LouthLady (Cath)'s Refeed

I had planned on starting my refeed Monday but ended up starting today. i've been so unwell with a very bad kidney infection since tuesday and with work i only got to the doctor yesterday morning. I had been on 2 antibiotics 2 weeks ago for a gum infection and my doctor said that my kidneys were giving out to me because of the antibiotics and not having food to process them with. I was meant to take them with food so took them with my shakes and felt fine while doping it so i think maybe its just a coincidence. She supported me while on lipotrim but insisted i refeed now rather than monday as i'm on more antibiotics. I've never had a kidney infection like this before, over the past 3 days i was only able to stomach 5 shakes so i'm so weak too and struggling to drink anymore than 2 litres of water drank a day.

I went to my pharmacy today for a last weigh in. They have been very supportive and gave me a few leaflets (must read them!) about refeeding and explained it to me in detail - didn't want to tell them i had read loads about it already here! but what i found funny was they said i couldn't use my tfr shakes as part of my refeed because they were made up differently and my body would think i was trying to go back to ketosis each morning. they gave me a few samples of the maintainence shakes and i bought a box of the bars. I still feel very sick all the time but managed to have a bar, took about 20 minutes to eat as i felt so rough but it was nice to chew again and taste something other than chocolate or chicken shakes! The tfr shakes i've left i'll just keep for when i go back on it at the end of the summer.

I know this sounds silly but a little bit of me feels i've let myself down by refeeding early, i know its only 2 days and it won't make much difference but psychologically its a bit of a blow to me.

I don't like meat/fish/poultry so emailed lipotrim to see could i have eggs as quorn tastes like meat so don't eat it very often and they said i could have 2 eggs boiled, scrambled or poached instead so i'll have egg salad later if i can stomach it! It's crap feeling sick at the start of refeed, i'm meant to be looking forward to eating healthily but i'm really not, well today anyway, give it a few days and i'll be fine

i'll post up later what i ended up having

I hope you get better soon Cath.
You did so well on LT.
Im so jelalous you are on refeed already
Cant wait till Thursday for my first tuna salad in weeks...

Aha! That answers my question I posted on another thread.

Don't feel bad Cath, you've done brilliantly! Keeping safe is the only way on LT, and I agree that now is the time to refeed, so smile and remember you're doing this for the best. I think you've done so well sticking it out while needing antibiotics. I also ended up with a gum infection towards the end of TFR and was very ready to refeed. Gum infection subsided quickly after I started eating again

Hope you feel better soon, you've worked hard for it so enjoy your meal today, you deserve it x x x

Kay is spot on as always, you have done brilliantly don't feel bad your health always has tto one first and it's only a couple of days early. Good luck Hun I'm sure you'll do brilliantly xx

Thank you for the support ladies

I had a maintainence bar at about 1pm.
Then for my dinner at 6.30 i had 2 boiled eggs, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, onion, teaspoon of sweetcorn, 2 baby beetroot and balsamic vinegar. I was still feeling sick when i sat down to eat and thought it'll either kill me or cure me and thankfully it didn't kill me! I feel a bit better now after it and it was yummy, the balsamic vinegar was fab.
I had a maintainence bar at 10pm with a cup of black tea.


I've gone totally off coffee the past week, even the smell of it turns my stomach and i love coffee! But the black tea is grand, i would onlynormally drink it about twice a year but i've enjoyed it the past week.

My little boy is turning 4 soon and he's having his party next saturday. When we sat down to dinner he told me i could go to his party now because i was eating my dinner and having no more shakes, shake's aren't allowed at his party lol!

So glad you were able to eat a proper meal, hope you are feeling better this morning, as Cath, Kay and Emma said....this is for your health. Also what your Son said was so cute. Enjoy the party xx

Lol bless him xx

Glad you managed your meal!!! Yep, I'm a balsamic vinegar convert too and can't live without it now. Hope you're feeling much better today x x x

Where did you get your balsamic vinegar? Do you get it as like a salad dressing or do you get it by the oils and malt vinegar etc x

Lucy I get Morrisons own brand white balsamic which I love. Have looked in ASDA but can only find the oil added stuff in there salad dressing section.

What's the difference between white and normal balsamic? I saw balsamic vinegar in asda by like the olive oils but also saw it in there made up salad section! Felt like an idiot asking you guys, who knew something simple could get confusing! X

Lucy this is the one i use, its only 13 calories per 15mls and its so tasty. Its in the salad section beside the mayonnaise

Today went really well, we were at a local school fun day and so many people told me how well i'm looking, its so strange but nice at the same time

I had a summer fruit/berries shake (can't remember the name!) and found it ok, a lot creamier than the tfr shakes.

I had salad at lunchtime, same as yesterday and was lovely

Then for dinner i dry fried 1 pepper, 3 mushrooms, 1/3 onion and a spoon of sweetcorn in spices and then mixed my 2 eggs through it, kinda like an omlette or fried rice without the rice! It was very tasty.

I find i'm eating so slow now, i take about 15 minutes to eat a meal as i don't want to gorge or overeat, i want to beaware of what i'm eating. I had an awful habit of mindless eating, i was eating whether i was enjoying it or not

That sounds really nice I might try an egg in my refeed xx

My balsamic vinegar looks completely different to that mine looks like vinegar that looks more like sauce, might try your one xx

Thanks for that Cath x

No problem lucy

Breakfast was a summerfruits shake

Lunch was an egg salad like yesterday

For dinner i had 8oz baby potatoes, chopped small, boiled the dry-fried with jalapenos, red peppers, sweetcorn, onion and mushrooms with the egg beaten through it.

It was all tasty but during dinner i panicked that i was eating too much and put about 1/4 of it into a tupperware container and told myself i could have it later if i needed it but i didn't eat it. I'm not enjoying food the way i thought i would, i still love preparing it and thinking of how nice it'll be when i taste it but its weird,as soon as i start eating it loses its appeal. I'm taking it that this is a good thing, i'm just not used to it!

I had a small bottle of diet coke todaywhich was yummy but still drank 3 litres of water so don't feel too bad about it.


Does anyone know when its ok to use the 1 calorie spray instead of oil? At the moment i'm just adding a little water when stuff sticks to the pan. But tomorrow i was thinking of roasting the baby potatoes and the spray would make them crispy. Also, i can start having more carbs tomorrow but not sure i want to, will it be ok to give
them a miss for another day or two or should i follow the refeed exact, i don't want to think i'm ok then gain loads next week if i eat bread or that.

Gosh i hadn't planned on writing an essay but once i started i realised i'd so many questions, all answers are appreciated

I was like that cath , I ate my chicken salad and thought I'd rather have a shake and still lose weight, I think it's because we have become so reliant on them. It's a strange feeling refeeding, it's good tho because you have probably trained your mind that you don't need it xx

Hi Cath, glad to hear your refeed is going well. I too hadn't planned on refeeding so early but am now planning to refeed from tomorrow (scary!). You sound like you are doing so well, thanks for showing me your vinegar I will have to look out for that when I go shopping tomorrow - it feels so weird to think ill be shopping for food. I can't believe it, I'm not at goal yet but am not far off I just can't wait to eat healthy and exercise.. If you told me before this diet that I would be excited to exercise I would of laughed at you. Wow x x x

Hi Cath,
I know I'm only new at Lipotrim but I think you should follow the reefed exactly - just like you did the plan, any gains will just be you body adjusting as you are not overeating, you may not have any gain at all.......anyhow roast potatoes....parboil, pop in a large bowl, 1 tsp Olive oil (yes extra calories but good fats) coat potatoes with oil and then add a little corn flour, mix around again and pop in oven.......salt, pepper even some rosemary, before you roast = delicious roast potatoes.