How does Calorie Cycling Work?
Calorie cycling is about making small changes in how many calories you take in on a day to day level. For a couple of days you may eat above your maintenance level, followed by a few days of eating a bit below it (by about 500 calories or so) and then you can work into your diet some built-in cheat days in which you don’t pay any attention at all to how much and what foods you are eating. You simply stop eating when you hunger is satisfied. By eating like this you can pretty much forget about plateaus in your weight loss because your metabolism never has the chance to settle into a routine. It helps keep you burning fat too. In some calorie shifting diet weight loss plans, such as the Fat Loss 4 Idiots program, you not only shift the number of calories, but you also shift the types of food that you are eating as well, but overall you’ll still be working with meal plans with primarily lower carb options because that is the best way to get your body to give up the fat!
