what is more effective, calorie jumping or same amout of restricted calories to lose weight?

Question

if "calorie jumping" is best whats the higest you should go and the lowest?

calorie jumping is like one day you eat 1200 the next day 1000, the next day 800 then 1500 the theory is that your body is not use to how much you'll put in so it burns off quickly

Answer 1

You should stick to a 2000 calorie intact per day. Don't do less b/c the you're metabolism will go down and you won't loose weight...if you do more then you won't loose weight either.

2000 calorie's with at least a 3 day cardo work out plan is the most effective way to loose weight and keep it off. Portion control is your friend....it's not what you eat it's how much you of it you eat.

Answer 2

I've lost 85 lbs through diet. I know how to count calories and reduce portion size. I have gone weeks eating as little as 1200 calories a day or less. I must admit to you that I have never heard the term "calorie jump". What is it? I may be able to offer you some decent advice, but your question needs more contextual information, imo.

EDIT - I see. Well, I had good luck with a steady and fairly fixed number. I think the widely-repeated story, that "your metabolism slows down when you reduce calories so you stop losing", is unsubstantiated, or at least irrelevant in the ordinary calorie reduction scenario. (It is true, in a very different context. If, for example, you are stranded in the desert and have 50 calories a day, your body does kick into actual survival mode. But if you trim your calories to somewhere between half and a third your daily calorie allotment, that shouldn't cause that metabolic shut down.)

I lost 60 lbs in just under 5 months. Over the next 12 months, I lost another 25 lbs, slow and steady, eating quite a bit more. I have yet to 1) hit a plateau or 2) gain back a pound. I think the value of picking one set calorie limit, and doing that every day is that it makes the process more steady and you develop the comfort of routine.

Good luck.

Answer 3

I've never heard of calorie jumping. just eat right and exercise and drink water. that's the healthiest way to lose weight.