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Jayz395
Jayz395 Posts: 90 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I was at 1600 for quite a while, lost nearly 3 stone and my weight loss just stopped, still got a little bit to go but for the last couple months nearly even tho I'm working out daily nothing. After some research last night I'm gonna stop working out for a week or so and bring my calories up to maintenance. Anyone else done this?

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  • joncooper1980
    joncooper1980 Posts: 96 Member
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    All the time. Throughout my "cut"/fat loss last year I had 1 refeed per week.

    Do it properly though. The idea of a refeed is to replenish glycogen levels, which will help you get maintain your energy and strngth at the gym. It doesn't really do much for stalled weight loss although having a day where you eat LOTS of carbs can curb any cravings you may be having.

    The idea is to drop your protein intake by 50-100g and keep your fat intake to a minimum. Then eat at least double your carb intake. Overall you don't really eat ovber your normal calorie maintenance so weight gain will be minimal if not non-existant.

    What you describe above isn't necessary a refeed per se more a "diet break" to realign your focus.

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