anybody tried calorie cycling???

jnnfrch
jnnfrch Posts: 65 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
EG if you were aiming for 1200 calories a day, if you had say 1000 Mon, tues, thurs, sat and 1466 wed, fri, sun

I heard it can get your metabolism going?

Has anyone had any good experiences with calorie cycling or is it just YET another fad...????

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  • misssbluiz
    misssbluiz Posts: 43 Member
    Yea, if i have 1000 cal one day, the next day i will have over 3,000 because i will be starved.
  • andycet
    andycet Posts: 55 Member
    My PT suggested it but it makes sense go high on carbs on cardio day, protein weight day and down to your net on rest days.
  • melindasuefritz
    melindasuefritz Posts: 3,509 Member
    no
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,426 MFP Moderator
    Most of the evidences is anecdotal at best. Because over a week, your calorie deficit is still the same. There are other issues that you should address before calorie cycling is how large of a calorie deficit you have.


    And you can't trick your metabolism, it's always working and burning calories.
  • 80sFanatic88
    80sFanatic88 Posts: 70 Member
    I don't know if this is the same, but recently I've just been really hungry, which makes my calories go over the goal of 1200 that I was given on here. So, I count the extra calories in the next day instead of that same day. It doesn't seem to make a difference right now, but I don't know...

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