Hey guys,
First off, thank you skip for the effort you put into Longevity, and making it available for us to see... I am learning a lot.
I’m 27 years old: 6 Ft 185 lbs at around 10% body fat..
Over the past month I have been averaging 2600 calories: 300g Protein/150g Carb /75g Fat.
I think this is right around my maintenance level because weight has been staying pretty consistent.
I did my first refeed yesterday. My baseline weight in the morning was 184.6 lbs.
For my refeed I primarily focused on getting 3-5 x my weight in carbs (555-925 grams) while keeping fat low, and not worrying much about protein. I Also aimed to get around 2.5-3x as many cals as usual (6500-7800). I started at 8am and was just going to do a 6 hr window but I ended up going out to dinner and added that to my refeed for the day..
Here are the things I ate:
Fruit Loops with a little skim milk
Krusteaz Heart Healthy Pancakes
Maple Grove Farms pure syrup
Can’t believe it’s not butter spray
Fat free Cool whip
Skinny Cow Low Fat Ice Cream Sandwiches
Delverde Rigatoni
Gaspari Myofusion Protein Shake
True Protein Karboload mix
Bruschetta bread
Four cheese grilled pizza
Day’s totals were: 5000 calories 149g Protein/892g Carbs/93g Fat.
I was pretty happy with the numbers I hit seeing that I got down 892g of carbs which were within the window I wanted to hit. The problem is the following morning I weighed the exact same as I did before I started the refeed (184.6). I was really disappointed haha. I know water consumption might have a lot to do with the weight gain, but I felt like I drank a decent amount although I can’t say exactly how much. I always read about people sweating the night following a refeed because their metabolism is rocking but I didn’t experience any of that.. just had a lot of gas.
Do you guys think it might be because I only got in 5000 calories?
Also, is it the increase of calories that effect your metabolism or more the increase of carbs? Asking because although I got in as many carbs as I wanted, maybe I just didn't get in enough overall calories. Thanks in advance for any input, I appreciate it.
First off, thank you skip for the effort you put into Longevity, and making it available for us to see... I am learning a lot.
I’m 27 years old: 6 Ft 185 lbs at around 10% body fat..
Over the past month I have been averaging 2600 calories: 300g Protein/150g Carb /75g Fat.
I think this is right around my maintenance level because weight has been staying pretty consistent.
I did my first refeed yesterday. My baseline weight in the morning was 184.6 lbs.
For my refeed I primarily focused on getting 3-5 x my weight in carbs (555-925 grams) while keeping fat low, and not worrying much about protein. I Also aimed to get around 2.5-3x as many cals as usual (6500-7800). I started at 8am and was just going to do a 6 hr window but I ended up going out to dinner and added that to my refeed for the day..
Here are the things I ate:
Fruit Loops with a little skim milk
Krusteaz Heart Healthy Pancakes
Maple Grove Farms pure syrup
Can’t believe it’s not butter spray
Fat free Cool whip
Skinny Cow Low Fat Ice Cream Sandwiches
Delverde Rigatoni
Gaspari Myofusion Protein Shake
True Protein Karboload mix
Bruschetta bread
Four cheese grilled pizza
Day’s totals were: 5000 calories 149g Protein/892g Carbs/93g Fat.
I was pretty happy with the numbers I hit seeing that I got down 892g of carbs which were within the window I wanted to hit. The problem is the following morning I weighed the exact same as I did before I started the refeed (184.6). I was really disappointed haha. I know water consumption might have a lot to do with the weight gain, but I felt like I drank a decent amount although I can’t say exactly how much. I always read about people sweating the night following a refeed because their metabolism is rocking but I didn’t experience any of that.. just had a lot of gas.
Do you guys think it might be because I only got in 5000 calories?
Also, is it the increase of calories that effect your metabolism or more the increase of carbs? Asking because although I got in as many carbs as I wanted, maybe I just didn't get in enough overall calories. Thanks in advance for any input, I appreciate it.
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