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Understanding the "starvation mode" myth.

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  • eeejer
    eeejer Posts: 339 Member
    Can we not blame most of this on loss of muscle during times of bad, low calorie eating? I mean, you diet down to a lower weight irresponsibly, losing 10 lbs of muscle, then try to eat at maintenance for your old body, which is now too high because you burn less than before, so you diet down again and lose more muscle, and the cycle continues. Pair that with NEAT changes, exercise adaptation and a few other factors and eventually the level you have to set your calories to in order to lose is unrealistic and you have to give up.
  • 150_lbs_by_2019
    150_lbs_by_2019 Posts: 19 Member
    Um, so I don't remember giving you permission to write my biography. :tongue:
  • meredithdelcastillo
    meredithdelcastillo Posts: 64 Member
    This was so well written and very entertaining! Thanks for sharing :)
  • erwende
    erwende Posts: 5 Member
    What a great thread! I have never really bought into the whole "starvation mode". Someone brought up a good point about anorexia. Great points!

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