weekly calories VS daily calories

Is eating a lot of calories then compensating on the other days healthy?

Very healthy, there's loads of research that intermittent fasting or alternate day fasting is very good for you. It's only recently (in evolutionary terms) that people have been able to eat a perfectly balanced diet day after day whatever the season. We are naturally able to work with feast and famine.
The projected health benefits as regards hormone regulation and prevention of degenerative illness are very appealing.

Loads of info on here if you are interested - http://thefastdiet.co.uk/

counting calories on a weekly basis is one thing but what happens to protein, fat, carbs, sodium, sugar ect? should we not pay attention to all those also? what happens if you hit your weekly calorie goal but your sodium,sugar or whatever else intake was off the charts? i don't think that's healthy......i will stick to my daily counting of EVERYTHING not just calories...but then again that's just how i think......Am not perfect but counting everyday will keep me in check.......j/s

Easier: weekly

This is because if you go over one day counting daily some people get all emo about it.

I made an excel spreadsheet to keep you on track for a weekly calorie intake. You can save calories for a special day. If you over eat one day it will take calories away from the next day, if you under eat one day, it will add calories to the next day.


if you want it, here https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B2MlEgY5q9lgS3Z0S3NWLVR0Y2c

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I try my best to stay on track on a daily basis but I have been a little low 2-3x this week and today I rewarded myself with a mexican lunch. I haven't had mexican since I started this in early January. So even though I will go over today no reason to freak b/c it'll all even out over the period of a week.

Is eating a lot of calories then compensating on the other days healthy?

Very healthy, there's loads of research that intermittent fasting or alternate day fasting is very good for you. It's only recently (in evolutionary terms) that people have been able to eat a perfectly balanced diet day after day whatever the season. We are naturally able to work with feast and famine.
The projected health benefits as regards hormone regulation and prevention of degenerative illness are very appealing.

Loads of info on here if you are interested - http://thefastdiet.co.uk/

Does this work for peri/menopausal women as well?
Hormonal fluctuations have really messed with my metabolism and fat storage, especially in my belly.

Is eating a lot of calories then compensating on the other days healthy?

Very healthy, there's loads of research that intermittent fasting or alternate day fasting is very good for you. It's only recently (in evolutionary terms) that people have been able to eat a perfectly balanced diet day after day whatever the season. We are naturally able to work with feast and famine.
The projected health benefits as regards hormone regulation and prevention of degenerative illness are very appealing.

Loads of info on here if you are interested - http://thefastdiet.co.uk/

Does this work for peri/menopausal women as well?
Hormonal fluctuations have really messed with my metabolism and fat storage, especially in my belly.

weight loss is about a calorie deficit, that's all.

Why the mention of "hormone regulation"?

I don't think weekly calories would work for me, because on Sunday I'd be all, "Woo! Look at all the calories I have left to eat! I can just eat a little less on Saturday to make up for my big meal today," and then on Monday, "I can still eat more today and just make up for it at the end of the week," fast forward to Friday >> "ZOMG where did all my calories go?!!"

Why the mention of "hormone regulation"?

It's pointless to mention that, no offense who ever said it...

ETA: Hormones are proportionate to calories. They also work on a negative feed back loop. This means if some hormones are down other ones are up.

You know what controls all this? It's calories. If you're in a deficit at the end fo the week, doing 5:2, or standard deficit and calorie deficit at the end of the week is the same, you will get the same benefits.

No offence taken Pu. I mentioned hormone regulation as regards health benefits (e.g. IGF-1) not as regards weight loss.

I doubt the "alternate fasting" and other dietary theories will have much impact on this:

Estrogen Dominance Turns Your Body into a "Fat Magnet"

In his book, From Belly Fat to Belly Flat: How Your Hormones are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life, Dr. C.W. Randolph, MD, makes an excellent case for estrogen dominance, fluctuating hormones, and weight gain.

According to Dr. Randolph, too much estrogen circulating in the body produces body fat. In turn, fat tissue produces and stores more estrogen, in addition to containing an enzyme which converts adrenal steroids to even more estrogen.

When there is too much estrogen present, your body's ability to adequately metabolize fat is compromised, which means more estrogen is produced, which means, you've got it - more fat. This cycle then continues to repeat itself over and over again, literally turning your body into a self-perpetuating fat magnet.