Can someone please explain how these things work to me?

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LoupGarouTFTs
LoupGarouTFTs Posts: 916 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
"Refeed" and "adaptive thermogensis" in relation to restarting weight loss. Just for the record, I'm not worried about my weight loss. I feel comfortable with the rate at which I'm losing, since I'm feeling good, eating foods I like, and not seeing any loose issues. However, someone in another thread suggested that, had a person who had been eating a VLCD diet done a "refeed" and slowly brought calories up to maintenance and cut again [apparent science] would occur. I'd love to understand how that works, especially if I could stick it in my toolbox for an occasion upon which I really would just like to lose these last pounds and get it over with so that I can get to maintenance myself.

Thanks!

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  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    edited May 2015
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    Leptin

    http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/sclark60.htm

    Although adaptive thermogenesis is not equal to metabolic drop as people seem to understand it from what I've read
  • Lrdoflamancha
    Lrdoflamancha Posts: 1,280 Member
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    Insulin
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
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    The person in the thread may have been in a stall.. Sometimes giving your body a "diet break" can be good.

    Basically go off the deficit, eat at maintenance... Instead of cutting the deficit further, go up and off it for a short while.
  • LoupGarouTFTs
    LoupGarouTFTs Posts: 916 Member
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    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Leptin

    http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/sclark60.htm

    Although adaptive thermogenesis is not equal to metabolic drop as people seem to understand it from what I've read

    Thank you for that article--it looks both interesting and accessible, which is great for me, since my eyes tend to glaze over with too much technical stuff. I've bookmarked it so that I can refer back to it later if I want to do so. Lrdoflamancha, can you explain "insulin?" I have been taking metformin for insulin resistance/Type II diabetes, so anything that deals with insulin and its processing is interesting to me.

    Gia07, I think I've heard that before, but it's mostly been suggested by people talking about eating more/not at a deficit in order to build muscle/work out. I had thought about losing another few pounds, then trying to build a little more muscle before losing the last 10 pounds or so. Is that kind of what you're talking about?

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