Helpful site with Zig Zagging calculator

Britt22706
Britt22706 Posts: 97
edited September 27 in Health and Weight Loss
This is a great site with a calculator for "zig zagging" calories. It tells you your BMR and then gives you an example on what you should do and how you should zig zag your calories based off of your BMR

http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm

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  • maletac
    maletac Posts: 767 Member
    i dont get it.... what does this mean??

    Ex Fat Loss Fat Loss Maintain
    Monday 1983 2644 3305
    Tuesday 1587 2116 2644
    Wednesday 2380 3173 3966
    Thursday 1983 2644 3305
    Friday 1785 2380 2975
    Saturday 2182 2909 3636
    Sunday 1983 2644 3305
  • maletac
    maletac Posts: 767 Member
    i dont get it.... what does this mean??

    Ex Fat Loss Fat Loss Maintain
    Monday 1983 2644 3305

    Tuesday 1587 2116 2644

    Wednesday 2380 3173 3966

    Thursday 1983 2644 3305

    Friday 1785 2380 2975

    Saturday 2182 2909 3636

    Sunday 1983 2644 3305
  • Last_15
    Last_15 Posts: 129
    This is a great site with a calculator for "zig zagging" calories. It tells you your BMR and then gives you an example on what you should do and how you should zig zag your calories based off of your BMR

    http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm

    Great site! Thank you for sharing!
  • hollykmckinney
    hollykmckinney Posts: 36
    My guess would be for extreme fat loss you do the first, steady loss the second and to maintain the third?
  • MommaToFour
    MommaToFour Posts: 106
    Awesome! Thanks! :) Have two pounds to go...maybe this will help conquer them!!
  • 00trayn
    00trayn Posts: 1,849 Member
    This is the same site that I'm using.

    So the columns are how much you should be eating each day (it already factors in exercise based on what you put into the calculator). For me, I'm sticking to the Fat Loss column and eating the number of calories that it tells me each day. So you'd probably want to eat 2644 on Monday, 2116 on Tuesday, etc. It averages out to a calorie deficit to lose a pound a week (-500 per day) but it varies what the deficit is from day to day.
  • MommaToFour
    MommaToFour Posts: 106
    Awesome! Thanks! :) Have two pounds to go...maybe this will help conquer them!!
  • Diannerv
    Diannerv Posts: 195
    bump for later. Thanks!!!
  • boyslie72487
    boyslie72487 Posts: 181 Member
    bump
  • bwyne03
    bwyne03 Posts: 137 Member
    Thanks!! I'm going to give this a try!!
  • Angela4Health
    Angela4Health Posts: 1,319 Member
    For myself, there are days that it actually recommends to eat less than 900 calories, sorry but that's just far fetched. Just because I'm eating more on another day doesn't make it okay for me to eat less than 900 on any given day. I am all for calorie cycling/zig zagging but I don't think that website is the best. Just my opinion.
  • MeliciousMelis
    MeliciousMelis Posts: 458 Member
    I looked at this site too- I adjusted my calories a little....aiming for 2 low days, 2 high days, two average days....I found some interesting info on this site as well: http://caloriecount.about.com/calorie-cycling-g272. I kept my numbers in an evenish range....mine look like this:

    DAY MFP Set/NET
    Monday 1600
    Tuesday 1325
    Wednesday 1750
    Thursday 1500
    Friday 1325
    Saturday 2000
    Sunday 1700

    So far, LOVE zigzagging!
  • dancingnancies
    dancingnancies Posts: 255 Member
    bump, thanks!
  • amsky
    amsky Posts: 916 Member
    I'm gonna check this out!!

    ty for sharing this site!
  • mk820
    mk820 Posts: 137 Member
    bump
  • TJtastic
    TJtastic Posts: 97 Member
    bump
  • susanjackson66
    susanjackson66 Posts: 680 Member
    Bump
  • _Amy_Budd
    _Amy_Budd Posts: 378 Member
    For all those using this site, please be aware that it adds in your exercise calories for you - so take that into consideration when planning for this. If you say you workout 5 days a week, and then have a week where you miss a day, your calories for that week will be too high.

    That being said, it's always great to have new resources! Hope everyone does well with this one... :)
  • Netsi
    Netsi Posts: 7
    Great site, thanks for sharing. :)
  • bambis
    bambis Posts: 75 Member
    For all those using this site, please be aware that it adds in your exercise calories for you - so take that into consideration when planning for this. If you say you workout 5 days a week, and then have a week where you miss a day, your calories for that week will be too high.

    That being said, it's always great to have new resources! Hope everyone does well with this one... :)

    So, if I use the numbers the calculator gives me, should I not eat back my exercise calories?
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