spike 84 lifestyle!!

I encorporated this into my weightloss journey and have never looked back. Good stuff!!

4TK inspires me too Bruce.

What I really like about the Spike group is we have some very intelligent members who improve the Spike program with their ideas and research. They also look outside the box for answers and they've had amazing results.

They help anyone who asks and love Spiking just as much as I do. It's a fun group to be around.

Thanks for posting this tmaksparkie

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this has worked for me but never realised it was called the 'spike' method aha. i started off at 282lbs and am now around 175lbs. goal is 145-150 and im 5'10 so im quite tall for a girl lol! but yea, this method defo works for me, i have 6 days at about 1200 cals and then once a week go between 2700-4000 cals depending on how im feeling:)

Well, I'm really disappointed.

I have been doing very well with my weight loss journey, no plateaus etc and have only 8 more lbs to go to GW. I tried a "spike" day on Sunday (it's now Tuesday over here) and I put on 3lbs and have only lost around 1lb the next day (Monday)! I did keep to my cal goal on Monday. From all accounts, I'm supposed to have lost all the pounds by today but instead, I have to work hard to lose that 2lbs AGAIN to get back to where I was pre-"spike" on Saturday.

Spike is out for me.

Well, I'm really disappointed.

I have been doing very well with my weight loss journey, no plateaus etc and have only 8 more lbs to go to GW. I tried a "spike" day on Sunday (it's now Tuesday over here) and I put on 3lbs and have only lost around 1lb the next day (Monday)! I did keep to my cal goal on Monday. From all accounts, I'm supposed to have lost all the pounds by today but instead, I have to work hard to lose that 2lbs AGAIN to get back to where I was pre-"spike" on Saturday.

Spike is out for me.

#1. It hasn't been a week.
#2. To have gained 3lbs of weight you would of had to eat 10,500 cals roughly over your maintenance. Most likely it's water and food weight and will still come off this week. Unless you ate 12,000 cals, if you did... That would be the most amazing food diary entry EVER!
#3. If you spike you can't be obsessed with weighing yourself daily. After a spike you will put on weight and you will drop it over the course of the week and then some.

I am sorry it hasn't worked for you, everyone is different and you have to find the way that works for you!

So for those who spike effectively, they will lose the water and food weight AND their target weight after the spike? So, say, if you put on 3lbs straight after the spike and your target is a loss of 1lb for the week, would you find that you lose 4lbs all up for the week then?

Well, I'm really disappointed.

I have been doing very well with my weight loss journey, no plateaus etc and have only 8 more lbs to go to GW. I tried a "spike" day on Sunday (it's now Tuesday over here) and I put on 3lbs and have only lost around 1lb the next day (Monday)! I did keep to my cal goal on Monday. From all accounts, I'm supposed to have lost all the pounds by today but instead, I have to work hard to lose that 2lbs AGAIN to get back to where I was pre-"spike" on Saturday.

Spike is out for me.

#1. It hasn't been a week.
#2. To have gained 3lbs of weight you would of had to eat 10,500 cals roughly over your maintenance. Most likely it's water and food weight and will still come off this week. Unless you ate 12,000 cals, if you did... That would be the most amazing food diary entry EVER!
#3. If you spike you can't be obsessed with weighing yourself daily. After a spike you will put on weight and you will drop it over the course of the week and then some.

I am sorry it hasn't worked for you, everyone is different and you have to find the way that works for you!

So for those who spike effectively, they will lose the water and food weight AND their target weight after the spike? So, say, if you put on 3lbs straight after the spike and your target is a loss of 1lb for the week, would you find that you lose 4lbs all up for the week then?

No necessarily, but it isn't about scale weight. The point of the spike is twofold: hormonal change and fuel for a KICKBUTT workout the next day. Your weight will fluctuate with the amount of stored glycogen/water which are increased after your spike day. The point is body fat, not scale weight!

Correct, like I said earlier. I've gained several pounds the last couple weeks but waist is down a whole pant size and my strength is up. I do find I usually lose its just later in the week.

Example.

Spike DAY NOM NOM NOM: I'll be up 5 pounds.
Next Day, I'll still be up 3.5 pounds, loss of around 1.5 pounds.
Next Day, I'll be up around 2.0 pounds,
Next Day I'll up around 1.0 pound
Next Day I'm back to pre-spike weight
Next Day I'm down .5 pounds
Next Day I'm down a total of 1 pounds
Next Day (Spike Day) in before spike I'm down a total of 1.5-2 pounds.

That is usually how my week works, that is why you can't scale watch on the Spike diets like Spike84/Body4Life and etc.

Well, I'm really disappointed.

I have been doing very well with my weight loss journey, no plateaus etc and have only 8 more lbs to go to GW. I tried a "spike" day on Sunday (it's now Tuesday over here) and I put on 3lbs and have only lost around 1lb the next day (Monday)! I did keep to my cal goal on Monday. From all accounts, I'm supposed to have lost all the pounds by today but instead, I have to work hard to lose that 2lbs AGAIN to get back to where I was pre-"spike" on Saturday.

Spike is out for me.

I'm sorry snaggly, for me it's always about long-term success. The scale fluctuates too often day to day to be any sort of reliable guide for fat loss.

This is why the numbers and science are very important to me. If you really gained 3lbs of fat, you would have had to of had 10,500 calories over the calories you burned that day. So say you burned 2,000, you'd have to eat 12,500 calories and at the same time had full glycogen stores. It's totally impossible.

When we spike, the excess calories are stored as glycogen, and our body stores 3 grams of water for each gram of stored glycogen, hence the reason why we gain 2-4lbs after we spike. During the next few days you burn through those glycogen stores and lose the water weight. Plus your metabolism is rocking so the fat is coming off the whole time.

Ahh, okay, thanks for the explanation.

Scales are ruling my life at the moment but I'm game if we're talking about long term success, going beyond weight loss and onto maintenance. That's where my problem lies - losing weight is easy but maintaining at GW over long term (as in years and years) is the hardest part of all.

I have to agree though that I had heaps of energy after the spike day to do a great workout the next day.

Thanks, you will see over time how this method makes it all easier. It's the reason I've lost 100+lbs and now maintained it for almost 8 years.

Hello, I was interested in this plan and have been reading about it. Do I have to buy the book to do it? I understand eating bmr for 6 days and 2x bmr on spike day. Would I need to also eat workout calories on top of that? I'm currently hitting the treadmill about 5 days a week and burning between 500-600 calories. Been doing this for the last month and have hardly lost anything. I believe I have increased my metabolism tho, as I'm hungry every couple hours.

I can tell you that Spike works. I started 2 weeks ago going on my third week now. I started with 14lbs lost and now I have lost 20lbs, so 6lbs in 2 weeks. I work out 6 days a week. 3 days cardio(eat 500 calories less than RMR) and 3 days lifting(eat all RMR calories) and It feels great. I can also tell you that after your spike day when you go to work out you are so full of energy!!!!! Before I started SPIKING I was hungry, I was tired, and during my workouts I felt like I was going to fall over. Since starting that does not happen!

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Is there a "Group" for Spike 84?

Interesting. I'll look more into this. Thanks!