I found the holy grail of weight loss for lazy metabolisms

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  • Becky99504
    Becky99504 Posts: 30
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    How can YOU DISCOVER Something that OTHER People have been writing about FOR Years???!!! It's like telling the Native American Indians that Columbus DISCOVERED America! Just say...YOU LEARNED something that was NEW To YOU!

    Get out of here! All you have to do is Eat Normally...which is "Zig Zag!!!" No one eats the same amount of calories each day, some days you naturally want more or less food or something sweet>>>That is why having a WEEKLY calorie goal is Important, same is true with an Exercise Routine. That's why it is CRAZY when people get upset when they eat more than they planned, let your Body DO its thing, heck, if you eat 300-500 excess calories one day, then eat fewer the next 2/3 days. CONSISTENCY DOES NOT MEAN EATING THE SAME CALORIES DAY IN AND DAY OUT...That's CRAZY (Same with An Exercise Routine.) People WILL eventually Learn about THEIR Body.

    Wow, I think you need more fiber.
    amen!
  • km_jenn
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  • Becky99504
    Becky99504 Posts: 30
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    when I tried the so called zig zag method I gained weight....
    I am not a fan. it may work for some but it wasn't for me.
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  • lindsy721
    lindsy721 Posts: 350 Member
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    I assume you're eating good foods though, no matter what the calorie count of the day is? Like not just junk and stuff?
  • Qatsi
    Qatsi Posts: 2,191 Member
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    Interestingly enough, I pretty much do this already... except that my calorie spikes aren't scheduled. I just end up having one or two days a week where I go over by a few hundred calories, balanced by the rest of the week where I stay at or below. The average daily calorie count (for extreme fat loss) given by the zig-zag method is almost exactly what I get from MFP after adding in my exercise calories. So I guess I'm doing it right?
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    Olive32214 Posts: 543 Member
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    Boom, Boom Bump !!!!
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  • slowturtle1
    slowturtle1 Posts: 284 Member
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    Interesting! I don't need it yet, but it's nice to have the info! Thanks!
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  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
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    Now, if you ate the same amount of calories every day, and your exercise burned different amounts on workout days, and of course none on rest days - wouldn't you indeed end up with the exact same result?

    Your body on different days is getting a different amount of calories to work with.

    And it's not so much as fooling your metabolism, as eating at a reasonable level in the first place so you don't have to fool it.

    Since you include exercise in this TDEE level and don't eat it back, it sure appears the net effect would be the same.

    So did you ever eat at the level it is averaging out to for an extended 3-4 weeks?

    Because when I took their figures and did weekly avg, works out exactly the same way.
  • sniperzzzz
    sniperzzzz Posts: 282 Member
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    Of course its the same calorie outcome overall weekly, but calorie cycling can be effective on a hormonal level. That's how it can help break plateaus. Some days you eat at maintenance or above, this can be effective for people who have been eating low calories for a while. So in essence, your having a mini re-feed some days within your weekly deficit, this can be all that is required, to get things moving again. My thoughts are dont knock it until you have tried it. You have to break the mould sometimes, to find out what works for you, and to learn how your body responds to different approaches.
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  • Nenabobena
    Nenabobena Posts: 79 Member
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    I assume you're eating good foods though, no matter what the calorie count of the day is? Like not just junk and stuff?

    Yes, you assume right. By all means I was supposed to be losing with my clean diet and exercise but my metabolism was not having it. Calorie zig-zag changed my metabolism so I started to lose weight.

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