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Not I am not talking about adaptive thermogenesis. You are able to starve yourself to loose weight- for the sort term. However, my concern is the biofeedback mechanisms that kick in after people diet, which cause them to gain more weight back after a diet. I am talking about the process by which we eat at a deficit…
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SSL_Runner: I agree we do need a calorie deficit, BUT the current model isn't true. We do NOT loose a pound for every 3500 calories burned. Not all bodies respond to calorie deficit in the same way, and in fact having too great of calorie deficit sets MANY people up for a lifetime of obesity. So, what I am saying is the…
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"This idea that your body "holds on" to fat if you don't eat enough to sustain your body makes no sense. Where do you get that from?" This idea comes from Biology. Our body has biofeedback mechanisms that helps it to stay in homeostasis. ( For instance, we shiver when we are cold.) I think that as we begin to understand…
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Aaron>K123: The 3500 calorie equation is NOT a law of physics. LOL Food may have a certain amount of energy when burned with a bunsen burner in a laboratory, but this does not mean that our bodies all metabolize food the same way. This would be like saying that you should go the same distance on a gallon of gas no matter…
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CA: Actually I am familiar with the Minnesota Starvation study. When you read the study, you will realize that yes, the subjects lost weight at the time....... but later in life most had severe eating disorders. Mmmm.... they were starved.......and then they had eating disorders, and gained weight or were extremely…
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CA Underdog: No, my father was eating a 1200 calorie, diet in the hospital, and GAINING weight while 500 pounds. It wasn't a perception, this was reality. Not all bodies are the same and the calories in/ calories out idea is NOT valid in all individuals. Period. There ARE health problems that make people gain weight on low…
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Calories in vs. calories out is not always true. My father weighed over 500 pounds and GAINED weight on a doctor supervised 1200 caloric intake diet. He could only loose when under 1,000 calories. According to the "numbers" this should not have been the case, but this was the reality that he had to live with much of his…
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That is the problem. Her weight is "stable" at essentially starvation mode. It is not her weight that needs to become stable, but her body needs to adjust to the new level of homeostasis. It is not healthy to be at a "stable" weight while eating at a starvation level of calories. So, SLOWLY adding calories and SLOWLY…
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My advice would be to SLOWLY bring up the amount you are eating until you are eating more calories. Increase the amount VERY slowly each day. After you are able to eat more calories, and maintain a certain weight for a time, THEN decrease them again and see what happens. I am learning that it is best to eat the most amount…
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My stomach looks awful and will always look awful, I think. I had and unscheduled, emergency c-section scar from my belly button down in a straight line. It looks like a second butte. It has never gone away. My stomach problem does not go away when I loose weight. I think that when they butcher us up like this, that our…
