Thread: has anyone ever refeeded and maintained without putting on weight

has anyone ever done the refeed and then maintained there weight after coming off tfr ? would judt like to know as am gettin bit wrried with everyone seeming to gain and all

im wondering about this too .... there must be a success rate! surely!

I think when you initially come off then you will put on a little.... 4/5lbs as you will be eating carbs again!!! But it will just be a bit of water that you store!!! x

Maintaining your TFR losses will depend on your own ability to do so. I did TFR for over 26 weeks and lost about 89 lbs. I maintained this loss and also lost another 29 lbs through following a Gi plan.
My advice is find a plan you feel you can stick with, decide on a weight range you want to maintain within, adopt an 80/20 rule which will allow for treats for 20% of the time.
Keeping the weight off does require effort but it is worth it.

I lost another stone through re-feed and maintainace within 6months after my first stint at TFR and kept if off for over 3 years. Due to a very tough time, being quite sick and falling really into depression after that I put 2 stone back on in a very quick period of time (being snowed in for a month halfway up a mountian last winter didn't help and so huge bowls of pasts were eaten!!).

I lost 4.5 stone first time round and maintained for 3 yrs gained nearlt 2.5 agian and have lost it. I don't think everyone re-gains at all I know had I not been sick I wouldn't have. The trick is don't buy new clothes cause youb can't fit in your old ones...

I've been off TFR for six months now and not gained. Only back on TFR now as "phase 2". Hopefully in 4 to 5 weeks I'll be below a BMI of 25 and will finish with it for good.

Eat like you used to and you will put weight on, eat as you should and you will be fine. Simple as that really.

Originally Posted by Biffo1959

I've been off TFR for six months now and not gained. Only back on TFR now as "phase 2". Hopefully in 4 to 5 weeks I'll be below a BMI of 25 and will finish with it for good.

Eat like you used to and you will put weight on, eat as you should and you will be fine. Simple as that really.

Biffo's right- you got to remember once you finish the old saying changes to 'inside me is a fat woman dying to escape'. While I only got slightly out of healthy BMI it was too much the trick as well is to continue weighing in, tracking weight and nipping any gains in the bud. It's important as well to have a plan for when you come off I lived by GI crossed with 80/20 rules which was loose enough for me to stick too easily and maintain.

Originally Posted by loopyloudrewitt

has anyone ever done the refeed and then maintained there weight after coming off tfr ? would judt like to know as am gettin bit wrried with everyone seeming to gain and all

I have maintained within a few lbs here or there for well over a year now. I'm currently 10.9, and when I finished TFR I was 10.7 so it can be done!
Just remember that you will regain some of the weight you have lost if you return to your old eating habits. It also doesn't depend upon the way you lost the weight either, weather it be TFR, WW, Slimming World or Atkins.

Clair x

Hi.. iv just finished first week of Re feed and i got weighed this morning and lost 3 lbs... x

Originally Posted by gillyella

Hi.. iv just finished first week of Re feed and i got weighed this morning and lost 3 lbs... x

That's brill news Gillyella! Gives me hope, as I'm starting re-feed soon with the hope of continuing to lose a little each week until Christmas goal. How u keeping anyway hun?

x S

Hi Shivie I'm great Hun thanks. You? Delighted as I was terrified when I started eating felt so full after so little. Have kept very strict eating just roasted fish, chicken, turkey breast with either salad or veg.
Still feeling little anxious & missing the security of 100% but I do hope it proves to people that refeeding & maintaining doesn't mean extra lbs if you do it right & eat healthy. Can't wait to get back on tho as iv a further 2.5 stone to lose.. Xx

Having done tfr for a couple of months, I re-fed before a trip to France (staying with my parents, so knew I could make/control my own meals, for most of the time). On my re-feed week I didn't lose anything, but I was visiting a friend and we had a few glasses of wine and stuff, so hardly surprising!

I've been eating for about a month while I've been away - a lot better balanced meals than I used to have (less carbs and more fruit/salad/veg) but not really denying myself too much. The most obvious changes I've made have been replacing breakfast cereal with fruit or yoghurt (or just skipping altogether, if I had a late lie-in!) and cutting out solid chocolate (which I used to eat several squares of, every single day!)

I included little bits of cheese, olives, even a sliver or two of salami with my salads, but only small amounts, cut up small so that I could spread the tastes throughout the meal... I ate a patisserie probably every 2 or 3 days and had an ice-cream at least once a week! Ate out at restaurants 2 or 3 times a week, though I tried to pick as healthily as I could and maybe just have a starter and a side salad in place of a main meal.

I was expecting to put weight on, but was telling myself it was ok, because I knew I was going to start the tfr again and could undo the damage.

Turns out I lost 7lb! LOST! I couldn't believe it...

That's given me a lot of hope that maintaining won't be as hard as I'd feared - as long as you stay aware and keep checking your weight. I TOTALLY agree with Mrs JK - nip things in the bud and don't give in to buying new/elasticated clothes!

Thinking back, I probably also upped my exercise while I was away - went swimming a number of times and probably did a lot of walking without realising it (sight-seeing and wandering around galleries and stuff...)

Now I'm back and on tfr for the last leg, but I'm aware I'm not so active. I guess that should be a personal goal - to try and find some exercise I can fit into a routine and stick with...

I lost 8st with TFR and on november 9th I will have been maintaining that loss (bar a few lbs) for 2 years

Think of it not as a diet, not as depriving yourself but changing your entire attitude to food and embracing a 'healthier' lifestyle.

For me exercise is key. Without it I wouldn't be maintaining but there are some that don't exercise & still manage perfectly fine maintaining.

There's a section on the lipotrim forums for those maintaining and that where all our diaries are and where we usually 'hang out' so head over and have a read of some of them

Originally Posted by summergurl

I lost 8st with TFR and on november 9th I will have been maintaining that loss (bar a few lbs) for 2 years

Think of it not as a diet, not as depriving yourself but changing your entire attitude to food and embracing a 'healthier' lifestyle.

For me exercise is key. Without it I wouldn't be maintaining but there are some that don't exercise & still manage perfectly fine maintaining.

There's a section on the lipotrim forums for those maintaining and that where all our diaries are and where we usually 'hang out' so head over and have a read of some of them

Can i just say you look AMAZING!!!!! You are an inspiration to us all!!! x

Originally Posted by Deezer

Can i just say you look AMAZING!!!!! You are an inspiration to us all!!! x

Ah thanks!