What's all the hype about refeed days??

Hey there friends!! Long time no blogging right??? Sorry it's been a while!! Life has been absolutely insane for me and truly haven't had time to blog or think! Ha ha okay that's a little drastic but it's how I feel sometimes!!! Today I'm going to be talking about refeed days. The information, the results and my opinion! If you haven't heard of it yet, now you will! Let's get started! 

So, I had heard people talking about refeed days and wasn't sure what it was. I noticed a figure competitor on IG talk about it and I still remember the picture to this day. It was of egg whites and a snickers bar and that was her breakfast before her lifting session! Haha. I thought to myself, well that's super awesome and just kept scrolling thinking it was a bunch of pish posh. My boyfriend Aaron ended up asking the next day to research on it because he was curious so I did! Now here's where people need to be careful. There are soooo many opinions on refeed days. What you should do. What you should eat. How much you should. Etc. Etc. So, after my research of what it does, I decided to try it out myself. I have been prepping for an awesome photo shoot coming up this weekend and thought this would be a good trial to see if it works. Sort of risking it but I had confidence. And this was my results. 

This was two days after my 4th refeed day of the month!! This is what I did!

So, I ate super duper clean all week. Sunday through Friday. Watching carbs, making sure the carb source was strictly sweet potatoes, rice, oats, rice cakes. (Complex carbs) cycling the gram intake and keeping fat low and protein high. (Of course ha ha) then when Saturday would come I would still keep the protein high, fat was low but the carb intake was doubled! I usually shot for 220g of carbs. But the carb source was starchy carbs. Bread. Potatoes. Fries. Dough. Tortillas. These carbs sources release a hormone in the brain called "Leptin." Leptin speeds up the metabolism and gets in to that belly areas and burns fat cells and uses them for energy! So, since you don't eat those starchy carbs all week, then one day of the week you healthily give your body a good dose of those carbs, your body goes into Leptin mode and releases that into your system and boom, you got belly fat going away! I would still eat every 3 hours, decent sized meals, I would NOT go over board. But I made sure by the end of the day I was at 200g carbs using MYFITNESS PAL to put my footd intake in and made sure my fat content was low. (Around 60-70g)  I didn't want to ruin my hard work of course. Now, I also do 30 min of morning fasted cardio on the bike as well as my lift sessions, which I know helps as well. I'm not going to jus rely on a chemical to get fit. It just doesn't work that way, but I did try it and I will say I like what I see so far! It also helps mentally. By the end of the week, I'm tired, I'm hungry for substance and being able to get good meals in and have that satisfaction with some good food helped keep me going!! 

I'm not sure I would ever do this for a show prep diet. Some competitors do, which is fine but I will have to keep trying it to see what I think!! But if you're wanting to get lean and maybe you're having trouble and have tried everything, give this a shot!! Let me know what you think!! 

Keep on those goals!! Don't ever give up! Eat clean, stay active and be positive!! 

BELIEVE in yourself. INSPIRE others. ACHIEVE your goals. 

Quote of the day:"sweat more. Bitch less." 

Till next time my fitness friends!! <3