For those Dieting right now..

Carol_

For me, being really hungry feels worse physically. Overeating and being too full feels bad too, but then there's the 'guilt' that goes with it.

Liftng4Lis

Stop dieting and make a lifestyle change. Then you never have to feel either.

Kalikel

karlsantiago wrote: »

WOW---to OP: a lot of responses here sorta attacked you for your post "i don't refeed" ... "i don't diet" ... "yo yo diets don't work" <---- true......but a refeed day is (to some people) an important thing, especially if you are a body builder, for those that are deep into their cuts and i won't call it a diet because a diet is simply the way you eat whether it is over caloric limit or below not just an attempt to lose weight

the reason for a refeed day is to give your body a chance to get carbs back into your system because i know when i am at the peak and end of my cutting phase i feel like a zombie when my carbs are probably at their lowest point..and the day after a refeed day becomes the best workout of all because you are able to feed the muscles what they need, the night of a refeed for me i eat ice cream, not even low fat ice cream just full blown ice cream and the day after i have the best workouts of my life with the best pump

just one thing though i disagree with i wouldn't eat until i am about to blow--refeed days are "controlled" cheat days which actually helps people from committing to yo-yo dieting

Saying that you don't do something is not the same thing as slamming it. That cutting/bulking/refeeding stuff isn't done by everyone, that's all. I'm not even sure what all it entails. Until I read here, I'd never heard of cutting and bulking. I'd heard refeed, but it was used differently.

Surely you know someone in your life who doesn't do those things.

Different strokes!

azulvioleta6

I don't really experience either of those things.

Christine_72

midwesterner85 wrote: »

Being hungry all the time is the worst. It takes a lot for me to founder. The last time I ate so much I felt like I couldn't eat anymore (for a few hours anyway), I had about 16,000 calories. Even then, I didn't actually founder; I just couldn't eat any more.

Even more frustrating than being hungry all the time is when being hungry all the time and in a plateau. If I'm hungry all the time, I need to see results. I've gone months with dieting and had no loss to show for it.

16,000 calories Impressive

What does 'founder' mean?

T1DCarnivoreRunner

christinev297 wrote: »

midwesterner85 wrote: »

Being hungry all the time is the worst. It takes a lot for me to founder. The last time I ate so much I felt like I couldn't eat anymore (for a few hours anyway), I had about 16,000 calories. Even then, I didn't actually founder; I just couldn't eat any more.

Even more frustrating than being hungry all the time is when being hungry all the time and in a plateau. If I'm hungry all the time, I need to see results. I've gone months with dieting and had no loss to show for it.

16,000 calories Impressive

What does 'founder' mean?

Not that it is a contest... just takes a lot to fill me up. I get really frustrated when people say this should be a "lifestyle change." I've been doing this for more than 18 months and I don't know how to eat enough to not be hungry unless I'm in a surplus.

There are several definitions for 'founder':
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/founder?s=t

Look at the 5th definition when used as a verb.

Machka9

elbaldwin0525 wrote: »

Which feels worse...... being deep into a diet where your stomach seems to never want to get full or the binge/refeed day when you over eat a little and your stomach feels like its going to BLOW?

Don't know ... haven't experienced either. Especially not the binge/reefed thing you describe.

Even before I started here with MFP, I rarely (like maybe half a dozen times in my entire life) ate so much I felt like how you describe.

Why on earth would you want to do that?


Oh, and I feel the best when I feel just slightly empty.

barbecuesauce

karlsantiago wrote: »

WOW---to OP: a lot of responses here sorta attacked you for your post "i don't refeed" ... "i don't diet" ... "yo yo diets don't work" <---- true......but a refeed day is (to some people) an important thing, especially if you are a body builder, for those that are deep into their cuts and i won't call it a diet because a diet is simply the way you eat whether it is over caloric limit or below not just an attempt to lose weight

the reason for a refeed day is to give your body a chance to get carbs back into your system because i know when i am at the peak and end of my cutting phase i feel like a zombie when my carbs are probably at their lowest point..and the day after a refeed day becomes the best workout of all because you are able to feed the muscles what they need, the night of a refeed for me i eat ice cream, not even low fat ice cream just full blown ice cream and the day after i have the best workouts of my life with the best pump

just one thing though i disagree with i wouldn't eat until i am about to blow--refeed days are "controlled" cheat days which actually helps people from committing to yo-yo dieting

I personally do not dispute the concept of refeeds or that they're right for some people, including the OP. I've run them to meet certain fitness goals. However, the OP is not doing a proper refeed if they feel as though they are going to "blow." Refeeds are also not the same as binges (from the OP: "binge/refeed").

The OP is describing disordered behavior and should be told the proper way to do things.