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[theresat]

Have any of you fitness-types heard of calorie cycling?

From what I understand, the basic idea is to vary your calorie intake from day to day, so that you basically trick your body into thinking your aren't on a diet. Supposedly, you won't hit the "plateau" a lot of people hit when they've been going at the dieting/exercise thing for a while.

I've been trying to find info on it, and a quick search didn't give me much other than people's personal pages talking about it. I'm looking for some sort of a fitness/medical/expert standpoint on it. It seems like an interesting idea.

Comments

[cgoldfish.livejournal.com]

i've heard of it/ done it - but in a fairly unhealthy manner.

[lanome.livejournal.com]

I've heard of it. Honestly, I don't think it's the best way to go about it. I do know that (at least for me) it's important not to eat too little, but purposely varying it from day to day seems a bit extreme.

[tracytris.livejournal.com]

I have heard of it in context of WW. For instance - say your WW target is 22, one day you eat 20 points, next day 24, day after 22 (ww point avg about 50 calories per point).

It seems like a logical and scientific method - I've never really done it because it takes even more planning than just plan old tracking your calories. I think it can be done in a healthy manner though.

[kiena-s.livejournal.com]

i have done it and it didn't work. i think it's cus i don't take in a lot of calories anyway and i burn alot naturally against not alot to burn from.

what has worked better for me is doing this on the burning side of calories not the intake.

so constantly change your work out from long slow one session to short and fast and instense. never to do the same routine or exercise in the same week or 10 day period.