fluctuations - is it ok to have high cal days and lo-cal day

amnsetie

I joined only a week ago and have been on holidays. It has been easy to keep up activities to burn cals.
I'm going back to a sedentary job on Monday and will find it hard to maintain. I have a knee injury so can't do heaps of walking or many stairs at all. Seems most desk jockeys do stairs :noway:
So does it hinder my weight loss goal to have days of low cal and days of high cal mixed up during the week?
I have Wednesdays off and that's always a gym day.
thanks in advance

bachooka

I focus on my weekly intake over the daily. If it balances out then I figure it's all good. There are people who base their entire eating routine around bouncing the total intake around. they think that it burns more fat.

mmapags

As long as overall weekly total is in line, its fine. It can be somewhat beneficial. Sometimes when a plateau is reached doing this is called cycling calories and can help get or keep you unstuck.

Sasseh42

I actually recommend doing it like that!

Alternate day fasting is what it's called and there has been research done that it can even help with all kinds of medical conditions!

I am on a gluten, sugar, dairy and pork/redmeat free diet right now for health reasons and I have a very hard time getting enough calories to not starve myself. How I have compromised is to try at least every third day to have a day I go OVER my calories.

Sarahmeridith

I do a high day Sundays still try and be kinda healthy but go way over calories