swolequestrian

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starvation_response just gonna leave a bunch of fact checkable sources here once more and walk away. Just gonna note that these forums are soo frequently bordering on unhealthy recommendations and the sort of startling attentiveness to detail that spirals into disordered eating and exercise....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starvation_response here you go, sourced from articles you can actually look up and fact check!

"Real starvation occurs after extended periods of time (weeks or months) of eating less than the body requires to function per day. Your body does not go into starvation mode until it’s fat reserves are completely exhausted and protein is the only fuel source left. This takes place quicker in a leaner person since the fat…

If you think the diet of someone suffering from anorexia, or the diet of a malnourished person in an impoverished nation are even remotely similar, I have news for you....

I thing people generally underestimate the challenge and oversimplify the reasons things aren't working. If you only have a handful of 'healthy' meals you know you enjoy and are comfortable preparing, etc, and a plethora of easy crap, you'll get bored with the handful and revert. If you're doing exercise you don't enjoy,…

And then we have peer reviewed scientific research....

Okay, guys, enough with the 'tell the starving african children' ****. There's a difference between consuming a decent amount of food that's not nearly ENOUGH and ACTUALLY starving in a third world country. EDIT: I'd also be far more inclined to listen to a professional, with perhaps a second opinion, than the MFP forum…