Starvation Mode? NEAT!

PB67
PB67 Posts: 376 Member
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
(Posted this elsewhere, but deserves its own thread)

You don't break your metabolimm from eating to little, nor do you "trick" your metabolism by eating more.

For those of you that plateau from eating too little, and/or break your plateau from eating more, the explanation is most-definitely a spontaneous decrease/increase in NEAT (Nonexercise activity thermogenesis).

Simply put, if you eat too little you have an unconscious tendency to move less, while increasing calories can have the reverse effect.

http://ajpendo.physiology.org/content/286/5/E675.long

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  • AliciaLucas_72
    AliciaLucas_72 Posts: 112 Member
    This is so simple it is genius, and makes total sense. Thanks for the insight!
  • czechsmate
    czechsmate Posts: 556 Member
    (Posted this elsewhere, but deserves its own thread)

    You don't break your metabolimm from eating to little, nor do you "trick" your metabolism by eating more.

    For those of you that plateau from eating too little, and/or break your plateau from eating more, the explanation is most-definitely a spontaneous decrease/increase in NEAT (Nonexercise activity thermogenesis).

    Simply put, if you eat too little you have an unconscious tendency to move less, while increasing calories can have the reverse effect.

    http://ajpendo.physiology.org/content/286/5/E675.long

    Makes sense!
  • salmanajmal
    salmanajmal Posts: 93 Member
    wot does it mean?
  • suzieduh
    suzieduh Posts: 196 Member
    thanks for the info!:flowerforyou:
  • loseiteli
    loseiteli Posts: 242 Member
    Great way of putting it!! I can see it happening to me everyday. :)
  • peteb79
    peteb79 Posts: 386 Member
    I really like this.. cause I am not a fan of hearing about 'starvation mode' and I like this scientific explanation, ..but I don't understand because before I started dieting I used to eat way over on calories, but I hardly moved from my desk or couch nor felt any tendency to move more..
  • annameier8706
    annameier8706 Posts: 417 Member
    I really like this.. cause I am not a fan of hearing about 'starvation mode' and I like this scientific explanation, but how would that explain people that are overweight? .. Before I started dieting I used to eat way over on calories, but I hardly moved from my desk or couch nor felt any tendency to move..

    Bordeom eating...
  • PB67
    PB67 Posts: 376 Member
    I really like this.. cause I am not a fan of hearing about 'starvation mode' and I like this scientific explanation, but how would that explain people that are overweight? .. Before I started dieting I used to eat way over on calories, but I hardly moved from my desk or couch nor felt any tendency to move..


    The response to overfeeding is highly individual and also dose-dependent. If you aren't eating enough, increasing calories may correspond with increased activity to a point. But of course if you eat too much, it can have the reverse effect.
  • peteb79
    peteb79 Posts: 386 Member
    That makes sense. Thanks.
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