If anyone cares to share..

I would really like some examples of re-feed days. As per the advice of
others in another thread about my stall - you all have convinced me I
need a good re-feed day. However, I am terrified that it will do a
number of things to me, like trigger cravings and bring my acid reflux
back. So any advice or examples of what you eat on your re-feed days
would be appreciated. So I can decide how I want to proceed.

Susan
260/219/160

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1month 4days 4:44hours of being smoke-free, 1,366 cigs not smoked,
$252.71 saved, 4day 17:50hours of my life saved

On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 09:46:44 -0500, "Susan Jones-Anderson"
wrote:

I would really like some examples of re-feed days. As per the advice of
others in another thread about my stall - you all have convinced me I
need a good re-feed day. However, I am terrified that it will do a
number of things to me, like trigger cravings and bring my acid reflux
back. So any advice or examples of what you eat on your re-feed days
would be appreciated. So I can decide how I want to proceed.

Susan
260/219/160


You might try a re-feed meal rather than a whole day. I usually do
this sometime when we're going out to dinner, and I'll just order what
I want. I mean within reason -- not like 3 desserts or something :-).
And my appetite isn't huge anymore. An example meal might be an
appetizer of something like shrimp or scallops, or maybe a nice salad,
a steak, potato, some kind of dessert, and a couple of glasses of
wine. I don't push myself to finish everything, and will sometimes
split a dessert or bring home some of my entree.

I don't have any problem with a large dinner triggering cravings. In
fact, I usually have much less appetite the next day. Others'
experience may vary, though.

I used to have some problems with reflux but I think not to the extent
that you have reported. You might want to start with a modest refeed
-- just adding a few hundred calories and not eating anything too high
in fat or too spicy. Do you take any sort of meds for reflux? I
never used any prescription products, but will sometimes take a
Tagamet before a larger restaurant meal.

Chris

I agree with Chris. I'd rather have one controlled wonderful meal, than an
entire day of random eating (at which I am very, very good).I just had a
re-feed meal last night. Considering my problem with my weight, I guess it
is odd that I have never been an appetizer or desert orderer when going out
to eat. I'll usually have a salad, though but will almost always save at
least half to eat with my meal and I usually order fish, (last night was
grouper) since that is really one thing I never make at home. I will note,
that last night the kitchen left a rubber band around the asparagras which
slipped into my fish unnoticed until I had a chewy mouthful. The waitress
was so mortified she offered to take the whole meal off the bill, which I
thought was unnecessary since I had gone on to eat everything. Instead, she
brought out the most amazing desert for my husband and me to split. It was
a real chocolate bag (about the size of a three pack box of microwave
popcorn) filled with fresh berries, lemon cream mousse and a pastry stick.
All around the plate was drizzed berry puree and some kind of cream in an
intricate design. It was wonderful...a desert I would have never ordered
for myself and the likes of which I had only previously seen on the food
channel. Not really heavy, not overly sweet. My husband did his best to
finish it, but even shared we could not. Sigh. Back to refeed days. Try
it...it really is not hard to leave it behind and also like Chris, I usually
wake up with a dimnished appetite the next day. Don't eat a lot of salt
though, I have this theory that a lot of salt hits you harder than calories,
if you are not used to taking in a lot. Have Fun. Elise.
"Susan Jones-Anderson" wrote in message
...
I would really like some examples of re-feed days. As per the advice of
others in another thread about my stall - you all have convinced me I
need a good re-feed day. However, I am terrified that it will do a
number of things to me, like trigger cravings and bring my acid reflux
back. So any advice or examples of what you eat on your re-feed days
would be appreciated. So I can decide how I want to proceed.

Susan
260/219/160

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1month 4days 4:44hours of being smoke-free, 1,366 cigs not smoked,
$252.71 saved, 4day 17:50hours of my life saved

In article , "Susan Jones-Anderson"
wrote:

I would really like some examples of re-feed days. As per the advice of
others in another thread about my stall - you all have convinced me I
need a good re-feed day. However, I am terrified that it will do a
number of things to me, like trigger cravings and bring my acid reflux
back. So any advice or examples of what you eat on your re-feed days
would be appreciated. So I can decide how I want to proceed.

Susan
260/219/160

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1month 4days 4:44hours of being smoke-free, 1,366 cigs not smoked,
$252.71 saved, 4day 17:50hours of my life saved



My usual WOE is track everything M-F, and exercise at least four times
(lately up to seven times) a week. On Saturday and Sunday I pretty much
eat and drink what I want. I usually stay within my WOE, but don't
track. I still end up eating LC (except for the beer), and we're a
pretty active family, so I still get some exercise.

This weekend was our annual pumpkin bash--we invite friends and family
to our cabin to hang out, carve pumpkins, eat, drink, and play. I made
three gallons of turkey gravy and five dozen biscuits and four dozen
sugar cookies, served with six gallons of fresh apple cider. Guests
brought desserts and adult beverages.

Well, I pretty much spent Saturday grazing along the buffet table, and
we had a marathon game of hide and seek (three and a half hours) that
looked like something out of the Blair Witch Project. Spent Sunday
cleaning up after everyone, then league bowling in the afternoon.

I felt bloated and uncomfortable all day--all those carbs--so was very
anxious to get back to normal on Monday. I'll be heading to the gym in
ten minutes, have all of my food planned for today, and know that while
I may have overdid it, I had a great time, and know enough to get back
on track.

That's how a refeed works for me. YMMV.

Amy
168/115 (today)/113

"Susan Jones-Anderson" wrote in message
...
I would really like some examples of re-feed days. As per the advice of
others in another thread about my stall - you all have convinced me I
need a good re-feed day. However, I am terrified that it will do a
number of things to me, like trigger cravings and bring my acid reflux
back. So any advice or examples of what you eat on your re-feed days
would be appreciated. So I can decide how I want to proceed.

Like Chris said, a refeed meal might be best for you. I actually do a
refeed meal, rather than a whole day, usually. For me, a refeed looks like
this - a big juicy steak, a baked potato, grilled veggies, a couple beers or
glasses of wine, maybe even splitting a dessert w/someone. I just eat my
favorite foods - I usually go out to a nice restaurant, because you eat
while you're there, but when you go home, it's back to the woe. If you go
out and buy ice cream or whatever, you have leftovers, and then refeeds last
2 or 3 days...;-)

det