tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813295658825716967.post7316191757798231890..comments2024-03-14T00:19:26.271-07:00Comments on Tracy Reifkind's Training Food and Thought: All You Can Cook DayTracy Reifkindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07868257020358013257noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813295658825716967.post-17696772384632183002009-04-01T12:54:00.000-07:002009-04-01T12:54:00.000-07:00"rocks"This is Mark, Tracy's husband. As a 30 year..."rocks"<BR/><BR/>This is Mark, Tracy's husband. As a 30 year old male you have a totally different metabolism and response to dieting than a 40 plus year old woman.The fasting she does after a high calorie day 'resets' her metabolism and allows the higher calories that were eaten the day before to be used,rather than just absorbed. SHe used this technique for many years to keep her weight down and also allow for the high calorie days, which also keeps the metabolism high instead of becoming depressed after continued low calorie days.<BR/>I got the term cheat day from my bodybuilding days which is what all the athletes called it before word association became such a hugh thing.Mark Reifkindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13796716749125262941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813295658825716967.post-37971925189485346972009-04-01T08:30:00.000-07:002009-04-01T08:30:00.000-07:00Rocks,Great comment! I can see we have thought ab...Rocks,<BR/><BR/>Great comment! I can see we have thought about this the same way!<BR/><BR/>I consider cooking my favorite hobby, so changing the focus from eating to cooking was my way to celebrate food in a way that is actually more enjoyable to me. Make no mistake, eating IS enjoyable no doubt, but the preparation of food is meditative and rewarding, to me, in a way that helps the eating of it turn into an experience....I don't know if I can accurately describe it.....but I'm having so much fun! (Polenta made with milk and cheese in the PC with italian sausage and chard last night...yum yum!)<BR/><BR/>"Release of retriction".....I like how you describe that.....I'm going to think about that and write a blogpost because I think living with long term restriction and wanting to make that "normal", hmmnn......I've had some experience similar to that....interesting.....Tracy Reifkindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07868257020358013257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813295658825716967.post-87199002521213705542009-03-31T06:16:00.000-07:002009-03-31T06:16:00.000-07:00So whats the deal with the fasting the day after a...So whats the deal with the fasting the day after a high calorie day. <BR/><BR/>I also eat a cheat/high calorie day one day a week, but I dont like the name cheat or high calorie. It seems like what I am doing the rest of the week is restrictive, which it is. Since I am trying to make my new restrictive my new norm, I dont want to be reminded every weekend that it is restrictive. So I am searching for a new name for that day. If you have any ideas I would love to hear them. I have come up with a few but don't really care for them, refeed, free day, or high carb day, nothing that dosent indicate some sort of release of restriction. Maybe I need to change the way I look at that day and not make it about just food, but more of an experience....hmmmm???Rockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15489528631888038775noreply@blogger.com