to refeed or not to refeed?

[lardybride2be]

My wedding is 8 weeks away and im hoping to lose 20lbs at least before then. We go away for a week beginning the evening of the wedding, and I want to have that week off. However I don't like the idea of refeed the week leading up to the wedding cuz wana shift the last bit of weight in the last week. So what's the best plan? Will I pile weight on on my honeymoon if I don't refeed? Or will I get away with eating healthily on honeymoon? Help?!

 

[bigjeeze]

Simply - Yes you will pile on the weight if you don't re feed. The initial weight loss in LT is because you lose the water that is reatined in the glygogen - this going is what gives you the intital large weight loss. If you don't re feed then this will come on in a day or two in almost the same same way as it went. Don't do it!!

 

[Louloubellehoney]

Honey, 1st of all congrats on your impending wedding day and 2nd do not worry, you MUST do the re~feed or like the lovely above says you`ll gain water weight which is just what you want to avoid like the plague. If it gives you any comfort I lost a further 5lb`s on my re~feed week... one thing I did slightly different though is on the days when you introduce potatoes, I only had a 2 tiny ones, and I omitted the bread, sticking to the chicken/turkey and bowl of salad or veg. It worked for me hun..... Please do the re~feed its their for this precise reason.... all the best hun xxxx

 

[lardybride2be]

Thank you for the advice, refeed seems less daunting if I may still lose weight that week! Can't wait to have to get my dress taken in at the last minute

 

[JACSFAT]

The stress leading up to a wedding usually means you lose extra pounds too. I had to be pinned into my dress on my wedding day, I hadn't even been dieting and had Pizza Hut the night before! Ooohhh where have those days gone? Can't even look at a pizza now without putting weight on! Good luck, I'm sure you'll look fab xx