starvation mode question.

It takes weeks.

Some symptoms:
Excessive loss of hair/shedding
Thinning hair
Irritability
Mood swings
Loss of libido
Constant fatigue
Lack of motivation
Obsessive thoughts about food
Food hoarding
Ritualized consumption of food
Wolfing down food

Please do a search on the forums for '1200'. Read just some of the literally hundreds and hundreds of posts from people eating 1200 calories or less and not losing weight. Notice how nearly all of them have found success by gradually increasing their diets to a sane level.

Take from that what you will.

Starvation mode = myth

sometimes the body hits a wall, called a "Plateau". Try changin up your workout. Something as simple as just moving the exercises around may do it. I had to ad 3 days of racquetball to mine.

There is peer-reviewed research for slowing of metabolic rate and prolonged caloric deficits. I don't agree with most people on here who think they have it but don't disregard it as a whole.

True. A metabolic slowdown to the tune of a candy bar a day has been observed and documented.

There is peer-reviewed research for slowing of metabolic rate and prolonged caloric deficits. I don't agree with most people on here who think they have it but don't disregard it as a whole.

True. A metabolic slowdown to the tune of a candy bar a day has been observed and documented.

Agreed. I can understand going into starvation mode if you are already of "normal/healthy" weight. But for someone who is severely overweight, it just makes no sense. Why on earth (if you are still at least eating a decent amount of healthy whole foods and calories-1100-1200/day) would your body think it's starving it? People also keep saying "you will lose muscle if you eat below 1200/day, and you won't lose fat/metabolism will slow down etc", again, makes sense for someone who is of a healthy weight, but the entire point of fat is to feed your body when you aren't getting enough food (think back to cavemen days). So tell me (because I would honestly like to know), why my body would eat my muscle first when I still have about 90lbs of fat to lose? I'm just not buying into it. I'm not promoting anyone eating only a few hundred calories a day (I think that is ridiculous/have tried it and it absolutely doesn't work), that being said, I think eating at, or slightly below 1200/day is perfectly fine for someone who needs to lose a large amount of weight. That obviously may need to be reevaluated as more weight is lost (more calories/activities added), but as I said, I just don't understand all of the uproar over it. Not to mention everyone is different and everyone IS "as special snowflake" (as people in these forums like to say). What works for one person may not work for the next. If you need to eat more than 1200 to feel full and satisfied and to be able to function properly, than I think that is great and wonderful and you should absolutely do that. But at the same time, if you are eating 1100-1200/day, and feel completely satisfied, are getting all the proper nutrients and eating healthy clean foods then what is the big deal? It would be so great if people would respect other's weightloss journeys without getting their panties into a bunch over it. If you disagree, do it respectfully. Speak in terms of what worked for YOU, because again, that may not work for everyone. And from what I can tell from the research I have done online, there is still tons of differing opinions as to when/how "starvation mode" comes into play.
Okay, enough ranting on my part. Good luck to everyone on here and I honestly hope everyone finds what works for them!

sometimes the body hits a wall, called a "Plateau". Try changin up your workout. Something as simple as just moving the exercises around may do it. I had to ad 3 days of racquetball to mine.

^^^this.... or you can also just ride out a plateau and eventually it will break on its own. Plateaus or stalls happen.. you don't lose weight in a straight line.. it's more like a stair step pattern. In the month of April I lost 3 pounds for the whole month.. THREE AND A HALF OF THOSE WEEKS I lost ZERO... Actually I gained a few pounds and then lost them during that time, but my total loss was ZERO. The month of May I've already lost 13 pounds Same calories, same exercise! Also in April.. even though I only lost three pounds, I dropped three notches on my belt and started fitting into clothes that I couldn't previously so clearly a lot of crazy stuff happens to your body during a plateau.... I like to think of a plateau as your body's way of "finding itself"