Question about Suggested Calories

MacMadame

OK but the problem is, you're calling it a myth, which, by your own admission, is false.

The myth is:

If you don't eat at least X calories, your body will go into starvation mode and you won't lose weight.

X = usually presented as 1200, sometimes 1400, but it can also be expressed as "If you don't eat your exercise calories"

It's a myth on many levels, which we've already gone over. I don't think either of us wants to go over it again. :laugh:

SHBoss1673

OK but the problem is, you're calling it a myth, which, by your own admission, is false.

The myth is:

If you don't eat at least X calories, your body will go into starvation mode and you won't lose weight.

X = usually presented as 1200, sometimes 1400, but it can also be expressed as "If you don't eat your exercise calories"

It's a myth on many levels, which we've already gone over. I don't think either of us wants to go over it again. :laugh:

OK, but this is NOT starvation mode, this is some one's misguided representation of their metabolic function. Starvation mode is REAL, and does happen, and when someone says it's a myth, others will listen.

don't you see? Saying "starvation mode is a myth" is the same as what the above is doing, attaching a broad generalization to a topic that is neither broad, nor general.

Correcting these people is fine, but doing so by just saying, "it's a myth" is frustration and laziness, nothing more. you correct this by telling them why it takes more than 1 or 2 days to enter starvation mode, and explaining how everyone has to determine, through careful research and study and tweaking of existing methods, their own limitations with regards to weight loss.
Classifying a condition as a myth because people incorrectly define the condition doesn't help, it just makes people more confused.

kwardklinck

If you start out eating only 1200 cals a day, you have no where else to go when your body decides to stop losing. I think I'd eat at least 1500 to start with and then decrease from there if you have to.