Thread: So, wait(Refeed Question)..

Originally Posted by quaz12z

I'm sure this has been asked before:

I'm planning on incorporating an every-other-day refeed. At this point, I'm having trouble with other diet protocols.
I just need some details clarified. If, for example, on day one I finished the day with a caloric deficit of 500 calories...and then on day 2, I consumed 500 above maintenance...wouldn't my net deficit be almost nothing?

And, if I'm doing it every other day, could I afford to make the deficit larger? How big before leptin really drops?

And does the refeed, due to the metabolic boost it provides-and-what-not, "decrease the value of the calories" by any notable amount(as in, for example, 500 over maintenance acts more like 300 or something because of the leptin boost...?) ??
Thanks.

If you refeed every second day with a 500 calorie surplus after a deficit of 500 calories you'll just even out, and accomplish neither cutting nor bulking.

With a 500 calorie deficit you shouldn't need to refeed more than every 3 days. Anywhere from 4-8 days would work well for a 500 calorie deficit.

Originally Posted by Phineas

With a 500 calorie deficit you shouldn't need to refeed more than every 3 days. Anywhere from 4-8 days would work well for a 500 calorie deficit.

Right, but what about my other questions>

Like, would a deficit close to 1000 make my leptin go too low? And what about my question regarding leptin when you eat over maintenance?