starvation mode

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  • SergeantSausage
    SergeantSausage Posts: 1,673 Member
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    atypicalsmith wrote: »

    ...validated that it wasn't valid.


    Uhhh ...

  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,150 Member
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    Nope.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,943 Member
    edited June 2015
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    mtringali13 wrote: »
    will someone please explain this? is it a thing or not?

    People use starvation mode as an excuse as to why they are not losing weight. So, for all the ordinary dieters you know, it is a myth.

    As to people who are emaciated and have lost a dangerous amount of muscle and fat, such as those in third world countries, starvation is very real. There are lots of starving people out there.
  • Camo_xxx
    Camo_xxx Posts: 1,082 Member
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    Of course it is real, haven't you people seen the snickers commercials ? Marsha Marsha Marsha !
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,943 Member
    edited June 2015
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    Camo_xxx wrote: »
    Of course it is real, haven't you people seen the snickers commercials ? Marsha Marsha Marsha !

    LOL
  • MKEgal
    MKEgal Posts: 3,250 Member
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    Yes, it's real.
    No, it's not what most people think it is, and no, you're not in it just because you're eating less.

    Read this:
    http://www.aworkoutroutine.com/starvation-mode/
    Read it again.

    Your body needs energy (calories) to run.
    It will get those however it can.
    It prefers to burn carbs (glucose, then glycogen).
    Then it prefers to burn fat.
    Yes, those can happen more or less at the same time.
    As a distant third, it will burn muscle. That's an inefficient conversion, plus it's a Hail Mary to try to live
    long enough to find food before you
    a - can't move
    and
    b - can't breathe or pump blood
    THAT is starvation mode. (Along with adaptive thermogenesis, where your metabolism does slow when you're
    actually starving, and doesn't return to normal for a long time, if at all.)
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,626 Member
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    Camo_xxx wrote: »
    Of course it is real, haven't you people seen the snickers commercials ? Marsha Marsha Marsha !

    I love that commercial. Especially Whatshisname doing Jan. Very awesome. :)

    Steve! Steve something, that's his name.

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