I found the holy grail of weight loss for lazy metabolisms

andreamkelly

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Nenabobena

This is what it tells me:

Monday 2205 1764 1384
Tuesday 1764 1411 1384
Wednesday 2646 2117 1661
Thursday 2205 1764 1384
Friday 1984 1588 1384
Saturday 2425 1940 1523
Sunday 2205 1764 1384

I want to start with the extreme fat loss to get over this plateau that I have been on for months now. So, for example, on Monday I need to eat 1384 calories. Does this mean I don't count exercise calories? It's just a flat 1384 calories?

I read it as you don't worry about exercise calories as you have already calculated that in when you put down what you exercise (3 x week; 5 x week, etc). If I'm reading this wrong - someone let me know. I think I am going to try this as I have been trying to lose for a while now and haven't even had a chance to plateau as I haven't even lost - lol. I've been doing the eat more to lose weight since I am pretty active, but have only dropped a couple pounds. I've looked into the zigzagging and have thought about doing it before. Maybe we should start a group for this as it would help to keep our comments and questions all in one place?

Great idea, how do we start a group?
And yes, you don't eat any other exercise calories as they are already calculated on your zig-zag schedule

FitLink

not to be a party pooper but I have done this naturally all my life but I am overweight and before anyone says I eat too much I vary between 1200 and 1600 cals aday (i have lost 3lb in the past 4 months) plus my job is active and i do that 4 days a week...(I log every mouthful, lick slurp or morsal that I eat and drink).........................I allow myself 105000 cals a week which the site seems to say is too low by 10,000 for my height, age and weight.... I have tried to increase my intake and that just got me fatter than ever... I do have health problems that cause weight issues so maybe thats why it does not work for me

Pedometer shows that I do 10-12000 steps a day per 8 hour shift... then there is what I do out of work to add to that...

so what am I missing here?

Mmmm...most of us would gain on 15000 calories a day. (105000/week) The question is how are you not as big as Jabba the Hut? What seriously strenuous workouts do you do?

DBiddle69

For those of you that are saying you are afraid to try this....remember this is a lifestyle not a diet!
If it does not work for you readjust and go back to what you were or feel comfortable doing.

lillylouxx

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trybabytry

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FitLink

This is what it tells me:

Monday 2205 1764 1384
Tuesday 1764 1411 1384
Wednesday 2646 2117 1661
Thursday 2205 1764 1384
Friday 1984 1588 1384
Saturday 2425 1940 1523
Sunday 2205 1764 1384

I want to start with the extreme fat loss to get over this plateau that I have been on for months now. So, for example, on Monday I need to eat 1384 calories. Does this mean I don't count exercise calories? It's just a flat 1384 calories?

I read it as you don't worry about exercise calories as you have already calculated that in when you put down what you exercise (3 x week; 5 x week, etc). If I'm reading this wrong - someone let me know. I think I am going to try this as I have been trying to lose for a while now and haven't even had a chance to plateau as I haven't even lost - lol. I've been doing the eat more to lose weight since I am pretty active, but have only dropped a couple pounds. I've looked into the zigzagging and have thought about doing it before. Maybe we should start a group for this as it would help to keep our comments and questions all in one place?

Great idea, how do we start a group?
And yes, you don't eat any other exercise calories as they are already calculated on your zig-zag schedule

My problem with "already counted" exercise calories is what if I am unable to do the workouts I've already counted? What if I get extra exercise? If I don't count it first, it's likely to be more accurate.

pnut80

i would really like to give this a try but i am a little lost :huh:

i get the whole zig zag your cals but im not understanding exactly how your logging and im not sure about eating back my exercise cals. my exercise days vary cause of my 2 jobs. so i dont really know from 1 day to the next if im gonna get to work out. i was eating 1200 a day and plateaued, then i switched to eat more to weigh less and after 2 weeks plateaued again! so ive just been kind of maintaining the last few weeks. and i only have about 10 lbs to go to my GW.

and im at a plateau...AGAIN :mad: im about to say screw it all and just any and everything i want! this is so frustrating!!! :explode:

Nenabobena

Is the calorie amount for net calories or calories consumed?

The zig-zag schedule will have your exercise already into account so they are your net calories and you don't want to add any other exercise calories. Hope that helps!

smileybooliz

zig-zagging calories is AWESOME! It usually gets me out of a plateau every time!!

GZero81

Hmmm. I'll have to try this if I stall. Thanks for posting.

mamato2babes

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Nenabobena

After reading this and really looking at it this might work for me. I would miss logging my daily exercise calories burned because I like how it looks but It hink I've been obsessing too much on that.

I created a group for anyone that is doing zig zagging with hypothyroidsim so we can support each other. (if you don't have hypo you are welcome to join too!)

here is the group.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/6252-zig-zagging-with-hypothyroidism

Oh that's wonderful, thanks!

Enginette

Do you track protein, carbs and fat as well, or simply calories?

ljdanny

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dancingdeer

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charming72

Thanks! I am going to check it out!!

Nenabobena

Cool!!! Thanks for this tip!! I will make sure to share this with my friends in our facebook group Team High School Skinny!!!!!!! Join us if you like!!!

Thank you! I will look it up

CALABRESE3

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BG10708

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tripod271

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Nenabobena

I would like to try this. I do have one question about the zig zagging, since I do not know how many times I will exercise in a week, can I set my chart to desk job no exercise, and then eat back by exercise calories on the days I do workout?

Thanks for your help.

In theory it should work. Give it a try and let us know!

manderswv

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mightyminerva

Thanks for this!

I stumbled upon a simplified version, and it said (for example) if the usual daily goal is 1600 calories, then Mondays you eat 1800, Wednesday (and the other days not mentioned) you eat 1600, and Fridays you eat 1400. I love the calculator because it varies things a bit more and you get a daily breakdown rather than very loose guidelines.

sniperzzzz

An easier way to do this would be. 1. Get a pen and paper, write down the zigzag plan you have been given. 2 only eat what the plan tells you no more no less. 3 forget about using mfp to log exercise, the plan you wrote down will already have accounted for it. 4 Use mfp mealy as a tool to track/meet the daily calorie requirements set out in the zig zag plan. How hard can it be really :laugh:

kstep88

I did this when I was stuck in the 130's and it got me back in the high 120's and then I ate my normal calories and kept losing. It was great when my weight got stuck. Now, I am hovering between 124.8 and 125.4, I will probably try again now that it has been a while. I ate high fiber and protein and overall just very healthy during that time (and I still do). I also drank about 10 cups of water per day, and ate dinner before 6 (personal preference).

Nenabobena

This is telling me that for extreme weight loss I have to only eat 1048 calories a day. That goes against everything that I"v read here on MFP. The most calories I can eat on one of the days is 1258. I think I'm going to try this but I may starve to death in the process!

Make sure you are doing the calculations right, unless your stats are really low already (like if you are really short and lean) it doesn't sound exactly right to be so low.

tmauck4472

If what I had read on a site somewhere different than this one, it's good to do everyday to keep you from stalling out. I thought about just haven't done it yet

cominupmilhouse

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jenn_may

Bumping for the link.