What am i supposed to do now?

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  • lodro
    lodro Posts: 982 Member
    Fewer calories in than calories out will cause you to lose weight. Starvation mode only starts being a reality if you're under 6% body fat.

    Men and women need different amount of body fat so I can't imagine there is a set "6%" number for everyone. A man's essential body fat is in the 2-5% range (average is 18-24%) while a woman's is in the 10-13% range (average is 25-31%). Seeing a woman even as LOW as 6% is pretty rare unless she is in extreme malnutrition and then starvation "mode" is moot. We'd probably be looking at true starvation.

    That is exactly why it is called starvation mode, or starvation response. Thermogenic adaptation to calorie restriction is not starvation mode, my point exactly.
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