Dos and Donts after Refeed, Lets make a sticky, post your top tips.

[lessfatty]

I would like to make a sticky about do's and dont's after refeed and want to get others inputs that I will blatantly copy into the new "sticky" thread.

Top Do's

• Be careful with increased consumption of white starches. Bread, Potatoes, Rice. They really are not required eating as Cohen has taught you. Lots of fresh non-starchy vegetables will never be bad news to your man-tits or thunder thighs!
• Now you are slim and trim, you can be fit as well. Do something you love(d) doing. You need a physically activity you like doing and you can do it a few times a week.
• Keep active on weekends stop the couch potato, pig outs.
• Weigh yourself each morning, how much do you weigh? No excuses now, how long ago was it that you where you at your ideal weight? A day, A week, A month? If it is more than a week it is Cohen time! Dont excuse yourself!
• Men keep yourself honest with a belt and belt notch you know after refeed you could use comfortably, if it becomes uncomfortable and you want to ease it a notch....Time for a a few days of Cohen meal therapy! Don't just put that belt away and "forget" to use it! Girls I suppose it could be some "slim" fit jeans, put them on once a week

Top Dont's

• Snacks: A little hear and little there and sooner rather than latter it is "love big butt" time again. Tip: One snack per day period!
• Increased food amount creep, a little more here, a extra bit there, soon you are eating a big lunch and a big dinner...and the kg's start to "snack" on. (pun intended). Tip weigh your food every now and then...you may get a surprise!
• Alcohol and "snacking". My weak point, if I drink I love to snack (finger food). A little is OK, but self control is hard when you are a bit drunk.
• Get back to old habits, are you eating the same junk again, it still doesn't taste good, why are you eating it?
• Milk, are we having too much again, mornings, latte's after lunch or dinner? Milk is cows blood without the red bits! Its has way too much sugar (latose), low fat has the same amount of sugar, and if you are sensistive to it like me, the hormones are not doing your body any good either.

[meagain]

Do maintain water intake 1ltr/25kgs
Do maintain vitamin/mineral supplementation
Do limit your intake of new veg and protein to no more than 25% of weekly intake
Do limit your fruit
Do limit your cheese
Do excerise
Do weigh

Don't listen to the people (including yourself) who say "go on, you can have one now" or "one won't hurt". Stop it now.
Don't put enough going back on the program
Don't kid yourself it's finished.

[lessfatty]

Originally Posted by meagain

Do limit your intake of new veg and protein to no more than 25% of weekly intake

Ouch that is difficult! it is more like 75% or is it 95% "new" for me! I couldnt wait to eat the full range of fish, meats and vegetables (eggplants, salmon, japanese seaweeds, miso).

[meagain]

It's what keeps it off!

Originally Posted by lessfatty

Ouch that is difficult! it is more like 75% or is it 95% "new" for me! I couldnt wait to eat the full range of fish, meats and vegetables (eggplants, salmon, japanese seaweeds, miso).

For me, any more than that is asking for trouble. (Also, it's what my mainentance guidleines say.)