Question/doubts about zigzag diet

Hi
I'm a skinny European 20 years old male, weight 125 pounds, height 5,7
feet and 15% body fat. I'm a newby and just bought a pair of dumbbells
with several plates.
I'm interested in the zigzag diet:
http://www.drsquat.com/index.cfm?action=viewarticle&articleID=58

But I don't understand this: should I calculate my daily caloric
expenditure hour by hour and add 250 calories (2 calories per pound of
body weight) to my daily caloric expenditure? Or should I instead add
250 calories to a fixed caloric intake? What I mean is if I add 250
calories to my daily caloric expenditure then I'm supposed to consume
more calories those days when I lift and less calories those days when
I don't lift. Right? Or should I consume the same amount of calories
those 5 days of "overeating" in spite of the resting from lifting days?

And also: those 2 days when I should "undereat" hence remove 250
calories from my daily caloric expenditure (whether fixed or dependent
on daily activity I don't know yet) should I avoid weight lifting or
exercise? How can I support healing from muscle lesions caused by
weight lifting if I undereat those days and what would prevent me from
fainting for lack of fuel if I weight lift while I undereat?

Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated
And forgive me if these questions sound really naive or stupid

Thanks
Davide

jP ha scritto:

> Davide, that diet looks pretty reasonable, that it could work. It
> sort-of mirrors what bodybuilders use via a series of bulking and
> cutting routines.
>
> At your weight though, you probably shouldn't worry about cutting for a
> while. If I were you, I would eat a lot more calories, and make sure
> you eat a gram of protien per pound of bodyweight, and also plenty of
> carbs and good fats (olive oil, fish oils, typical of many European
> diets anyway, especially where you are from in Italy) along with regular
> resistance training.
>
> If you eventually want to begin the cutting phase in this diet, I think
> you will need to work out throughout it anyway -- it will help you
> preserve some of your lean muscle mass gain.
>
> All the above is strictly in my opinion, of course.
>
> jP
>
> Davide wrote:
> > Hi
> > I'm a skinny European 20 years old male, weight 125 pounds, height 5,7
> > feet and 15% body fat. I'm a newby and just bought a pair of dumbbells
> > with several plates.
> > I'm interested in the zigzag diet:
> > http://www.drsquat.com/index.cfm?action=viewarticle&articleID=58
> >
> > But I don't understand this: should I calculate my daily caloric
> > expenditure hour by hour and add 250 calories (2 calories per pound of
> > body weight) to my daily caloric expenditure? Or should I instead add
> > 250 calories to a fixed caloric intake? What I mean is if I add 250
> > calories to my daily caloric expenditure then I'm supposed to consume
> > more calories those days when I lift and less calories those days when
> > I don't lift. Right? Or should I consume the same amount of calories
> > those 5 days of "overeating" in spite of the resting from lifting days?
> >
> > And also: those 2 days when I should "undereat" hence remove 250
> > calories from my daily caloric expenditure (whether fixed or dependent
> > on daily activity I don't know yet) should I avoid weight lifting or
> > exercise? How can I support healing from muscle lesions caused by
> > weight lifting if I undereat those days and what would prevent me from
> > fainting for lack of fuel if I weight lift while I undereat?
> >
> > Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated
> > And forgive me if these questions sound really naive or stupid
> >
> > Thanks
> > Davide
> >

Thanks for your reply
I will follow your suggestion
I wonder if the Harris Benedit equation is a good way to calculate my
daily caloric need. My BMR is 1550 calories to which I added 9 hours of
resting, 13 hours of very light activity and 2 hours of light activity
daily, for a total of 1990-2000 calories daily. When I start lifting
weights I should also add 200-300 calories more as 1 hour of heavy
activity. So 2200-2300 calories. Is that what I should consume to
increase lean body mass or this is just what I need "to maintain my
weight and not to lose more weight" to which I should add even more
calories?

Also: I forgot to mention my reason for being interested in the zigzag
diet. In spite of my underweight body I have a fatty bloated abdomen.
In fact all the fat I have is in my abdomen and I'm therefore in the
risky pear shaped category (despite my being underweight ... I know:
this is strange)
So what I was afraid is that in my attempt to put on some weight and
muscle I would also add a lot of hard to lose fat to my abdominal area


Thanks again for your help
Davide