Hi all
I've only been counting calories for about 4 weeks (not sure ... might be 3 or 5.. lol)... i am 6'2" and 262 right now with the goal of 170 set. I'm 38, not preggers or bf, i'm sedentary but have started walking.
I started off doing 1700 calories a day. After the first week i noticed that Monday, Tuesday and sometimes Wednesday my weight would go up. Also, i was tending to NOT drink my water on those days.
I've been doing some reading and besides being sure to get all my water in i am looking to calorie cycle. I was thinking to up my base calories to 1800/day. Here is the little plan i worked out ---- how's it look?
Monday - 1800
Tuesday -2000
Wednes - 1600
Thursday - 1800
Friday - 2000
Saturday - 1800
Sunday - 1600
Is this to many calories to lose on? It's the same weekly cals (12600) that i would get eating 1800 every day. It seems this might be a good way to keep things fresh and help me from stalling.
The other thing is --- should i just try to get my water instead of switching my calories around? Argh!! This is actually FUN but i want to be sure to give myself the best, healthiest advantage.
As a side note --- i love these forums. Here and the 100+ club are my usual spots to read but i dive in all over and LOVE all the info!