UpDayDownDay diet?

[emmagambley]

Anyone heard of this diet? I couldn’t walk 50 feet without resting. After three weeks on the diet, I spent all day walking around the shopping mall. It's certainly sounds strange but on the 'up' day you eat whatever you want and as much as you want. It is important to feel satisfied. On the 'down' day, you limit your intake to between 20% – 50% of normal.

I think the site is UpDayDownDay.com, or something like that.

I lost weight, felt better, gained energy, and had better cholesterol on this diet. Wondering if anyone else has given it a go?
Thanks, Emma

[Spoon]

This is the first I have actually heard of this one. Personally, I don't know that I could handle the "down" days. And, I think I would eat WAY too much on the "up" days to "make up for" the "down" days. What do you do if you are invited to dinner with a friend and already had your "up" day the previous day??? IMO, 20-50% of your normal intake is just not enough on any day! But, that is only my opinion

[scentcc]

This is also called the JUDDD Diet (Johnson's Up Day Down Day Diet)
The Up Day

On the up day, you can eat anything you want and as much as you want, but do not intentionally over eat.

When starting out, it is important to not concern yourself with up day calorie intake because of the phenomena of diet stress and diet fatigue. Focus on staying under 20-25% on the down day.

Based on animal research, the type of food eaten on the up day is unimportant compared to adhering to the down day calorie limit. This will activate genes (SIRT1) which set in motion the beneficial processes which produce optimal health.



The Down Day

It is important to commit in advance to a certain number of calories on the down day. We strongly suggest 20 – 25% for the first two weeks, but find that 30 - 35% is more tolerable for some people for a prolonged period of dieting. The lower the calories on the down day, the better, but the most important thing is to find a caloric intake you can comply with on ongoing basis.

We strongly suggest using only commercially prepared shakes in the first two weeks. Later, prepared foods with the calorie content marked on them can be eaten.. This is critically important to help guard against the universal tendency to underestimate how much we are eating.



Body Weight

How much you lose depends on several factors, the average in our study was 2.5 pounds per week, more the first week or two.

You should weigh yourself only on the morning after a down day and not more often than once a week or fluctuations will lead to frustration.



Down Day Recipes

It is important to choose a shake which is personally tolerable and satisfying. There are a number on the market including Atkins Advantage, Slim Fast Optima, MetRx. For weight loss diet, it is highly advisable that for the first two weeks, you consume only shakes on the down day.

Delicious, easy, very low calorie recipes are available in the soon to be published book, The Johnson UpDayDownDay Diet™.

Here's the website with much more information and to beat it all, it is FREE! johnsonupdaydowndaydiet.com/page/1ee88/How_to_do_the_diet.html


Hope this helps!