Looking for a thread that had calorie cycling

dimplz1965
dimplz1965 Posts: 105 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
There was a recent post this week, and I forget how I even stumbled across it, that was talking about setting MFP to maintain current weight and finding out your "base" calories. Then take 20% of that and when you lift weights, you eat those extra 20%. That's just part of the thread. I can't find it! Anybody remember or did they mark it. Thanks!

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  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    That's not calorie cycling, that's maintenance via net method. You are saying you want to eat at maintenance on rest days, and then add 20% to the intake on workout days - so eat back exercise calories.

    Or are you saying you want to eat at a 20% deficit on rest days and then eat at maintenance on workout days? This will lower your average deficit to probably 10-15% instead of 20%.
  • dimplz1965
    dimplz1965 Posts: 105 Member
    Thanks! I think I've been reading too many things lately, :)

    That is exactly what I was talking about. I'm a "have to see it on paper" kind of person. I have a hard time just "doing" it in my head! If that makes sense?

    There was something with 20% and then something with 15% and eating more and then eating less on days not working out. I'll keep searching. But you got the gist of what I was getting at. Thanks!
  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    I don't know which thread you were talking about but this might help
    1percentedge.com/ifcalc/

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