I'm trying to cut, should I do a refeed day?
I've been cutting at a 500-600 calorie deficit for a few months, and my 1lb/week weight loss has come to a grinding halt. I don't know myBF%, but it's not THAT low, so I'd be surprised if I really needed a re-feed, but... I wonder if eating at maintenance for a day would kick stuff into gear again?
My face has also become kinda gaunt, almost unhealthy looking... again, BF is not super low, so I don't know why. Again, I wonder if a brief re-feed would get me looking a bit healthier again.
What does /fit/ think?
Re feed is stupid. Body makes changes based on averages over the course of weeks/months. Just dip the calories a bit more or try to up the intensity of workouts to spike metabolism
>>36674943
well i already dropped cals by 100-200 since the start (depends on the day), but why is my face looking gaunt even though i'm not losing any weight?
that's my main problem...
I have found that one day of refeed won't do much for your metabolism and leptin.I recommend eating at maintenance calories for 7-12 days focus mainly on carbs and protein to balance all your hormones.You can start refeeding once a week when you get between 12-15% bodyfat or just carb cycle if you want to
>>36675001
that... almost sounds frightening.
but for real, why is my face looking sickly ;_;
i do eat really low fat, could this be why?
>>36674898
As people often forget, as you lose weight you need to RECALCULATE YOUR FUCKING TDEE
>>366753433
ya i have and have been adjusting calories accordingly
>>36674988
Bc biologically you lose fat in your face first, then your gut
>>36675387
actually at this point i'm probably eating a few hundred below a 500 cal deficit... i'm put at 1700 for training days, but eat 1500. and i eat about 1100 on non-training days.
>>36675406
my bad, to be clear i meant that my 500 cal deficit would be 1700
>>36675401
yeah but this is a recent development, i'd been losing "problem" fat originally
the only difference is that i've drastically reduced the amount of dietary fat i consume (mostly protons, then carbs, some fat... don't know the ratios offhand)... in addition to dropping calories according to my weight, of course.
I've been alternating days of PSMF and days of regular cutting through the week and that seems to be going quite well.
>>36675501
how many days of PSMF per week? on training or non-training days?
