Craving for carbs! Refeed?

[MeLo]

I have read Jodi's article on refeed and leptin. Usually, eating clean is no problem on a clean bulking diet. Who needs a cheeseburger when i can have a cup of rice , coupled with steak, ff cheese and eggs?

I weigh 175lbs after bulking and got down to 166lbs now.. in 5 weeks.

However.. after getting to about 11 or 12% bodyfat, i decided it was time to cut. I cut my carbs to about 130 to 180g(more on training days), and have gotten down to about 9% now.. I did a refeed wrongly in my first 2 weeks(i was cheating instead... on burger or pizza once a week). However, during the last 3 weeks, I switched it to a refeed once a week. Lately, i have trouble getting through 6 days before starting a refeed.

On the 3rd of 4th day of the week, i am CRAVING for carbs. I read in a rather ambigous-looking article http://www.theministryoffitness.com/mof/library/articles/article18.htm
that at <10% bf, i should refeed for 3 continous days a week(dieting for 4 days a week). This seems to go against instinct. However, i am beginning to change my mind about this as i am constanly craving for carbs now.. this instant


So, do you all think i should increase my refeed days? Sorry about this long post, and i sincerely hope you all would enlighten me on what to do for the next step.

 

[MeLo]

help anyone...? I'm desperate

 

[thajeepster]

if you feel you need it, go for it, if you notice its interfering with weight loss, cut it back a tad... you know your body and what works and doesnt work for it better than anyone else does.

i think a refeed every 3-4 days is widely accepted. Try carb cycling. I hear its just as good... something like:

Day 1 Low
Day 2 Low
Day 3 No
Day 4 High
Day 5 Low
Day 6 Low
Day 7 No
Day 8 High etc etc... i dont know exacltly, i havent tried it, but I hear good things. Personally im way too small already to worry about losing weight.

I dont care if I get up to 15-16% bf, as long as i know theres gonna be some muscle underneath that fat once i cut .

 

[BulkMeUp]

It would depend on what your carb cycle is like. I dont know much about cyclical diets and have only ever done one cycle. But Jodi has a whole list of diets incl cyclical ones here. Maybe there is more info in one of them to answer your question. Good luck.