! I loved zigzagging. It worked great, until my 1800 calorie day started turning into 4000 calorie binges. I'm just now starting to lose weight again, so I'm stick at 1450 for a couple of weeks. I might use your zigzag plan later though.

Jizes318

I zig zag and it works for me. I am 5 months in and I am at 29.8 lb loss. My boss pays BIG bucks to a trainer and for a meal plan to follow. He swears by the zig zag. He emailed me the plan and it is awesome. Mon-Sunday what you can eat or things to replace, high carb days or low carb, high cal days or low.

90210UK

Bump...good luck doll x

sarah307

Good luck! I loved zigzagging. It worked great, until my 1800 calorie day started turning into 4000 calorie binges. I'm just now starting to lose weight again, so I'm stick at 1450 for a couple of weeks. I might use your zigzag plan later though.

cool, thanks for your thought!
and remember, I personalized these calories for me via http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm#

mykismitty

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cmiles23

here is a link to a calculator i used when i did it

http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm



edit: looks like u already used it hahahaha

sarah307

here is a link to a calculator i used when i did it

http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm



edit: looks like u already used it hahahaha

HAHA, funny!!

brianna626

Good luck, can't wait to see how this works for you!

sarah307

Thanks everyone for the support! I'll try to make this week as accurate as a "zig-zag method test' as possible! but am worried about tomorrow since i will be traveling! but we'll see what happens haha

sarah307

Since I know some of you are following my 7 day zig-zag challenge for myself by looking at my diary and stuff and some of you just "bumped" the post to find for later.

Well, for those of you who Bumped. I think I am going to post at the end of each day what My goal was and then What actually happened so people can understand better.

Day 1:
Today's goal was 1500 calories NET.
My actual NET calories was 1620.
Tomorrow's goal is going to be 1200.

cdpm

bump - Good luck!

chantel111184

When you zig zag did you follow ex fat loss or just fat loss calorie goals?

sarah307

When you zig zag did you follow ex fat loss or just fat loss calorie goals?

I am just following the fat loss calorie goals.
For me, the extreme fat loss was way TOO extreme. (a lot of my days were around 1000, so that didn't seem good to me)

sarah307

Today is Day #2.
Goal is to eat 1200/1300 calories.
Let's see how it works out!

tatesmom

I just started the Zig-Zag method on Monday!! I have been extremely frustrated because I have hit a plateau and did not know what else to do!! I hope it works for you AND for me!!!

sarah307

I just started the Zig-Zag method on Monday!! I have been extremely frustrated because I have hit a plateau and did not know what else to do!! I hope it works for you AND for me!!!

great! you will definitely have to let me know how it works for you!!

sarah307

yesterday was day 2:
goal was 1200
my actual net was 1224!!!
YAY!
today's goal... 1800. AHHH planning on doing a crazy workout so idk how i'm going to do it!

sarah307

Day 3 of Zig-Zagging:

My goal was to eat 1800 calories NET.. and I ended up with 1154 NET. oops. Sorry guys! [It is 11 pm and I am currently stuffing my face with whey protein and 2 cups of grapes.] ... tomorrow, I.Will.Eat.More.!!!!

sarah307

Day 3 of Zig-Zagging:

My goal was to eat 1800 calories NET.. and I ended up with 1154 NET. oops. Sorry guys! [It is 11 pm and I am currently stuffing my face with whey protein and 2 cups of grapes.] ... tomorrow, I.Will.Eat.More.!!!!

kathala

I would love to get more details about this. i have never heard of this before. I have been dieting since 2000. I lost 143 lbs and gained back 43 lbs. I started to lose again then hit a plateau and can't seem to get past it. I am really struggling and I have to get this 43 lbs back off. I do work out most of the time 5 days a week. So ANY THING that will help would be greatly appreciated!

Cookie22684

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UltraRunnerGale

I have thought about trying this. Only thing is, on the weekends I run and race a lot and it's sometimes tough to even hit 1200 calories. I'm going to watch this thread to see how it works for everyone.

Adrianamdelacruz

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crisanderson27

I am zig zagging as well...and really haven't lost anything in two weeks. I've changed a LOT of stuff around though along with my food intake, including lowering carbs and seriously switching up my workouts. My body is probably still freaked out lol.

sarah307

Well, hello everyone

Today is Day 4 of my 7 day zig-zag challenge

I know a lot of you are following this so I will update a little.

My Zig-Zagging Method

NET Calorie Goals: What actually happened:
Day 1: 1500

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1620 calories NET
Day 2: 1200

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1224 calories NET
Day 3: 1800

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1288 calories NET
Day 4: 1500
Day 5: 1300
Day 6: 1650
Day 7: 1500

***As you can see, on Day 3, I didn't eat near as much as I needed to for this challenge. But that's okay. Cause my main goal is to confuse my body. So, I am trying to do basically 2 days with low calorie (net) intake, with the third day being a higher calorie (net) intake.

Today is officially Day 4 - I'll let you know how I do! I have 1500 as the goal and since that isn't significantly higher than 1288 (the previous day), it is still 200+ calories.

***ultimately - AFTER this 7 day challenge - I will just try to do smaller zig-zags. For example, (random numbers) ... 1200 calories, 1300 calories, [third day] 1500 calories, then back to 1200 calories.

We'll see what happens !!

***edit:
keep in mind, I am just guessing all of this. I got the goal numbers from a website that is posted here in this forum. I am seriously just trying this out for one week and seeing what happens

sarah307

been doing some research and found this site

http://www.rippednaturally.com/zig-zag-diet.html

crisanderson27

***edit:
keep in mind, I am just guessing all of this. I got the goal numbers from a website that is posted here in this forum. I am seriously just trying this out for one week and seeing what happens

Keep in mind hun...1 week really isn't enough time for you to see much in the way of results from zig zagging. Most people have to go at minimum two weeks, and occasionally a month to see the bigger losses. Some get really lucky and it works in a week...but it's not common.

For me lol...today is supposed to be my 'big eat' day at 2147 net calories. Add in 600cal from working out...and even if I only eat back half of it...that's a bunch of food! Problem is...I skipped both breakfast AND my mid morning snack...since I was up all night with sick children.

We'll see how it goes!

Cris

crisanderson27

been doing some research and found this site

http://www.rippednaturally.com/zig-zag-diet.html

Just read this...that's pretty interesting for sure...and his results speak for themselves. 4mos to go from 30%+ bodyfat down to 3% lol?? I'm about 20%.

Hmm...