pennys refeed diary

[ropemaha]

well here i am .... finally

cant say i am going to miss the hunger thats for sure....really has been relentless.

so i begin refeed on 67.7kgs. cohens goal is 66.1 so hopefully i will finish around that but i dont care cause i know i am ready.

so day 1 and i add in extra old protein, extra old veg, 1 good fruit and ....drumroll please....a slice of bread!!!!

so i added the extra of old veg to breakfast this morning cause i was ravenous.

i will split the extra protein btw lunch and dinner

for lunch i am going to have my meat and veg on a piece of toast ....cant believe how excited i am about that...

i will endeavour to post the days menu tonight and i will try to keep this up throughout the refeed....

pen

[hexi2]

Great news Pen - I am pleased you decided to start

[ropemaha]

yep what you said last night hex about torturing myself for no reason, really rang true...it was the clincher...thanks mate

pen

[Kohinoor]

Hi Pen,

GOOD ON YOU for being on refeed - it's been quite a ride (specially the last week or three, eh?).

And, hey, I'm sure you will LOVE settling right where you are (weight-wise) - you are looking SO good mate.

Just "watch out" when you and Hexi get together for that celebration - you two could turn Alice on its head, and then need another 3 weeks "right back here" afterward :P

Hugs,

Koh

[kagiesen]

Welcome to the land of re-feed. I'm sure you'll like the new increased serves, and the experiment of adding foods and seeing/learning how your body reacts, what to avoid, what foods don't increase weight etc.

Good luck!

Katrin

[ropemaha]

hey koh, i dunno about three weeks back on the program, i am way outta practice in the party arena so i may be in bed at 9.30pm

thanks kagiesen, i am already enjoying it.

well i added the extra veg to brekkie this morning and it was the first morning in a week that i havent been hungry....yay

and for lunch i had extra meat and a slice of wholemeal toast and god i feel full now.

so nice to not feel hungry and grumpy. i actually feel pretty relaxed today

pen

[TheSkinnyMeInside]

YEAH PENNY

Welcome to the crazy journey known as refeed. So glad you are are joining us. I think that makes 4 now...soon Tuti will be here too...and possibly others that I am not aware of.

How many days is your refeed? Mine is 19 and I have just finished day 9...so 10 more to go.

Cindy

[ropemaha]

16 days mate....yay

[Annabelle Joy]

Good to see that you're not hungry today. That surely must mean you were ready for refeed, Penny.

AJ

[shell]

YEA Penny !!

Welcome to re feed, you will love it
Shell

[drexyl]

WOW!
You're finally here! I'm sure it feels like ages for you, but for all of us it seems like a minute ago you had 15kg's or more to lose!
Congrats on reaching refeed Pen, enjoy! You deserve it!

Hey does this now mean you'll be doing the Brisbane conference??????

Cya from me xo

[ropemaha]

hey drex...probably will be in brissie but i will let you know when its confirmed...

ok refeeders...definately not having a good reaction to the bread, stomach cramps and lotsa wind and dont feel well....might avoid it for the next few days then try again and see what happens....

not hungry though so all is not lost

pen

[ropemaha]

OMG... i just had my chicken curry for dinner followed by 120grms of sweet delicious pineapple....yummo...

didnt really used to like pineapple but hey that was pretty nice

the bread debacle seems to have passed, will see what the scales say tomorrow....still gonna stay away from it though...felt like i had eaten something that was off....

my stomach is so full...and tomorrow i have to add more protein....sheesh feeling full already...well not stuffed full but way better than i felt yesterday thats for sure....

pen

[hexi2]

Yep I just loved the pineapple too - so SWEET...did have rockmelon but that didn't seem as nice.

Don't forget blueberries I think they are so lovely...

I think the first day I had bread it was the same...but the rye seems to be good. I just bought an organic rye (sorta like pumpernickel) pres free...really looking forward to that tomorrow.

The x is gonna have the kids after the bangtail muster on Monday I was thinking I for some reason have 2 $20 vouchers for the Casino (for my birthday)...maybe we could go there for a coffee and a flutter?

I can't wait to go to Gloria Jeans in a few days and get a skinny late or a soya one!

Life is so much better on refeed hey

[hexi2]

Oh yeh and tonight I bought 2 bottles of wine...

A barossa reisling and a Coonawarra Cab Sheraz Merlot...one of each for each night

And we have been invited to Tania's birthday the same night of your finishing up 23rd May so I thought we could go out for Indian at Hanumans or the Eastside one...(whatever you want) and then we could go to Tanias for a while sometime after...although I forgot you might have a few people there. Either way I will need to pop in to her place for a while...followed by a BIG NIGHT out on the town!

[shell]

Morning Penny,
I see you are still getting up early!!

It is great enjoying the little bit extra food on re feed, and to be satisfied!
Have a great day
Shell

[ropemaha]

hey hex....not sure about the casino, got a fair bit on on monday, need to get a few things done with rob before he goes monday night and i also have an old mate in town so i really need to catch her at some point...

but tania's on the 23rd i can do...omg i had better drink soda water me thinks....sheesh the social life awaits....oh and btw we dont have to go out for dinner that night cause rob is fully expecting to be the one to 'escort' us out on a dinner date and being a friday he may not be able to come that night....oh decisions, decisions hey

down 100grms today, 67.6, which is a total surprise considering how full i was last night and the whole bread thing....i will try the rye in a few days and if the same thing happens it is off the menu, was not a pleasant experience....

yogurt and blueberries for brekkie, roll on 7am

sheesh your quick shell, yep up again before the birds....slept well though, just waking up at 5.30am....now thats gotta change i tells ya

pen

[shell]

Hi Penny,
Burgen wholemeal & seed is the lowest carb bread (thanks to Pandora for working that out), and is preservative free!!
I have been having the Burgen Rye while on re feed because not allowed the grainy one- but will definatly be eating it in limited amounts after re feed!
Shell

[FotoHijinx]

Hey Pen

Yay - you're doing refeed!!! Now I have to jump around the forum trying to find you guys (don't forget little old me back in the diaries!!)

Aww and you are planning a big night out without me!! *stomps foot* whats that all about!!!

Its looking more and more like we won't be there for the Masters grrrrr - not happy Jan but I am going to plan a special trip up to see you guys once I've finish (my reward to myself!) - so don't you tarts wear out all those men cos the pocket rocket is coming!!!

Enjoy all the new foods (lucky cow)

Cheers
Irene

[ropemaha]

what!!!!!!

not good enough mate....you gotta get here, actually i may be coming to adelaide at some point for ANOTHER work conference, if so then you are taking me out hey....but you gotta get here as well

yr photos rock mate

pen