carb refeed

feast4dabeast
feast4dabeast Posts: 96 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I am about to embark on a 48 hour carb refeed aiming to hit about 1600g of carbs in that period. That is a **** load of carbs. In the past I have used:

rolls
lucozade
bread
pasta
jam
ice cream
pancakes
oats
rice crispies
skittles

ideas as I am not looking forward to this

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  • jaysonhijinx
    jaysonhijinx Posts: 663 Member
    You already listed most of my go to foods, haha.

    I hear Pop Tarts are carby! ;)
  • feast4dabeast
    feast4dabeast Posts: 96 Member
    You already listed most of my go to foods, haha.

    I hear Pop Tarts are carby! ;)

    baked potatoes
    baked beans
    pop tarts - ill buy some of them too
  • feast4dabeast
    feast4dabeast Posts: 96 Member
    rice
    naan bread
    low fat chicken curry and hammer the rice damn fine
  • jaysonhijinx
    jaysonhijinx Posts: 663 Member
    Now I feel like cheese naan xD
  • myofibril
    myofibril Posts: 4,500 Member
    That's going to be tough.

    IIRC it is advisable to keep fat intake low (like 50g or so) but also keep fructose intake low if at all possible (because of its negative impact on leptin and raising leptin is kind of the point of a carb up.)

    Huge amounts of pasta, bread, potatoes etc seem to be in order as well as keeping well hydrated.

    Good luck.
  • feast4dabeast
    feast4dabeast Posts: 96 Member
    That's going to be tough.

    IIRC it is advisable to keep fat intake low (like 50g or so) but also keep fructose intake low if at all possible (because of its negative impact on leptin and raising leptin is kind of the point of a carb up.)

    Huge amounts of pasta, bread, potatoes etc seem to be in order as well as keeping well hydrated.

    Good luck.

    yeah keeping fat very low is recommended but im gonna put that up a touch too - body fat is not an issue on this one
  • myofibril
    myofibril Posts: 4,500 Member
    That's going to be tough.

    IIRC it is advisable to keep fat intake low (like 50g or so) but also keep fructose intake low if at all possible (because of its negative impact on leptin and raising leptin is kind of the point of a carb up.)

    Huge amounts of pasta, bread, potatoes etc seem to be in order as well as keeping well hydrated.

    Good luck.

    yeah keeping fat very low is recommended but im gonna put that up a touch too - body fat is not an issue on this one

    If you're not too worried about body fat then stuff like dried fruit or fruit juice may help as well. The problem here is sheer volume of food to get through otherwise!
  • feast4dabeast
    feast4dabeast Posts: 96 Member
    Now I feel like cheese naan xD

    everyone loves a bit of naan
  • claire_donegal84
    claire_donegal84 Posts: 47 Member
    forgive my ignorance... what's a carb re-feed (i get that you want to have Loads of carbs...) but why are you doing it?
  • feast4dabeast
    feast4dabeast Posts: 96 Member
    That's going to be tough.

    IIRC it is advisable to keep fat intake low (like 50g or so) but also keep fructose intake low if at all possible (because of its negative impact on leptin and raising leptin is kind of the point of a carb up.)

    Huge amounts of pasta, bread, potatoes etc seem to be in order as well as keeping well hydrated.

    Good luck.

    yeah keeping fat very low is recommended but im gonna put that up a touch too - body fat is not an issue on this one

    If you're not too worried about body fat then stuff like dried fruit or fruit juice may help as well. The problem here is sheer volume of food to get through otherwise!

    ah good idea i used apple juice before so will fire that in too
  • myofibril
    myofibril Posts: 4,500 Member
    forgive my ignorance... what's a carb re-feed (i get that you want to have Loads of carbs...) but why are you doing it?

    The theory (from a dieting perspective that is) that if you have a few days of low carb (which is a quite common dieting strategy particularly for preparing for fitness competition) then every few days or weekly you have a very high carb day. This is said to prevent metabolic down regulation as a result of dieting particularly leptin.

    You eat a little over maintenance, keep fat and fructose low but eat a lot of carbs.
  • claire_donegal84
    claire_donegal84 Posts: 47 Member
    forgive my ignorance... what's a carb re-feed (i get that you want to have Loads of carbs...) but why are you doing it?

    The theory (from a dieting perspective that is) that if you have a few days of low carb (which is a quite common dieting strategy particularly for preparing for fitness competition) then every few days or weekly you have a very high carb day. This is said to prevent metabolic down regulation as a result of dieting particularly leptin.

    You eat a little over maintenance, keep fat and fructose low but eat a lot of carbs.

    Oooh ok thanks :-)
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    potato waffles!
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    sushi?
  • XXXMinnieXXX
    XXXMinnieXXX Posts: 3,459 Member
    Oats and bagels
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    angel delight!!!
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  • feast4dabeast
    feast4dabeast Posts: 96 Member
    Oats and bagels

    oh yeah forgot about good old bagels - they almost destroyed me last time
  • feast4dabeast
    feast4dabeast Posts: 96 Member
    angel delight!!!

    oh i love angel delight
  • feast4dabeast
    feast4dabeast Posts: 96 Member
    forgive my ignorance... what's a carb re-feed (i get that you want to have Loads of carbs...) but why are you doing it?

    The theory (from a dieting perspective that is) that if you have a few days of low carb (which is a quite common dieting strategy particularly for preparing for fitness competition) then every few days or weekly you have a very high carb day. This is said to prevent metabolic down regulation as a result of dieting particularly leptin.

    You eat a little over maintenance, keep fat and fructose low but eat a lot of carbs.


    Oooh ok thanks :-)

    saves me answering :)
  • selina884
    selina884 Posts: 826 Member
    Can I say f*** off out of jealousy?
  • AntWrig
    AntWrig Posts: 2,273 Member
    Rice cakes, Frosted Shredded Wheat. 1 serving is 55g of carbs with under a gram of fat.
  • feast4dabeast
    feast4dabeast Posts: 96 Member
    Can I say f*** off out of jealousy?

    believe you me it is the last thing in the world i want to do it is worse than being hungry
  • feast4dabeast
    feast4dabeast Posts: 96 Member
    Rice cakes, Frosted Shredded Wheat. 1 serving is 55g of carbs with under a gram of fat.

    it would be a **** lot of rice cakes to have any serious impact :) shredded wheat though :)
  • Leamac83
    Leamac83 Posts: 99 Member
    Have you found this to actually work? I like the sound of it....i could easy sit and eat a loaf of bread and a load of sushi in a day!
  • feast4dabeast
    feast4dabeast Posts: 96 Member
    Have you found this to actually work? I like the sound of it....i could easy sit and eat a loaf of bread and a load of sushi in a day!

    yes idea is to ensure glycogen stores are full for optimal performance
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    about 6000 apples?!
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