Has anyone tried Calorie Cycling?
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MFP does the maths for you - you don't have to eat an exact number each day, just work to eating your weekly net cals rather than daily. It is how people who don't need MFP and are slim eat anyway - lower on one day, higher on others and it all just balances out. Simples! ; )0
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It broke me out of a several month plateau I love calorie cyclin !0
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Yup at least twice per week.0
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I had a REALLY hard time sticking to it. I was either starving on low days or feeling like I was stuffed on the higher days.0
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Thanks for this, interesting to know. Think i will give it a try0
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I remember a long time ago my mother was on a diet called the "Rotation Diet". That followed these principals as well and would rotate between 900, 1200, 1500 (??? don't quote me on exact calorie numbers) calorie days. This helps keep the body "confused" as to how much it will be fed each day and will keep your body out of starvation mode where it will conserve calories. I haven't tried it, but it makes a lot of sense.. Good Luck!0
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i used it for 2 months but now i have plateau so this week i am going back to 1200 calories and see what happens0
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I think ww had something called the Wendie plan...You had to convert it to calories though!.0
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I tried it but failed to get results, because on my low cal days, I faltered. :grumble:
3 times this happened.
Others claim it's great. And I detest them for that.
I am seriously giving this strong consideration.
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Pretty much trying this after a 2 month plateau. I went "off" MFP and zumba for 2 and a half weeks at the beginning of the month due to a knee injury and traveling but stil remained active because I swam, walked, etc, I didn't log but figure I ate at maintenance more or less for 2.5 weeks because I gained/lost the same 1lb all week that I've been doing since my plateau. I started back to Zumba a week ago and now doing high day/low day and I've "lost" that 1lb and about .5 more. My "weigh day" isn't until Saturday so will see what happens. I do think my waist may be a teensy bit smaller still, it feels flatter that's for sure.0
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I follow the very strict 500/1600. It is pretty much the only thing that has worked for me. The Great thing is that even though I am at a healthy weight range according to BMI, I can still lose doing this, my body doesn't really want to hang on to stuff like it does if I do 1200-1500 cal/day.
And the even GREATER thing is that I can lose close to 2 lbs a week following this.
The Bad- If I have events or social activities it can be very hard to adhere to. So I do week to 2 week cycles when I know I don't have much going on.
I also feel like I have way more energy on my down days then up days. And on up days all I can think about is food which can suck.0 -
but this is also a great way to maintain your weight when you've reached your goal weight. I can maintain my weight easily doing 900-1000/ 1600-1800. Which makes it a lot easier to fit into daily life.0
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I follow the very strict 500/1600. It is pretty much the only thing that has worked for me. The Great thing is that even though I am at a healthy weight range according to BMI, I can still lose doing this, my body doesn't really want to hang on to stuff like it does if I do 1200-1500 cal/day.
And the even GREATER thing is that I can lose close to 2 lbs a week following this.
The Bad- If I have events or social activities it can be very hard to adhere to. So I do week to 2 week cycles when I know I don't have much going on.
I also feel like I have way more energy on my down days then up days. And on up days all I can think about is food which can suck.
you mean in low days, you only eat 500? how can you do that? I am seriously curious...0 -
i've been looking into this myself lately. i lose weight slowing, even with exercising 5 day a week. my weight lost also stalls often. i was thinking of zig-zaggin' my calories (calorie cycling) but I did not know it would work to go so low? do you exercise?0
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I follow the very strict 500/1600. It is pretty much the only thing that has worked for me. The Great thing is that even though I am at a healthy weight range according to BMI, I can still lose doing this, my body doesn't really want to hang on to stuff like it does if I do 1200-1500 cal/day.
And the even GREATER thing is that I can lose close to 2 lbs a week following this.
The Bad- If I have events or social activities it can be very hard to adhere to. So I do week to 2 week cycles when I know I don't have much going on.
I also feel like I have way more energy on my down days then up days. And on up days all I can think about is food which can suck.
you mean in low days, you only eat 500? how can you do that? I am seriously curious...
It is actually pretty easy for me, because no food is off limits for me on my Up days, so even though I am depriving myself for one day, I am already looking forward to the delicious stuff I get to eat the next day. And I just keep myself busy on Down Days, which is usually why I work out more on DD then UD. If you google JUDDD you can get a lot more information on the style that i do.0 -
I follow the very strict 500/1600. It is pretty much the only thing that has worked for me. The Great thing is that even though I am at a healthy weight range according to BMI, I can still lose doing this, my body doesn't really want to hang on to stuff like it does if I do 1200-1500 cal/day.
And the even GREATER thing is that I can lose close to 2 lbs a week following this.
The Bad- If I have events or social activities it can be very hard to adhere to. So I do week to 2 week cycles when I know I don't have much going on.
I also feel like I have way more energy on my down days then up days. And on up days all I can think about is food which can suck.
you mean in low days, you only eat 500? how can you do that? I am seriously curious...
It is actually pretty easy for me, because no food is off limits for me on my Up days, so even though I am depriving myself for one day, I am already looking forward to the delicious stuff I get to eat the next day. And I just keep myself busy on Down Days, which is usually why I work out more on DD then UD. If you google JUDDD you can get a lot more information on the style that i do.
ok, thank you. Good to know!0
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