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Zig Zag Diet

xBeautifulBreakdown
xBeautifulBreakdown Posts: 167 Member
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Never heard of it until I became a member here. Have you tried it? What did you think of it and what were your results?

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  • chicago_dad
    chicago_dad Posts: 357
    it's awesome, except it's hard to ZAG sometimes. ;-)
  • Jesung
    Jesung Posts: 236 Member
    It's too good, I'm losing weight when I want to gain :(
    I'm probably going to switch to 3k every day instead of alternating...

    My diary is open if you want to take a gander but fair warning, my diet isn't the healthiest.
  • xBeautifulBreakdown
    xBeautifulBreakdown Posts: 167 Member
    @Chicago_Dad that is TOO funny haha

    @Jesung I don't think I can look, I definitely don't want to GAIN. I am kind of jealous! haha
  • caroltina
    caroltina Posts: 453 Member
    Trying it this week- same cal intake over thevweek but +300 and -300 days
  • Jesung
    Jesung Posts: 236 Member
    @Chicago_Dad that is TOO funny haha

    @Jesung I don't think I can look, I definitely don't want to GAIN. I am kind of jealous! haha
    haha I'm trying to milk as much as possible from this diet until my lifts stall then I'll probably be eating 3k every day.

    try this http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/diary/Jesung
  • xBeautifulBreakdown
    xBeautifulBreakdown Posts: 167 Member
    Trying it this week- same cal intake over thevweek but +300 and -300 days

    @Caroltina thats a great idea, I didn't think of doing it that way. Your before and after are amazing btw! You look like a totally different person. Great job!
  • Jesung
    Jesung Posts: 236 Member
    my total calories:
    http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/94/calories.png/
  • caroltina
    caroltina Posts: 453 Member
    I feel like 1!!! Lost 76lb now in 2 years! I am going to do this - I am set up on 1500 a day, have been for the 75/80 days so I used a calculator http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm but this gave me a bit more than the cals I am on per week so I used it as a guide to come up with

    Fri- 1800
    Thurs- 1500
    Sun- 1300
    Mon- 1700
    Tues - 1500
    Wed- 1200
    Thurs - 1500
  • xBeautifulBreakdown
    xBeautifulBreakdown Posts: 167 Member
    my total calories:
    http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/94/calories.png/

    nice!
  • xBeautifulBreakdown
    xBeautifulBreakdown Posts: 167 Member
    I feel like 1!!! Lost 76lb now in 2 years! I am going to do this - I am set up on 1500 a day, have been for the 75/80 days so I used a calculator http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm but this gave me a bit more than the cals I am on per week so I used it as a guide to come up with

    Fri- 1800
    Thurs- 1500
    Sun- 1300
    Mon- 1700
    Tues - 1500
    Wed- 1200
    Thurs - 1500

    I am set up on 1200 per day but I like the plan that you made, I will have to take a look at that calculator
  • caroltina
    caroltina Posts: 453 Member
    If u are set on 2 lb loss per week, you might want to take it up to 1 lb, it will allow u the wiggle room so you don't go below 1200 per day- I am not saying 1200 is the magic number but it is widely said to not be good to go below 1200. Everything I have read says that you will loose more than the 1 lb anyway!
    You might want to read this :
    http://www.rippednaturally.com/zig-zag-diet.html
  • xBeautifulBreakdown
    xBeautifulBreakdown Posts: 167 Member
    If u are set on 2 lb loss per week, you might want to take it up to 1 lb, it will allow u the wiggle room so you don't go below 1200 per day- I am not saying 1200 is the magic number but it is widely said to not be good to go below 1200. Everything I have read says that you will loose more than the 1 lb anyway!
    You might want to read this :
    http://www.rippednaturally.com/zig-zag-diet.html

    great article! thanks for all the info
  • caroltina
    caroltina Posts: 453 Member
    Your welcome, I figured I have nothing to loose for 1 week, maybe 2, as I only lost 2pm in the last 3 weeks anyway doing everything right!
  • keiraev
    keiraev Posts: 695 Member
    I don't do it on purpose but sometimes it just happens that I eat under my allowance some days and over on others.

    Now that I am getting close to where I want to be I have thought about maybe building in one low day (1200 net) and one high day (1800 net) a week. My normal allowance at the moment is 1300.

    Has anyone else done this?
  • caroltina
    caroltina Posts: 453 Member
    Well out of experimenting I weighed this morning and after 1 high day and one goal day I have lost 2 lb! Not recording this as it might change over the week, so we shall see
  • LemonSocks
    LemonSocks Posts: 238 Member
    I'm quite interested in giving this a go but there's a few things I'm a bit confused about. Firstly, should it be high/low/high/low or high/low/low/high/low/low? Also, do you eat your exercise calories back? My allowance is just over 1400 so how much higher should I be going on a high day?

    Edit: Never mind. Just read the article. I'm still interested to know whether you eat your exercise calories back, though.
  • stephreed11
    stephreed11 Posts: 158 Member
    I'm thing about doing this too...I need a change & to break a plateau!
  • caroltina
    caroltina Posts: 453 Member
    I don't, my reasons are that even with a HRM, I feel unsure over what I burn. My other reason is that when u eat healthily it is quite hard to eat high cal numbers so I would rather eat well than unnecessarily eat more. And thirdly I exercise at 6 pm mostly ( not on Sunday's!) and so I don't want to have a very large evening meal
  • keiraev
    keiraev Posts: 695 Member
    I'm quite interested in giving this a go but there's a few things I'm a bit confused about. Firstly, should it be high/low/high/low or high/low/low/high/low/low? Also, do you eat your exercise calories back? My allowance is just over 1400 so how much higher should I be going on a high day?

    Edit: Never mind. Just read the article. I'm still interested to know whether you eat your exercise calories back, though.

    I would do it as NET calories and yes I would definitely eat them- especially if you have 20lb or less to lose.
  • leecee18
    leecee18 Posts: 20
    bump
  • rodeomc
    rodeomc Posts: 17 Member
    I might try this. Going to read the article when I get off work.
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