Up Day Down Day Calorie intake

Jillian Michael's suggests that if someone reaches a plateau in weight to vary calories consumed, but NEVER to go under 1200 calories. She said this keeps your body guessing and keeps the metabolism having to constantly "guess" what you are going to do one day to the next. Only do this is you are at a plateau, and cardio cardio cardio! And lots of water!!!!!

I have heard of it they based it upon the olden days where your diet depended upon the seasons during certain seasons high cal foods were readily available but during the winter your calorie intake was so low that it balanced out which is probably why obesity was rare then. there are so many fad diets I tried fasting for 24hrs once a week but instead of not eating for a whole day I would eat all my cals before midday on one day and then all my cals after midday the next I saw some positive results from it but was told by the doc that it was a very unhealthy way to lose weight as with most diets really I now believe that dieting is not the way forward but a healthy lifestyle change which can be maintained x

i havent seen this particular method but have read a few articles where people routinely fast one day, eat normal the next day and they say that it is actually quite healthy and can extend your lifespan. I would research it a lot more than just one website before you try it though. You could just zig zag too at more reasonable levels. Unless you are someone who can go that low in calories without trying very hard I would be afraid that you would be very hungry on down days and overeat on up days. I tend to have a hard time getting enough calories in when I am dieting, my appetite just goes away. It is interesting though.