I have a confession to make. When I finally got around to posting my Journey to Abs post, I was already about 2 weeks into my refeed experiment. I just hadn’t had the time to actually proofread the post and get it out there. With that said, my first few weeks on the refeed didn’t go so well. I think I jumped in a bit fast and didn’t get as much research in as I wanted. I basically turned every refeed day into a cheat day and I found that I was eating way more of the wrong stuff than I should have been. I wasn’t eating junk food, just not the right ratio of the right foods. My fat intake should have been around 50grams a day and I found myself continuing to eat my primal way and was eating well over 100grams a day. My carbs where right on and my protein intake was high though. I also found myself justifying a constant feeding of my face as a “refeed” day, even on cardio days. Tack that onto the 4th of July weekend and it spelled disaster.

Needless to say, I quickly gained about 5 lbs and about 2% bodyfat in those few shorts weeks.  Since then I have done a lot more research on the process of refeeds and I think I may finally have a handle on it. Of course, I have not started it back up again. I am currently just doing my primal way of eating: low carbs and high fat. I thought about trying the refeeds again this week or next but I am going on vacation in 2 weeks and I want to look at cut as possible so I am not going to experiment until I get back.

My new approach is going to be a refeed every 4-5 days (and always on weight training days only). The other days, I will continue to go low carb.  I am going to give it a try again for a few weeks but if I don’t see any noticeable results then I am going to chalk it up to refeeds not working for my body.