answer to starvation mode.

twobitford · February 2008

this was posted somewhere else but seeing everyone asking about starvation mode I reposted it here to answer your questions..

Answer to question below:
When your calories drop below 1200 calories a day your body goes into "starvation mode" meaning when you do eat your body holds on to every calorie because it does not know when it will refuel again.
I'm not saying you are doing your body harm as long as you are giving our body the vitamins and minerals it needs as well as the protien. The problem is when you do start eating regularly or your cardio level drops your body will still hold on to every calorie and you will gain weight again.

This is why when people "yo-yo diet" (going on a diet ,then off t,hen going back on cause they gained the weight back) they usually regain what they lost and say the diet doesn't work. It is a healthy eating style that you need to adapt to become a healthy person.

Now, if you are on a 1200 calorie diet and you eat those 1200 and burn those calorie (healthy calories + vitamins) you are fine, but those days you eat less than you burn your body will hold on every calorie it can and will turn it into fat for energy.

Question:

My suggested pre-excercise calories is 1200,
in an average day i will consume 1000-1300 calories a day (sometimes only 800 but those are crazy days)
Also in an average day i will burn between 900-1600 calories through excercise alone (plus all the calories you burn in an average day doing normal activites)
I don't feel hungry ever (i've been that way all my life, i just don't feel hungry, never have) so i have to remind myself to eat otherwise i will forget i havn't eaten.

This week alone i've lost 9 pounds (42lbs left to go), but i'm wondering if it's going to be detremential to my health to be burning more calories through my daily excercise then i would consume in my suggested pre-excercise calories?

twobitford · February 2008

this was posted somewhere else but seeing everyone asking about starvation mode I reposted it here to answer your questions..

Answer to question below:
When your calories drop below 1200 calories a day your body goes into "starvation mode" meaning when you do eat your body holds on to every calorie because it does not know when it will refuel again.
I'm not saying you are doing your body harm as long as you are giving our body the vitamins and minerals it needs as well as the protien. The problem is when you do start eating regularly or your cardio level drops your body will still hold on to every calorie and you will gain weight again.

This is why when people "yo-yo diet" (going on a diet ,then off t,hen going back on cause they gained the weight back) they usually regain what they lost and say the diet doesn't work. It is a healthy eating style that you need to adapt to become a healthy person.

Now, if you are on a 1200 calorie diet and you eat those 1200 and burn those calorie (healthy calories + vitamins) you are fine, but those days you eat less than you burn your body will hold on every calorie it can and will turn it into fat for energy.

Question:

My suggested pre-excercise calories is 1200,
in an average day i will consume 1000-1300 calories a day (sometimes only 800 but those are crazy days)
Also in an average day i will burn between 900-1600 calories through excercise alone (plus all the calories you burn in an average day doing normal activites)
I don't feel hungry ever (i've been that way all my life, i just don't feel hungry, never have) so i have to remind myself to eat otherwise i will forget i havn't eaten.

This week alone i've lost 9 pounds (42lbs left to go), but i'm wondering if it's going to be detremential to my health to be burning more calories through my daily excercise then i would consume in my suggested pre-excercise calories?

Razboo · February 2008

It looks to me like you might be on some kind of exercise binge. Clearly you weren't that active when you were gaining weight.

One aspect of successful exercise is having a schedule you can do over the long haul. Not saying it's the same for everyone, but for me I couldn't do hours of exercise every day. I need an approach I know I will be able to manage everyday for the rest of my life.

So, I guess my point is, maybe you are exercising a bit more than the situation calls for.

Besides, it's the diet, not the exercise that is going to have the big impact on your weight.

Erica92627 · February 2008

9 pounds in a week? isn't that NOT good?

I was just reminded about those hollywood diets or whatever they are called? Where you drink only a that special drink (high in vitamins? lol) and with water added, and that is all you have for three days. I do not see how that can be healthy. Sure, you may be getting your vitamins, but once you finish the "program" can't you just gain that weight back because your body lacked certain foods while on that diet?

I think it is water weight that you'd loose because by the sounds of how much you have to be constantly sipping on flavored water (thats what it turns out to be once you do your half water and half jucie.
:drinker:
And that's supposed to help you loose 10 pounds? Geez, what kind of gimic is that?
I think i'd rather eat, and eat less of my favorite things then have to starve by drinking juice.

Nich0le · February 2008

Losing weight too fast, like 9 lbs a week, isn't good for your heart. And no, eatting 1200 calories and then burning them off does not solve the starvation mode dilemna, you may lose weight initially but you are definitely walking into a place that is going to put you into the yo yo dieter catagory.

An aggressive weight loss plan calls for a max of 2 lbs a week. Most people loose about a lb a week on average. You may want to talk to a doctor, while your topic started off on the right foot you ended in the wrong place.

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