Spike days

LilysMama0109
LilysMama0109 Posts: 20
in Food and Nutrition
Hi I'm fairly new to this can someone explain what a spike day is and why it is done?

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  • Stephy2469
    Stephy2469 Posts: 35 Member
    Spike days are used to speed up your metabolism. I'm following the spike diet, 6 days a week I alternate between 1388 calories and 1888(high days and low days), on saturday I have my spike day which I have to double my bmr (1888) and am supposed to eat around 3700 calories.I'm just starting and finding it a bit hard to get that high but so far it's worked great! I lost 3.2lbs last week, after a month long plateau.
    You can say it tricks your metabolism so it never gets used to a low calorie intake and doesn't slow down.
  • moustache_flavored_lube
    moustache_flavored_lube Posts: 849 Member
    It's a day when you stay home and watch a bunch of Spike Lee joints :D

    Jay Kay
    They are basically a planned cheat day where calories are drastically increased with the theory that it stimulates metabolism
  • LilysMama0109
    LilysMama0109 Posts: 20
    Well I'm basically plateaued but its because I'm not exercising at all for the last few days I've got a cold. But thanks does it really work though? Anybody else try it and it's working?
  • Stephy2469
    Stephy2469 Posts: 35 Member
    The author of ''The Spike Diet'' book is on MFP Russellb97. You can also join the spike 84 group if you need to find more information.
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/33-spike-84

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