6 days on, 1 day off?

anyone do this? does it work? are you losing or just maintaining?

you have to be very careful if you do a full day off. you can undo a whole week in a day.

what I prefer to do is have a free meal either Friday or Saturday. I still exercise those days as well, just allow myself to eat a different kind of meal.

Original Post by pgm012197:

you have to be very careful if you do a full day off. you can undo a whole week in a day.

I agree! You'd be surprised how much damage one fast food meal will do. You'd probably put on 4 Lbs. just from the water retention alone. Or by "6 days on 1 days off" do you mean that you will still eat healthily, you just wont be counting the calories? If that's the case then I say count them anyway. It may work for you but this would definitely not work for me! lol.

I sort of follow the mantra that I will behave all week, and not count on the weekends. That being said, I still keep in mind what I am eating, and if I have a huge meal for lunch, I won't have a large dinner as well.

I'm starting this diet just now, cause I hit a plateau so I'm try to do this. Apparently it helps your metabolism.

It's a great diet because it allows you to eat what you want one day...constantly denying yourself foods you love is mentally draining!

I'm incorporating two sort of normal days in my diet now...but I still monitor what I eat closely! Even though I may be eating 2000 cals a day...I still write down everything I eat and make sure its 2, not 3 thousand im consuming!

The main aim with this diet is to have a regulated weekly calorie intake. Measure how many calories you consume per week instead of per day. Diet strictly for five days, then eat normally for two days....or diet strictly for three days, three medium days and a normal day...however you want.

Hope this helps

I used to watch what I was eating everyday and exercise extra if I ate something that I considered 'bad' but changed to having a day off so that I could socialize without the guilt. It's fun at first and keeps you motivated to do well in the week but as you carry on your diet you actually end up forgetting about the days off to treat yourself because your eating patterns change and the cravings go away :)

I never feel guilty eating cookies or ice cream etc anymore on any day(its all about portion control now) and I've learned to say 'no' instead of 'yes' all the time when I am offered them. I personally think it was good for my metabolism because the weight came off so easy when I stopped freaking out about food!

Yes I do six days on and one day off. It has been pretty successful for me! Check out this website that shows the type of program that I follow. I have just learned to eat so well and learned about correct proportions. Good luck!

www.bodyforlife.com

I try to maintain my diet all days and eat what I want all days.  I just use portion sizes as a guide.  If I want a candy bar I might eat half or a bite size candy bar so that I am not depriving myself of anything and I can do that everyday if I want to.  As long as I stay within the calories I intend to eat that day I don't bother with trying to reduce carbs or anything.  I went from about 2500 calories a day to between 1500 to 2000 calories, depending on the day, and I have lost 4.5 pounds in 10 days.  I am a little ahead of myself on my weight loss, I wanted to keep it to a pound a week but I am not complaining and I am not hungry!!

Also, eat small meals throughout the day to maintain blood sugar and keep your metabolism up. 

I'm maintaining and I only keep track of cals mon-fri. Sat and Sun are my "off" days. I do try to keep eating the same/similar things. I'm actually very good about not binge eating so thats not an issue. I just don't log what I eat on sat/sun.

I'd love to be able to choose a day each week to not count and not worry, but I think that in order to get to my goal, I better be counting every day. Maybe when I get to my goal, I'll try to use the weekly count idea and then maybe have 4 strict or lower cal days, 2 days with max count (meaning the top of my range to maintain) and then 1 day where I can just get up in the morning and eat Jiffy waffles with bacon and a dessert in the evening. Maybe set a 1000 calorie limit for foods I normally skip because they're too costly in calories.

I kind of do this, I allow myself one indulgent day at the weekend (usually my indulgence is alcohol!) per week but I still count the calories. As long as my daily average across the week is below my target then I figure I'm doing OK!