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starvation mode

wantu2wantme
wantu2wantme Posts: 54
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Just curious, if your on a lower than 1200 cal a day diet, how long would it take for your body to start storing fat? a week, a month?

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  • sweettthings
    sweettthings Posts: 157 Member
    Depends on your metabolism, mine kicks in immediately.

    I'm restarting my "diet" after a long break because last time I was averaging about 1100 calories and wasn't losing anything, for months. This time I'm aiming for 1300-1500 a day, plus exercise calories. Hopefully that will be more successful.
  • lizard053
    lizard053 Posts: 2,344 Member
    Never go lower than 1200 a day without direct medical supervision.

    With that being said, it depends on your body. I'm on an ultra-low calorie diet (I'm at the doctor's office weekly). She has me lifting weights to minimize muscle loss and maximize fat loss. I have high protein, low carb and low fat. I have to exercise 7 days a week. It's very tough, and I still have trouble losing even when I'm following the plan exactly. I can go about 6 weeks with steady losses, then that starvation mode kicks in big time, and I have to double my workouts!
  • Di3012
    Di3012 Posts: 2,247 Member
    Just curious, if your on a lower than 1200 cal a day diet, how long would it take for your body to start storing fat? a week, a month?

    It would not store fat, it would be using all the fat up until it went under 8% and then the muscles would start to be eaten into.
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