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dieseljay74
dieseljay74 Posts: 376
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It's been two weeks since my last "re-feed" phase. I look so forward to these days after being so diligent for so long. I will probably consume upwards of 4000 calories for this load phase. This seems to work so well for me to jump my loss of any bodyfat I have left. I will go up for a day in weight, then by Monday I will usually be a pound or two lower than before the load. Trick is, I only load like this when I feel myself not progressing at the gym or staying stuck on the same weight when lifting. It's deinitely not harhazardly done. I was reading alot of article by a guy named Scott Abel. He recommends this to serious lifters....it's called biofeedback. Definitely works!

www.scottabel.com

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  • ennaejay
    ennaejay Posts: 575
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    i've been curious about this... and some mfp friends who do the refeeds. thanks for the info
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
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    i instituted structured refeeds during my cut, along these lines

    http://jcdfitness.com/2010/06/the-preemptive-refeed/
  • Theory13
    Theory13 Posts: 12 Member
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    This does work wonders when you hit a plateau. I lost 80 pounds a couple of years ago and whenever I would hit a plateau that lasted longer than a week or two I would take two days and double my calorie intake and then on the third day go back to what I was doing before and it would always get me back losing again!
  • dieseljay74
    dieseljay74 Posts: 376
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    It really is great. Definitely geared more towards people who are near their goal weight and lifting pretty seriously.
  • dieseljay74
    dieseljay74 Posts: 376
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    This does work wonders when you hit a plateau. I lost 80 pounds a couple of years ago and whenever I would hit a plateau that lasted longer than a week or two I would take two days and double my calorie intake and then on the third day go back to what I was doing before and it would always get me back losing again!

    Who knew losing weight could be tolerable huh!
  • Lift_hard_eat_big
    Lift_hard_eat_big Posts: 2,278 Member
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    During my cut and recomp I had refeeds at least once a week. 500-1,000kcal over maintenance.
  • UponThisRock
    UponThisRock Posts: 4,522 Member
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    It's important to note that this strategy is only useful for someone dieting to very low bodyfat
  • dieseljay74
    dieseljay74 Posts: 376
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    During my cut and recomp I had refeeds at least once a week. 500-1,000kcal over maintenance.

    Looks like it worked!

    I have gone up a little in weight but lost inches around my waist. Doing something right!
  • dieseljay74
    dieseljay74 Posts: 376
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    It's important to note that this strategy is only useful for someone dieting to very low bodyfat

    Absolutely only for that exact scenario. Not going to help if you have a long road ahead.......
  • Lift_hard_eat_big
    Lift_hard_eat_big Posts: 2,278 Member
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    It's important to note that this strategy is only useful for someone dieting to very low bodyfat

    Very true, based on OP's pics, I felt comfortable throwing out that advice since he looks fairly lean.
  • 4theking
    4theking Posts: 1,196 Member
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    It's important to note that this strategy is only useful for someone dieting to very low bodyfat

    This is not true in the least. I have many, many people doing spike days and breaking their plateus, some of which hadn't lost in months.
  • Ebbykins
    Ebbykins Posts: 420 Member
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    Love refeeds. I normally do a refeed when I see a change on the scale (2 different weigh ins per week averaged) and in body composition. I also notice when I've been diligent in having a deficit for 7-10 days (already 16%ATM), I start to get colder feet/hands which prompts me sometimes to only have a small refeed. My refeeds have put me anywhere from 3-5k above my normal days eats and hasn't ever hindered my fat loss. This week will be my first week not having one and it feels a little weird and I'll miss it, but I bumped up to maintenance after 8 weeks of going hard this last week and having made goal weight sooner than expected, next week I'll be back into the deficits again and we'll see if I deserve that Friday refeed again. Only looking to lose 4-6 more lbs of fat over the next 10 weeks. I read on Pauline Nordin's blog a bit more about how she gauges her refeeds on body temperature and a whole lot of other crazy things, she does blood tests on herself like a science experiment, it's kinda cool, but maybe a bit too hardcore. :D
  • dieseljay74
    dieseljay74 Posts: 376
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    It's important to note that this strategy is only useful for someone dieting to very low bodyfat

    This is not true in the least. I have many, many people doing spike days and breaking their plateus, some of which hadn't lost in months.

    Oh man...must be a professional...he has the word "SPIKE" in his ticker........

    Come on man

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