I found the holy grail of weight loss for lazy metabolisms

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  • RichNice
    RichNice Posts: 66 Member
    hmm
  • JenivaDoll
    JenivaDoll Posts: 37 Member
    bumpinggg
  • pamelapeldo
    pamelapeldo Posts: 47 Member
    bump...thanks!
  • casslynn298
    casslynn298 Posts: 13
    Another bump
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    jeawashko Posts: 40
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  • liquidjem
    liquidjem Posts: 138 Member
    bump to check out later!
  • TinamarZDF
    TinamarZDF Posts: 58 Member
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  • nicoleramone
    nicoleramone Posts: 6
    I have been doing a version of this for 2 months and got off my 2 month plateau! they are many variants to this method and they all have results because what they all are essentially doing is re-surging your leptin levels therefore continuing weight loss from diet which usually tends to stop the longer you restrict your calories
  • rockyshrode
    rockyshrode Posts: 69 Member
    bump! thanks for the resource!
  • ravennyx
    ravennyx Posts: 40
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  • Marmitegeoff
    Marmitegeoff Posts: 373 Member
    Bump for later
  • becoming_a_new_me
    becoming_a_new_me Posts: 1,860 Member
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  • 130annie
    130annie Posts: 339 Member
    Will read later....Thanks
  • brianhurley91
    brianhurley91 Posts: 2 Member
    I can't really say I'm convinced. Biggest issue I see is that you say "it HAS to work for you". What works for one person my not necessary work for another.

    I just see the "every other diet" raising issues with ground you've covered from a previous successful day.

    If you reach a plateau in your weight loss, it's because your calorie deficit has diminished due to of the weight you have successfully lost, not because you body had figured out your eating habits. To kick this, it's as simple as increasing your exercise or decreasing calorie intake. I like to trust more credited references. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/weight-loss-plateau/MY01152

    Sorry to be a Debbie Downer
  • alecta337
    alecta337 Posts: 622 Member
    Hi,

    For people who want to make their own zigzag calorie schedules (from your own calculated TDEE)

    Start with the number of calories you normally have your limit set to (this is TDEE-500 for 2lbs per week), we will call this AVE

    Day 1: AVE
    Day 2: AVE - 20%
    Day 3: AVE + 20%
    Day 4: AVE
    Day 5: AVE - 10%
    Day 6: AVE + 10%
    Day 7: AVE

    These numbers are directly from that site that the OP listed, I just changed it into percents.

    EXAMPLE:
    My average TDEE is 2090 (I got this number from my bodymedia fit) so my average number of daily calories to lose 2 lbs per week would be 1590. So AVE = 1590

    Day 1: 1590
    Day 2: 1590- 0.2*1590 = 1272
    Day 3: 1590+ 0.2*1590 = 1908
    Day 4: 1590
    Day 5: 1431
    Day 6: 1749
    Day 7: 1590

    If you have any questions about this, feel free to send me a message.
  • monet13
    monet13 Posts: 324 Member
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  • Stefanie7125
    Stefanie7125 Posts: 462 Member
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  • heidi10537
    heidi10537 Posts: 9 Member
    So move your days around and call what they call Monday Friday or Saturday. Make it your own. I think it looks great and will be trying this myself starting next week. What a great idea. Just like muscle confusion with interval work out, its like interval calories.
  • ifyanna
    ifyanna Posts: 25
    Oh thanks for this. I suffer from hypoglycemia as well. Will give this a go!
  • insyweensy
    insyweensy Posts: 53 Member
    bumpity bump
  • dalexander82
    dalexander82 Posts: 111 Member
    Thanks for the post, I have thyroid issues as well and I was starting to get discouraged. Thanks! :flowerforyou:
  • crista_b
    crista_b Posts: 1,192 Member
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  • Sapporo
    Sapporo Posts: 693 Member
    Hi,

    For people who want to make their own zigzag calorie schedules (from your own calculated TDEE)

    Start with the number of calories you normally have your limit set to (this is TDEE-500 for 2lbs per week), we will call this AVE

    Day 1: AVE
    Day 2: AVE - 20%
    Day 3: AVE + 20%
    Day 4: AVE
    Day 5: AVE - 10%
    Day 6: AVE + 10%
    Day 7: AVE

    These numbers are directly from that site that the OP listed, I just changed it into percents.

    EXAMPLE:
    My average TDEE is 2090 (I got this number from my bodymedia fit) so my average number of daily calories to lose 2 lbs per week would be 1590. So AVE = 1590

    Day 1: 1590
    Day 2: 1590- 0.2*1590 = 1272
    Day 3: 1590+ 0.2*1590 = 1908
    Day 4: 1590
    Day 5: 1431
    Day 6: 1749
    Day 7: 1590

    If you have any questions about this, feel free to send me a message.

    Wouldn't TDEE -500 cals be one pound per week loss?
  • mainesm
    mainesm Posts: 107 Member
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  • Sapporo
    Sapporo Posts: 693 Member
    I used to do this with WW points years ago. Now it is kinda natural, I'll go between 1700-2200 during the week but only the high end on exercise days, with 1870 being my daily goal. This site says 2040 cal per day should be my daily goal, then the zigzag makes that my lowest and 2700 highest one day.
    I might try purposely zigzagging to see what it does, but I would not want to eat 2700 cals one day unless I go hiking in the hills for a couple of hours (sounds like a good idea).
  • bluepacific71
    bluepacific71 Posts: 14
    *BUMP*
  • fkbourne
    fkbourne Posts: 13 Member
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  • jchrisman717
    jchrisman717 Posts: 780 Member
    Thank OP for posting and sharing. This website is all about sharing ideas and helping each other out. If you don't believe it - or don't think it will work for you - then don't do it. Geez people - why so many rude comments. No what works for one doesn't always work for others. But at least the OP is being nice enough to give us all another way to look at things, and it may actually help some of us. I think it sounds easy and doable and the way you explained how your doing your calorie bump in MFP makes sense.

    I also took the chance and did the Eat More to Lose Weight which I think is ultimately a good plan - I only lost a few pounds and though I did feel better I just couldn't keep losing. I think I would have lost more if I could have committed to a more consistent strength training program. But right now in my life, its just too hard to do. So hopefully this zig zag will at least get me started on some weight loss. If not - well hey - I wasn't losing before so changing and trying something new isn't going to hurt anything.
  • fkbourne
    fkbourne Posts: 13 Member
    I did a search in the forums and I only found a couple of topics that mentioned calorie zig-zag so I decided that I would make this post with instructions.

    First things first: Go to http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm fill out the form and click at the bottom where it says "7 day calorie cycle (zig-zag)"
    All you have to do is follow the schedule (weight loss and extreme weight loss) and you will start to lose weight.

    If this worked for me it HAS to work for you. Just to give you a little background, I am 31 years old, 5'2 and my highest weight was 170lbs. I have hypothyroidism and hypoglycemia. The combination of metabolic disorders has made it nearly impossible for me to lose weight with just diet and exercise. I've tried low cal (1200) , total energy expenditure with a deficit (2000) and everything in between that range; low fat, low carb, you name it! nothing has really worked until I tried calorie cycling.

    I have been doing this for over 5 weeks and I have been losing 1lb each week consistently by following the weight loss schedule. If I plateau again I will try the extreme weight loss but so far so good.
    I wanted to post this the first week I lost weight but I wanted to make sure that it really worked before getting your hopes up.

    To adjust myfitnesspal I customized my calorie goals to my lowest calorie day ( tuesdays for me) and created 6 work outs with the calorie adjustments so I can just add it each day and count my calories the regular way. For example:
    My daily calorie is set up at 1298
    Then I add a "Monday zig-zag" exercise that I set up at 325 calories, this sets my Monday net calories to 1623
    Do the same each day with a pre-set work out for each day and you are done.

    Hope this helps!!!

    How can YOU DISCOVER Something that OTHER People have been writing about FOR Years???!!! It's like telling the Native American Indians that Columbus DISCOVERED America! Just say...YOU LEARNED something that was NEW To YOU!

    Get out of here! All you have to do is Eat Normally...which is "Zig Zag!!!" No one eats the same amount of calories each day, some days you naturally want more or less food or something sweet>>>That is why having a WEEKLY calorie goal is Important, same is true with an Exercise Routine. That's why it is CRAZY when people get upset when they eat more than they planned, let your Body DO its thing, heck, if you eat 300-500 excess calories one day, then eat fewer the next 2/3 days. CONSISTENCY DOES NOT MEAN EATING THE SAME CALORIES DAY IN AND DAY OUT...That's CRAZY (Same with An Exercise Routine.) People WILL eventually Learn about THEIR Body.

    Rude
  • jchrisman717
    jchrisman717 Posts: 780 Member
    So move your days around and call what they call Monday Friday or Saturday. Make it your own. I think it looks great and will be trying this myself starting next week. What a great idea. Just like muscle confusion with interval work out, its like interval calories.

    That's what I did - I moved them so that my highest day is on Saturday :)

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