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Can you give a source to this?

Would you rather I spread ignorance and misinformation? Perhaps I should claim that I'm a dietary specialist and you should believe every word I say without question.

Do some research instead of asking people on an internet forum http://caloriecount.about.com/forums/weight-loss/truth-starvation-mode "But here's the thing: in no study I've ever seen has the drop in metabolic rate been sufficient to completely offset the caloric deficit. That is, say that cutting your calories by 50% per…

Most people seek validation in one way or another. It would be out of the ordinary for you to not.

People are just jealous that you're putting forth the effort to better yourself and they don't want to take the time.

Of course I'm sure that you know that IF isn't magic and you still have to eat at a deficit to lose, and a surplus to gain. Though IF has taught me that appetite is a controllable sensation often has nothing to do with actual dietary needs.

Google "osteoarthritis and strength training" Turns out it could actually help reduce pain!

Oh absolutely, how did I forget to mention that?

Put it this way, if you're truly eating at a net of 300 calories daily, your body should be rapidly breaking down fat and muscle to fuel your vital functions. That's not to imply that eating 300 calories a day is too little, as it's been documented that one could fast healthily for long periods (look up long term fasting…

Yeah I lose 5 pounds of water weight overnight. Look more at the mirror and not the scale. I hate to be a jerk, but you're not burning 1600 calories doing light walking and dancing.

Actually, short term fasting is linked to increased metabolic rate http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2405717 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10837292 Although I can't seem to find any studies on appetite control, my own observations are extremely positive on the matter.

Was just a thought without knowing more of your goals.

That's the one thing is at first I really felt like I was starving myself so I would plow food later. Keeping your intake in check in the beginning is difficult, but once you get used to it I think the benefits are worth it. Google "Why does breakfast make me hungry?" if you're interested in reading why this happens.

I suggest you do some research into leangains. I'm not really sure what the whole low/medium/high thing is, but yes, 1000 calories a day is quite a big cut unless you're severely overweight. Then again, I shouldn't make any assumptions because you listed no stats at all. Edit: wow I just read that article and it makes me…

http://www.leangains.com/ Uhh ok.

That makes it a little bit different I guess, although dancing can get pretty intense. I would then count those days as rest days for the sake of the calculator. You might want to eat a little more if your dancing makes you feel drained all day, I'll let you make that judgment call. A -20/0 would work out for you then if…

There really is no way to do it with MFP. Leangainers have been trying to get MFP to add something like this for a while. You could set custom goals for yourself each day, but that's tedious.

I prefer the classic wings cause then I can show off my wing eating skills.

How does one hate hot chicken wings?

If you're not going to a chain where they likely have nutritional information available, you're just going to have to guess. Take your meal and estimate what's all in it. If it's a chain, there's likely a way to obtain nutritional information and you can double check that way. Try emailing support. A google search might…

That's like getting a food boner and then stopping. Seriously though, doing a leangains cut and even 6 wings have more fat than a rest day at -30.

Yeah that protein for 24 wings is the only saving grace. There's absolutely no way I can fit that fat into any of my days, even rest days though. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind a monthly cheat day, but there's no way I could fit this into any diet other than permabulk mode.

That calculator was made mostly for leangains I think. Default is set -20/+20 recomp. If you're working out 6 days a week don't use this calculator. There's no point in doing carb cycling if you're not strength training and only strength training. Just do a -20 cut flat. If you want to do IF go ahead. If your goals are to…

Oh I absolutely love Bdubs and hot wings, but there's no way I can fit this into my macros for anything other than a huge cheat day.

A cleanse of my exit regions.

I was a bit surprised at how calorie dense the foods are. 24 wings is over my limit even on workout days. Good thing it's only a once a month thing.