KM64's Refeed Diary

[km64]

DAY 1

Hey everyone, here I am in refeed land - what a mind blower!!! Just read through Yeti's refeed diary which has given me a little more confidence about refeed and adding more food (still pretty scared but here I am whatever happens).

I'm 2.4 above the goal cohens set for me but after my last month or two of battling not to deviate, constant hunger and coldness plus hair starting to fall out in last couple of weeks, I'd have to say I'm so ready to finish this program!! Just hoping I don't gain much weight like is possible according to the refeed stuff I've been given - really wanted a bigger buffer so I didn't get bakc into the 70s if I add weight at any stage in refeed, but just have to go with what my body is saying - and I really can't wait till refeed is over and I can start exercising and building muscle tone again (I can see muscles now and how big they are that I either never knew I had or had never seen since childhood).

While I'm not at goal I am certainly the smallest I can ever remember being since puberty and that is way cool! Fitting into a size 12 suit for work, enjoying airplane travel in massive seats (hmmm - I'm sure they didn't swap their seats over since I started cohens!! lol), loving the comments from people I haven't seen in a while.

So today I just got to add a bit of old protein and veg - have put it all in my lunch meal (veal strips stir fried with veg, tomato and a bit of mayo). Looking forward to the larger amount.

My refeed is 16 days (depending on what my wieght does of course).

Looking forward to the weekend (which is part of why I started refeed today) as tomorrow I get to add new fruit and Sun I get some bread. Should be interesting (have a little feeling my body and bread are not going to like each other much).

So here I am and looking forward to these next couple of weeks to see what happens.

Cheers - Kay.

[km64]

Took the info below from my signature block - just a record of the journey so far - pretty cool, 33.2 kgs lost in just over 6 months.

Pre cohens 102.6 (1/1/09), start Cohens 97.6 (16/1/09), Goal1 80s (24/2/09), Goal2 not obese BMI (1/3/09), Goal3 halfway (20/3/09), Goal4 70s (24/4/09), Goal 5 less than 10 kg to go (4/5/09), Goal 6 Normal BMI 73.8kgs (25/5/09), Goal 7 60s (4/7/09), Goal 8 refeed (10/7/09)

[RosemaryFNQ]

Kay - Congratulation on making it to refeed land.

I am feeling lots of the things that you mentioned that were happening to you before you started refeed. I was wondering if I am coming in too early, but now I feel confident that is the right time. I plan to start in about 10 days so you will still be here if all goes to plan. I look forward to reading your diary and sharing all this with you.

Good luck
Rosemary

[thenewvee]

Welcome to refeed land, Kay!
You have made it!! Awesome achievement.
I bet that the weight drops off rather than goes up now that you are on refeed!
Enjoy all the extras!

Vee

[Rach77]

Hi Kay

Well done reaching refeed. It's sounds like you definately made the right decision for you. Good luck with it all. I will be following this diary with interest.

Rach

[ConnieK..]

Hey Kay,

Well it's about time LOL .... hehehe just kidding.

Congratulations ... You have done really well. Congratulate yourself every day because you deserve it.

Welcome to the twighlight zone .... where you eat more and still lose weight LOL

Connie

[km64]

Day 2

Thank you so much everyone for dropping by and celebrating the start of refeed with me (too many of you to name!!)

Day 2 is almost over - weight stable this morning or 200g lost (not sure, our scales are renowned for not settling and giving lots of different readings in a morning) - I was 69.2/69.4 - either way pretty much what I was yesterday.

Enjoyed my extra protein and veg each day and had rockmelon today after lunch - very tasty and nice to have something different. Even just with a little extra food its hard to fit in 3 bits of fruit and 5 crackers and the extra protein/veg. Anyway, get to eat a slice of bread tomorrow - should be interesting (bought rye bread in hope it will be tastier - never was much a fan of white bread).

Anyway, I'll try to drop in a little post each day on how I'm going - still scared the weight is just going to take off with every extra bit of food that passes my lips.

Cheers - Kay.

[yeti]

Hi honey - welcome to refeedland!!

It is a bit nerve wracking isn't it? I feel like a bit of a science experiment that could go wrong at any moment!! We just have to trust in it, it's not steered anyone wrong so far.

[km64]

Day 3

Thanks Yeti.

Anyone who thinks they've read this post already - you did if you read my old program diary - just realised I posted it in the wrong diary!! What a chook.

Well - big shift down in weight this morning - hard to think its not just fluid (have a pretty bad head cold at present). I went from 69.2/4 yesterday to 68.6 (Koh may well be right but will see what happens over next few days).

Today - a piece of bread - yum - I got some nice rye bread and had a piece of toast with an egg for breakie - no horrible feelings after, just yummy and kept me going pretty well for a few hours. More rockmelon - also yum!!

So, a pretty good weekend - easier than being on main program because each day I've had a little something extra to look forward to. Might try mozzarella and tomato melted on rye toast tomorrow for lunch. Should be yum.

Still working in my head on what my eating will look like post cohens - but have a long way and a lot more food to start eating on refeed - so interesting to see how much my body can metabolise. Bought new Jamie magazine today - all I cna say is yum - I remember now (and hard to think 6 months later) just how much I love cooking new things and Jamie Oliver recipes do it for me in particular - just thinking about nice meat and veg dishes to cook that will still be cohens friendly - again, can't wait to see the maintenance guidelines!!

Cheers - Kay.

[yeti]

Hi Kay,

Good to hear you've had a great drop on the scales! It's really exciting going through cookbooks and finding delicious recipes that are Cohen friendly - I've been doing it for a while! Bill Granger's recipes are good too, for the most part. His earlier cookbooks are better than his last two - very fresh and healthy and not too fatty or carb laden.

Good on you honey - you're doing it!!

[km64]

Thanks Yeti - the one cookbook I'll be steering clear of is advertised in Jamie's latest magazine - the whole cookbook (by I can't remember who, not Jamie) is about recipes with fat in them - trying to put fat back in the good books - can you believe?? I think I'll skip that one and focus on lean, healthy meals.

You must be almost done now are you? Will go check in your diary - saw there was a bit of a flurry in there last night, hope you are ok.

Cheers - Kay.

[FlaMie]

Hi Kay,

You are making me totally jealous and yearning to start refeed! You've journeyed so well on this refeed phase. I wish I can do mine as well as you do. However, first I've to get past this plateau of 60 and get right down to the 50s... although so near, it seems so far with the less than normal weight drop.

I haven't really deviated but yet the weight continues to slow down. I was just enjoying a bit of good drop a couple of days ago and wham slam the TOM and now everything is upward scale. Oh well, can't rush things. I'll just stay super duper disciplined and keep my mind focused on getting to the goal. I want to be able to get right down to goal weight before starting - as much as I can. Hunger doesn't get to me yet except my back pain. So, I'll still travel along and will see what happens next week.

You are coming to an end of your refeed. Please continue to maintain contact dearie! I'm beginning to feel lonely on the other side with you / Yeti / Rosemary on refeed. *Sigh*

[cc75]

did i mention before that i think you are AMAZING?

[thenewvee]

Sounds like refeed is going great for you! Gotta love the extra amounts and not feeling hungry anymore!!
I remember loving the scotch fingers, and I was never a biscuit person before!
Refeed will soon be over and then you can indulge occasionally in what you hanker for!

Well done, Kay!

Vee

[rowemob]

Hi Kay,
Congratulations, sounds like refeed is going well for you.
Cheers
Michelle

[km64]

Day 9

Start - 69.4
Today - 68.0 (67.6 post breakie and shower)

Thanks Shazza, FlaMie, Vee, cc and Michelle - even in refeed some enthusiasm and support is so good to hear (I still struggle with temptation and wanting to have other things - got served up two choc buds with a coffee at a kids party today - stared at them a long time, sighed, then put them into the lunch container with my son's sandwich in it and gave them to him and a friend when the party was over).

Well today felt like absolute food overload (am up to maximum extra protein but still some more veg to add before I'm finished, also have the bigger carb hits still to contend with which start on Tuesday all going well). I really struggled at lunch to eat my whole meal (which had half my extra protein and veg in it plus two bits of bread - so much darn food I could barely eat it - the size of the container I had it in, because I had chicken and salad so took up lots of room, was like a bl**dy feeding trough!!).

Anyway, still here and only 7 days to go I hope (again, caveat being no extreme weight gain before the end).

So another day down and the end of this diet is definitely creeping up. Its interesting how hard it is staying DF on refeed - just have to keep reading my program and focusing on the next bit of fruit or meal to pile in so I don't think about other things.

Cheers for today - Kay.

[carrieanne_c]

Kay, sounds interesting- I cant wait to get mine and read it - Glad your finding it easy to exercise your will power against the chocalate-Good Girl!

[km64]

Day 12

Today - 68.0 (-0.2 since yesterday)

Thanks Carrieanne.

Well, only four days left to go unless something weird happens with my weight. Introduced carb today - had no idea what the weight would look like in food and lmao when I realised it amounted to about 12 bits of penne pasta - what a giggle. Have made potato/pumkin mash to have with lamb/beff mince with tomato vegies tomorrow - the mash doesn't amount to much either. But the taste of the penne was fabulous - chicken and pork strips with tomato, eggplant and other veg plus garlic, basil and chilli - yummo!

Hoping weight stays pretty stable for last few days. If so - should be done by end of Saturday - will be enjoying life post the program from Sunday onwards )and touching wood as I speak).

Still a bit of a struggle wanting to have some chocolate. But coping - and knowing that Friday I can have a bikkie helps (not long now).

Am enjoying preparing different dishes and doing a few different things now. Will be glad to get away from the veg stir frys post the program.

All good otherwise - had a fab day with the kids today and definitely feel like my energy levels are increasing with the increase in food.

Cheers - Kay.

[carrieanne_c]

Hi Kay, glad you enjoyed the 12 bits of pasta! ¿do youu know if we are allowed to substitute the alcohol on our first day of bread allowance? I find this refeed thing confusing -Im not there yet but I just want to know when I can have my first drink. I didnt know it would involve so much math.

[ConnieK..]

hey Kay,

Good to see you are going so smoothly through the last days of refeed ... well done!

carrieanne - You can't have alcohol until your refeed explicitly says you can exchange bread for alcohol, my refeed was 20 days, bread on day 3, alcohol not until day 17.

Connie