calorie cycling?

[SP1]

Whats going on fellas. I was wondering how this worked exactly. I read that you shouldn't be at a calorie deficit for more than 3 to 4 days. So I was wondering and this seems to be debated. The food that I eat today, will it fuel me for tomorrow or today. Becasue I would rather eat the higher calories when I will make the best use of them! Any thoughts??

[eatrainrest]

wehre is your source of info? are youa dvising during cutting diet that you should not be caloric deficient more more than 3-4 days?

[Orlando Rocket]

Try to use a Carb cycling diet, (you have to be strict with your macros), it works good for me. I hit a plateau when using a standard diet (same macros every day) and didn't loose weight for several months, by carb cycling you are slightly over your maintenance calories on the re-feed (carb up) days.

[SP1]

Well I read it and Ive seen it in different place that it's not healthy to be at a deficit for more than 3, 4 days. Also that it will keep you dropping as opposed to plateauing. I did the deficit for three months but towards the last month I was feeling beat up. Now the other side to the question was; does the food we eat today fuel todays workout or tomorrows??

[eatrainrest]

Well I read it and Ive seen it in different place that it's not healthy to be at a deficit for more than 3, 4 days. Also that it will keep you dropping as opposed to plateauing. I did the deficit for three months but towards the last month I was feeling beat up. Now the other side to the question was; does the food we eat today fuel todays workout or tomorrows??

of course if you eat carbs pre workout meal they will fuel your workout...if you carb load before bed then in the AM you will have energy.

[ranging1]

the calorie deficeit not being good for u, this is why
wen ur in a defeict ur body slows down its metablism, im not going to explain how since u dont seem to have a great knowledge in nutrition
basicaly ur body does this as a survival instinct coz it thinks its starving
thus if it slows ur metabalism ull burn less food and have less chances of loosing weight
this is why many people platue in weight loss, its also the reason u began to feel run down because ur body was going through this process
some of the bodys ways to combat calorie defeciets are, decrease in thyroid outputs, loss of muscle glyogen stores, breaking down protein in glucose, low leptin levels, higher insulin sensitivity etc etc
these things and more are the reasons why u feel run down, there also the reasons why weight loss becomes harder, and rebound weight gain become more likely
the way to combat this is carb cycling, u can do this in many ways
u can so low carbs for 3 days then 1 high carb day, or do low carb, medium carb, low carb then a high carb cycle, or
how about no carb, high carb cycling
wateva u choose to do, basically they all work, u just have to get ur calculations right
just make sure that if u do a 4 day carb cycle, wen u add up how many calories uve eaten in those 4 days u should be in a deficeit,

the reason why u carb cycle, is when ur body begins to go through its survival mechanism u go into a short period of light calorie surplus or large depending on how u cycle, which prevents ur body from slowing its metabalsim, coz it thinks its back into a calorie surplus, meaning it needs to burn food again

also the calorie defieciet is NOT debated, u should not be in a calorie defieceit for a long time, eventually u will have to go back to a calorie surplus or balanced diet since u cant go on living in a defecit for the rest of ur life
there is no period that is suggested or known that u should be in a calorie defeciet for
everyone has there own opinions
the one thing u can agree on is u should not remain in a large calorie defeciet for a long period of time, most people would say u should not be in a large defeceit ever
but everyone reacts different to different situations
here are some guidlines
u should not go below a 500 calorie defeciet in a day, their are people who go lower but they sacrifice the risk of muscle loss, health issues, emotional problems etc
however some people can go lower but make up for it in folloing days, or use drugs or anabolics to help combat alot of the issues
remeber a much as cardio burns calories, it also spikes hunger, uses both fat, muscle and glycogen stores as fuel, its part of the bodys survival mechanism, so excess cardio can be counter productive to ur long term fat loss goals
a solid protein consumption should be consumed in order to preserve muscle and help feel full along with protein other benefits, do sum research to find out how much ull need

wen u carb cycle make sure ur high carb day replenishes ur muscle glycogen stores
wen u do s high carb day avoid fats since theyll be more likely to be stored
hope this helps
if u need more info try typing "carbohydrate cycling" in google, n do some reading

[SP1]

thanks for the info.