Good morning, just want to share positive experience with zig zaging calories method.

It was my first week on the cc and I lost 4 lb from Mon to Fri (1,100-1,000 cal / day + 3 times jogging with – 400 cal as per treadmill).

Friday night had BBQ steak with grilled vegetables and 2 slices of apple pie.
Saturday eat a big dinner with steak and mashed potatoes and 3 glasses of red wine and ice cream for desert.
Sunday, had fruits and salad, fat free yogurt and 10 rice crackers, but also had 3 glasses of red wine….and I didn’t gain any weight!!!
So happy, this zig zaging worked for me 9 years ago and it working again, I am loosing weight and have treats on weekends which helps me emotionally do not even feel like I am dieting.

Any body else have a good result with cycling calories?

so can you explain exactly how you zig zag? I've heard a few people talk about it, but it sounds scary to me lol

Sure, no problem. I need to consume 1,200 cal/day to loose weight.
1,200 cal *7 = 8,400/week
Mon – Fri I consume 1,000 cal food/day = 5,000.
I also exercise on treadmill 3 times per week and burn 400 cal*3=1,200.
My total calories “used” from Mon – Fri is 3,800(5,000 food – 1,200 cardio)

For Sat and Sun I have 4,600 to use, which is 2,300 / day.

I think a lot of ladies may not agree with me, because 1,000 cal per day is too low, but I don’t feel hungry or tired on those days, plus I take multi vitamins, so it is working for me.
Also I love to relax on Saturday and Sunday and have BBQ, a little piece of pie and my favorite “Merlot”.

I've heard of this, but I thought it was more like 2 days low, 3 days high, or something like that. I don't think I could eat like that on the weekends without sending myself back into some bad habits.

But this journey is so much about what works for each individual person.

I do cycling of calories...just started last friday and so far it seems really good. So i am on 1800 calories por day but i have broken up my calories like this:

friday : 1400
saturday : 2000
sunday : 1500
monday : 2600
tuesday: 1300
wednesday : 2200
thursday : 1800

I then plan my real heavy workout days for my high calorie days. Since friday the scales have dropped by 4.4 pounds so far so good.

kazz =]

How do you find out how many calories you should be eating a day? And how do you figure out how to zig zag that number for the week? I have 5'3 160lbs. Very little exercise.

mycalorienumber.com

I use this one to find out how many cal I should have / day.