Questin about being under calorie goal-starvation mode

lodro

are those same monks skinny, proper weight or fat? Big difference

All types. Dalai Lama? Eats one substantial meal a day and something in the evening: isn't particularly skinny. I know skinny monks, fat monks, regular weight monks. I think it's more about the amount of calories you eat, not so much meal frequency.

Also, in following the discussions about how MFP does its calculations: one of the variables it uses in calculating BMR is activity level. So if you set that to high, that too is factored in and you wouldn't be able to automatically assume that the calories you burn while exercising could be added.

anniewalker1

ive been doing 950 calories for weeks now and keep yo yoing between 2 kg is this because im eating too little - i cant excersise for health reasons and if i up the calories to 1200 will i put on loads of weight - im depressed now

Leigh258

bump

monkeysmum

does starvation mode base on what you eat as opposed to calorie amount??
e.g if a person ate 1000calories a day eating all healthy food oppotions getting the correct amount of vitamins minerals proteins etc the body needs going to go in to starvation mode thinking as a person with no exercise in the mix as obvious with exercise they would need more
what if the person gets there 1200 calories on all junk food
i was under impression starvation mode was based on lack of correct nutrition as opposed to lack of calorie intake.

i understand the whole base calorie amount to lose 1lb aweek and eat exercise calories if you exercise but i confuse on the actual cause of starvation mode lack of calories or lack of correct nutrients

anniewalker1

bump ? am i missing something?