OK, there are several active "refeed" threads out there, but none have really gone into much (if any) detail about how to handle refeeds close to a contest date.
Do you stop worrying over refeeds at a certain point? If so, when do the negative aspects of doing a refeed THEN outweigh the positive aspects.....which is supposely why they are being done to begin with, right?
How do you determine an appropriate date, i.e., "I'm stopping my refeeds 4 weeks out from my contest date"?
As I had posted earlier, I was having a LOT more trouble than usual dropping bodyfat, and have a date coming up SOON. Thanks to your responses/recommendations, I made serious changes to my macros and am now eating predominately Protein with only about 100g Carbs per day. And I am seeing both positive and negative signs of it, as I have dropped 4 pounds in the past 2 days, but am as weak as a kitten!!
HOWEVER, considering I have only 11 days left before the contest, should I do a refeed today or tomorrow?
Knowing that I will be carb-loading in 10 days, should I do another refeed mid-week next week, too? Or just let the usual "loading phase" take care of things and hope for the best/highest fat- and water-losses, say, Sunday to Sunday because of my very-low-carb dieting?
Hoping to hear back from you experienced competitors on this one soon, as I don't know whether to $H!T
or wind my watch...........
Do you stop worrying over refeeds at a certain point? If so, when do the negative aspects of doing a refeed THEN outweigh the positive aspects.....which is supposely why they are being done to begin with, right?
How do you determine an appropriate date, i.e., "I'm stopping my refeeds 4 weeks out from my contest date"?
As I had posted earlier, I was having a LOT more trouble than usual dropping bodyfat, and have a date coming up SOON. Thanks to your responses/recommendations, I made serious changes to my macros and am now eating predominately Protein with only about 100g Carbs per day. And I am seeing both positive and negative signs of it, as I have dropped 4 pounds in the past 2 days, but am as weak as a kitten!!
HOWEVER, considering I have only 11 days left before the contest, should I do a refeed today or tomorrow?
Knowing that I will be carb-loading in 10 days, should I do another refeed mid-week next week, too? Or just let the usual "loading phase" take care of things and hope for the best/highest fat- and water-losses, say, Sunday to Sunday because of my very-low-carb dieting?Hoping to hear back from you experienced competitors on this one soon, as I don't know whether to $H!T
or wind my watch...........