The Shifting Calories Theory is the basis for some of the most popular diets at this point in time.
There is a reason for this extreme popularity, it plain makes a lot of sense.
A lot of people don't fully understand why they can lose weight to a certain extent, and then just stop.
When the daily calorie intake slows, overtime the body's metabolism slows to counteract this.
It thinks you are starving and goes into 'starvation mode' slowing everything down.
This is bad because in most diets we have to decrease our calorie intake as the basis for weight loss.
This is where the Shifting Calories Theory comes in.
What if at just the right time we changed our diet to high calorie foods for just long enough to fool our body.
Fool our body into not going into this 'starvation mode'.
This is the crux of the whole process.
OK it's slightly more complex than this but these are the bare basics.
This is why this type of diet is so popular, you avoid the weight loss plateau and can continue to lose weight week after week.
Another attractive point to this diet is you get to eat 'bad' foods quite regularly.
This has the added benefit of satisfying your cravings for the bad stuff, which will mean you stay losing weight for longer.
Overall this is a very popular diet and has been responsible for many people losing weight, will it work for you? I guess only you can find that out.