"Starvation mode"?

DebbieLyn63

Re: Starvation mode - have a look at this: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/3047-700-calories-a-day-and-not-losing

If I remember this story correctly, the woman was eating 700 cals a day during the week, very low carb and low protein, then binging on the weekends on high carb foods, thus negating her calorie deficit for the week.
This is not starvation mode, it is just a starve-binge cycle.

Most of the people who claim to be eating very low calories, and either not losing or even gaining, are doing exactly this. They are binging frequently due to the low cals on some days, and thus not creating an overall deficit.

Anyone who has any extra weight on them, that actually eats 700 cals EVERY day, WILL lose weight.

**Edited to include the disclaimer that I am NOT suggesting or condoning a 700 calorie diet. Eat at a reasonable deficit over time, and you will lose weight.

To the OP- Weight stalls can be caused by water retention due to higher sodium or higher carb levels, so all the salami and bread products you have eaten this week, may be the culprit. Salami is generally high in sodium, and extra sugar/starchy carbs can cause your body to increase glycogen stores.

amwbox

The truth is that your metabolism does slow down under caloric restriction...but it doesn't prevent you from burning fat. It just happens somewhat slower. It gets massively overblown, mostly because VLCD's are unhealthy.

If your down below 500 calories a day you are definitely losing weight faster than if you were eating 3 times as much...but not as fast as if you were eating 3 times as much while also burning a bunch of calories via exercising for hours.

Under low calorie consumption, the body goes into ketosis, which by its nature causes fat burn. Yes, ketosis happens even in the presence of carbohydrate if the deficit is large enough.

Extreme caloric deficit can cause rapid weight loss, but is not sustainable in the long term. Its also potentially less efficient than less restriction combined with lots of exercise.

tmauck4472

Starvation mode occurs after years and years of low caloric intake. You are not even close to hitting this. Why do you think anorexics are skinny? You didn't do enough research.

^This x's 1000000000

cassie4animals

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/another-look-at-metabolic-damage.html#more-9313

Good article. Thank you for sharing.

ninerbuff

Whenever one reduces calories, their metabolic rate will drop. The challenge is to keep the metabolic rate up while in calorie deficit and this is usually done with physical activity.
Stall are normal and usually last a couple of weeks. Just stay consistent.

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