Been doing a traditional eat less move more diet at 1200 per day. Starting JUDDD tomorrow and the calc said a whopping 1800 up days and 350 down days! Youch that will be hard... but determined to give this shot. I only have a little to lose but been plateau'ed since May ...


Advice needed : shall I keep to 300 in my induction week cals on my down days ... I hear 500 in other advice but ths that's a decent number of cals over my calculated DD limit, and stick to 1200 on up days? My BMR is 1350.

Thank you
Tara

Hi Tara,

I hope you're doing okay starting out with JUDDD. I know the range of 350 - 1800 sounds extreme. Do you remember what you chose for the weight loss mode in the calculator? If you change that value, say 30%, I think you will see your DD calories go up alittle. But, there are JUDDDer's who can keep their DDs that low and you might be one of them!

I've read from more experienced JUDDDer's that its preferable to have at least 1000 calories "swing" between your UD and DD, so instead of trying to limit your UD to 1200, I think it would be better to try and keep the DD at 500 and the UD at 1500 (or more if you need it).

Just for the record, my DDs are usually around 600 - 700 and my UDs are about 1600 - 1900. I exercise 6 days a week. I started out with 500 calorie DDs, but I've increased the calories as I increased my activity level and I've continued to lose.

Good luck,
Susan

@fastforlife1 - that's wonderful! Congrats!

Hi Sicchi

Yes the first 2 weeks is often really difficult. I've been able to get by with
a warm drink like chicken broth (there's a brand Wylers that's only 5 cals)

There is another forum http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/juddd/
that is very active and there are a couple of threads that list helpful
food choices for DDs. There are some members there who were very
successful with JUDDD and they still watch for newbies like us who need
help. You might take a look there for more ideas.

Good luck and hope you do better on your next DD.
Susan

Hi! I started JUDDD on Monday and I'm doing 2300 on up days and 500 on down days because this seems to work out at a reasonable and healthy amount on average for the week. I'm a little concerned that everyone seems to be having so little on their up days as I thought we were meant to be able to relax on these days? Obviously not relaxing to the point of over eating but you know what I mean Anyone got any input on this?

I currently weigh 241 lbs by the way

Keiras_Mom: The numbers from dr johnsons calculator were slightly below mine so I rounded them up. Unfortunately I also need to keep a close eye on what I eat on UP days because I could easily finish off 4000 calories if I didn't. I've come in 200-300 calories over on my UP days so far but the way I see it I've gone from eating a LOT more and it'll take a bit of time to get used to the new figures. I've lost 6lbs since Monday though so it seems to be working well so far! I think it just goes to show how much I must have been eating before!

Well done on all the weight you have lost so far! I have around 100lbs to lose. How long has it taken you?