Calorie Cycling?

NJL13500
NJL13500 Posts: 433 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I'm pretty much where I want to be weight-wise. I would like to drop a couple of body fat percentage points without sacrificing my lean muscle mass. I've come across an article on calorie cycling that I would like to try. I wanted to see if anyone had tried this and what your results were.

My plan is:
5 days 1800 calories
2 days 1500 calories
3 days 1800 calories
2 days 1500 calories
2 days 1800 calories
2 days 1500 calories

And then start the cycle again. I plan to lift 3 days per week and do cardio for between 30-60 minutes per day for 6 days. I have a Body Media armband and my average TDEE is 2400.

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  • bunnymum150
    bunnymum150 Posts: 311
    interesting - looking forward to responses
  • PrncessBre
    PrncessBre Posts: 444 Member
    Bump I'm interested as well
  • srey0701
    srey0701 Posts: 196 Member
    I haven't but would like to learn more about it!
  • kaycepo
    kaycepo Posts: 42 Member
    bump
  • cmcollins001
    cmcollins001 Posts: 3,472 Member
    What exactly did this article say calorie cycling was supposed to accomplish. You will maintain more lean muscle by using the muscle, lifting heavy, keeping active, etc. I don't understand what the point of calorie cycling would be. Can you explain?
  • NJL13500
    NJL13500 Posts: 433 Member
    What exactly did this article say calorie cycling was supposed to accomplish. You will maintain more lean muscle by using the muscle, lifting heavy, keeping active, etc. I don't understand what the point of calorie cycling would be. Can you explain?

    The purpose was to keep your metabolism fired up and not eat at too low of a level. I posted the link. As I said before I have not tried this yet myself.

    http://www.rippednaturally.com/zig-zag-diet.html
  • afugua0002
    afugua0002 Posts: 27
    bump
  • AddyMcQ
    AddyMcQ Posts: 3 Member
    This is interesting, I've never heard of this type of dieting. I'm interested in the results!

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