Can eating under my calorie goal for the day slow down weight loss?

MsVonneNoel
MsVonneNoel Posts: 1 Member
edited November 30 in Food and Nutrition
Hello!
Just started back at this loosing weight and lifestyle change thing but , I find that even though I eat and feel full , I'm not hitting my daily allowance ,especially when adding excersize (Zumba at home on the Xbox ) am I sabotaging myself If I'm still under at the end of the day ? I've heard not eating enough can slow weight loss .

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  • hko718
    hko718 Posts: 85 Member
    Yes, under-eating can lead to stagnant weight loss.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    That is a myth.
  • hko718
    hko718 Posts: 85 Member
    edited March 2016
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    That is a myth.

    Under-eating is proven to provide slow results/plateaus. Just try google plz
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    It won't slow your weight loss, however, you could be losing more muscle mass than you realize. The body can only obtain a certain amount of fuel from your fat stores in a day, so the extra comes from muscle. The best indicator is to watch your progress over time. Adjust accordingly.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    edited March 2016
    hko718 wrote: »
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    That is a myth.

    Under-eating is proven to provide slow results/plateaus. Just try google plz

    Do 'splain
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/761810/the-starvation-mode-myth-again/p1
  • hko718
    hko718 Posts: 85 Member
    Yet no legit coaches believe that it's a myth. Prayers. Try google srs
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    May the bro-force be with you!
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    hko718 wrote: »
    Yet no legit coaches believe that it's a myth. Prayers. Try google srs

    Then you are not legit
  • veggiecanner
    veggiecanner Posts: 137 Member
    It did for me, took more than 1 day though.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    hko718 wrote: »
    Yet no legit coaches believe that it's a myth. Prayers. Try google srs

    Rather than asking her to Google this, why not link her to a peer-reviewed study that proves starvation mode actually happens?
  • CollieFit
    CollieFit Posts: 1,683 Member
    hko718 wrote: »
    Yet no legit coaches believe that it's a myth. Prayers. Try google srs

    Looking forward to you linking some peer reviewed published evidence from your "legit" coaches.
  • Becky_charles29
    Becky_charles29 Posts: 125 Member
    Prolonged eating below 1200 will have an impact - the extent to which is debatable - but the odd day is not going to cause problems. If it did, a lot of people who suffer sickness bugs would have screwed people! I had gastroenteritis and I could barely eat for 3 weeks...didn't affect the rate I lost weight afterwards.

    This is also held up by the success of the 5:2 diet

    Eating too little long term however can impact your muscles. If your body starts breaking down muscle, at rest you will burn fewer calories, and as such your weight loss will slow
  • elphie754
    elphie754 Posts: 7,574 Member
    hko718 wrote: »
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    That is a myth.

    sickening knowledge. Under-eating is proven to provide slow results/plateaus. Just try google plz
    hko718 wrote: »
    Yet no legit coaches believe that it's a myth. Prayers. Try google srs

    No to both. Starvation mode is a myth. If you are in a calorie deficit you will lose weight.

    If you want to prove a point, telling people to Google is not a way to prove it. There is a lot of misinformation floating around the Internet. Numerous scientific peer reviewed studies have proven this.
  • StealthHealth
    StealthHealth Posts: 2,417 Member
    sugarjux wrote: »
    Hello!
    Just started back at this loosing weight and lifestyle change thing but , I find that even though I eat and feel full , I'm not hitting my daily allowance ,especially when adding excersize (Zumba at home on the Xbox ) am I sabotaging myself If I'm still under at the end of the day ? I've heard not eating enough can slow weight loss .

    It will not slow down your weight loss but you may still be causing yourself problems further down the line. People who consistently under eat seem to have a much harder time sticking to their weight loss plans and are more likely to have a big blow out at some point.

    Slow and steady is the best way - set a moderate deficit and eat up to that number of calories.

    A word of caution with exercise calories. These are fiendishly difficult to calculate with any accuracy and certainly my experience of Xbox 360 Kinect exercise is that you can vary the movement in such a way that putting in less effort still records high calorific burns. So, treat these figures with caution and initially eat back half of those calories. If you are loosing too quickly, eat back more, if weight loss slows or stalls consider eating back less.
  • kk_inprogress
    kk_inprogress Posts: 3,077 Member
    Starvation mode, in the way you are describing it, is a myth. Your body cannot just "hold onto" fat if you are not taking in calories. There are some small changes that have been noted in the metabolic process, but they are minimal and not enough to cause weight plateau over time. If you are seeing changes from one day to another, you're seeing water retention for recovery, or from high sodium, most likely, which will go away.

    I recommend reading up on the Minnesota Starvation Experiment. It was the reason I stopped believing in starvation mode in this regard.
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