Refeed Days Are Here!

Next week, those of us who signed up for this 80 day adventure get to indulge in cookies, donuts, and nachos during Refeed Days.

So the cookies have coconut flour, the donuts are made with xanthan gum, and the “chips” for the nachos are apples. My point still stands.

These delectable delicacies are made with dirty yellows, or simple carbs. Simple carbs are foods with higher glycemic levels. They help fuel your muscles faster than the carbs we’ve been eating which is thrilling for my tastebuds but scary for my muscles.

Refeed Days are not cheat days. I feel like this needs to be said again, and in large lettering:

Refeed Days are not cheat days.

So what is a Refeed Day? According to bodybuilding.com, a Refeed Day is:

a short-term, planned period of overfeeding—usually focusing on particular macronutrients—that surpasses current caloric intake, often incorporated during a fat-loss phase

Refeed Days focusing on replenishing the carbohydrate stores in our bodies. That’s right, folks. Carbs are not the enemy. Your body needs them, and there is little scientific evidence showing that cutting or severely reducing carbs improves your health or athletic performance.

But that’s a topic for another day.

Simple carbs approved for Refeed Days include:

Cream of Wheat
Grits
White Rice
White Pasta
Couscous
Cornflakes
Rice Krispies
Mini-pretzels
Saltines
Water Crackers
White Bread
Hamburger/Hot Dog Bun
Bagel
Pita
Vanilla Wafers
Chocolate or Plain Graham Crackers

As indicated earlier in this post, there are recipes that count as 1 dirty yellow, like Double Chocolate Cookies and Baked Donut Holes, and those that count as 1 dirty yellow and another container, like Chocolate-Caramel Apple Nachos. I will be eating as many of these as possible. Pita is good and all, but come on, we’re talking about cookies here.

Which “treat” are you most excited for during Refeed Days?