zig-zaggin question

[Chrissysu]

Hi, ladies,

I remember a while back, someone had posted that they zig-zag their diet in order to help them speed up their metabolism. Does anyone remember what the formula was to figure out how many calories you should eat for your zig-zag? I'm trying to figure out how many calories to shoot for on my low days versus my high days.

Thanks!
Chrissy

 

[Fit_mommy]

Here's a link to the Harris-Benedict Formula that I used. There's another formula but I don't recall the name of it. If someone mentions it, you should be able to Google it pretty easily.

http://www.annecollins.com/calories/calorie-needs-women.htm

 

[nspaulding3]

If you already know your maintenance level of calories you can just reduce by 15% to 20% for your low days (but not below 1200)

 

[teddy16410]

Chrissy
The link I used (from a previous forum here) was:
www. freedieting.com/tool/calorie_calculator.html

 

[sunnyside]

I'd love a link for this question too. I know I've seen one, somewhere.

I don't see any info. with either of the links provided. This first link just shows a calculator for how many calories you need a day, not a zig zag calculator and the second link goes to a google page not directly to a calculator page.

 

[kristi]

The website that has the zigzag method that I have been using for my weight loss since January is listed below:

http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.html

Fill out your age, gender, weight, height, & exercise level. Click on “calculate”. Your caloric needs will appear. Right below “extreme fat loss” is the "7 day calorie cycle (zigzag)". Click on it and it will show how to zigzag your calories each day for the whole week.

I hope this helps!

 

[Chrissysu]

Thank you so much for the info!

Chrissy

 

[sunnyside]

Thanks! That's perfec! The link didn't take me directly to the calculator, but without the l on the end it does.



http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm

 

[August]

That link is totally great.

By the way, does anyone have any good systems for figuring out how best to taper your calories?