Zig Zag

ljbhill
ljbhill Posts: 276 Member
edited October 1 in Food and Nutrition
Okay so another question about zig zagging...

If you overeat on any given day, do you still do your zig zag day up during the week?

For example:

Tuesday was a zag up day but I overate that by 300 cals!! So it was a HUGE disaster. Do I then, for the next few days, drop back to my normal cal intake of 1200 to balance it out? Or do I continue with the zig zagging and just do the Wednesday down at 1200 and then the Thursday back up again to 1400 cals?

I am 5 foot 2 and weigh 127 Ibs. I am only 3 Ibs away from goal but have been stuck for months!!

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  • shellgib
    shellgib Posts: 196 Member
    just make one of the other days that week that was going to be a higher day into a lower day. the goal is that over the course of the week it will still average the same deficit. it doesn't matter what order you do the up-downs.
  • vettle
    vettle Posts: 621 Member
    I did that earlier this week. you can make a lower day even lower, but if you're going really low then not a good idea. really, one day of going a bit over is not a huge deal because there are always some days where you just don't eat enough either and we never stress about that lol
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