Herein we see the folly of not keeping some concrete progress tracking or otherwise, I really have no way to quantify how well I am or am not doing other than the fact that my clothes continue to fit better. I can tell I'm approaching that "need state" we keep hearing about just due to my energy levels, performance, and overall attitude towards food/eating. Towards the end of week 4, I started eating a bit more, keeping to appropriate macros of course, but definitely eating dinner a few days.
I had planned to wait till week 6 for another refeed, but judging by my performance (skipped training tuesday and thursday, made it through only one class wednesday, numbers in the gym saturday and sunday were significantly down, etc), I decided to trust the science and try a refeed a bit ahead of schedule. I didn't put away massive amounts of food like you hear people talk about on some diets, but man, definitely not a bad decision. I think from here on out, it's going to be refeeds every Sunday followed by a fast Monday. I do really well with sushi, so if nothing else, it's an excuse to try a new sushi place every Sunday now. Laaaame, I know, I know.
I had planned to wait till week 6 for another refeed, but judging by my performance (skipped training tuesday and thursday, made it through only one class wednesday, numbers in the gym saturday and sunday were significantly down, etc), I decided to trust the science and try a refeed a bit ahead of schedule. I didn't put away massive amounts of food like you hear people talk about on some diets, but man, definitely not a bad decision. I think from here on out, it's going to be refeeds every Sunday followed by a fast Monday. I do really well with sushi, so if nothing else, it's an excuse to try a new sushi place every Sunday now. Laaaame, I know, I know.
When You Can Clean The Sushi From The Boat, Weedhopper...
In retrospect, I have some really interesting experiences to look back on when it comes dieting down. I actually hit supercompensation once, as defined the good Coach Abel, at least I think given the evidence: I was (fairly) lean, I'd been eating around BMR for a few months, and I pretty much "ate the ass end out of a rhino". It wasn't necessarily a rhino, but it was a ridiculous amount of meat, and the wierd part was it was like I was eating on autopilot. At the time I didn't realize what was going on, but in retrospect...Eh, i'm probably just making things up, but we'll see what happens. I do like the fact that I have so much weight to lose that I'll be able to visually assess, so I guess I don't feel terrible about not actually tracking. Call it an experiment in processing and interpreting biofeedback, I suppose?
Yep, the machine says time for a refeed...
I think i've finally hit a flow with all this stuff, weird work schedules not withstanding, now it's all about laying back, continuing to adjust, and marching on to 190-ish. No hard goal dates in mind, but definitely keeping my eye on the seminar dates coming up...Gotta live for something, yeah?
