Body going in starvation mode......?!


Question: good morning all!!!!
well i have a question i have been reading up on the internet abour starvation mode? see i want to loose ten pounds and looking to do it correctly for the first tme in my life!! and a whole bunch of sites have been telling me that i do not loose any weight because i do not eat !!!!!! i always thought diet meant no eating consume least amont of calories and the fat will come off ,little to my surprise ....doing that for about 2 months with exercise ,and not loosing an ounce so everyone told me i need to start to eat so im trying to retrain myself ,mentally and physically that food is good ...b.mr. is 1320...i exercise for aboutan hour 6 days week,50 minutes treadmill 15 % incline at about average speed 4.0,then do some abs and bun .....so anyone else here have the same theory eat to loose????????????????????????? i have started to eat quite well about 1400 cals a day but she no weight loss ,and no inches coming off ,so im starting to become skeptical........anna


Answers: good morning all!!!!
well i have a question i have been reading up on the internet abour starvation mode? see i want to loose ten pounds and looking to do it correctly for the first tme in my life!! and a whole bunch of sites have been telling me that i do not loose any weight because i do not eat !!!!!! i always thought diet meant no eating consume least amont of calories and the fat will come off ,little to my surprise ....doing that for about 2 months with exercise ,and not loosing an ounce so everyone told me i need to start to eat so im trying to retrain myself ,mentally and physically that food is good ...b.mr. is 1320...i exercise for aboutan hour 6 days week,50 minutes treadmill 15 % incline at about average speed 4.0,then do some abs and bun .....so anyone else here have the same theory eat to loose????????????????????????? i have started to eat quite well about 1400 cals a day but she no weight loss ,and no inches coming off ,so im starting to become skeptical........anna

if your body goes into starvation mode, which it sounds like yours could be, lots of things happen. One-everything you eat goes to creating fat. Your body is thinking that this could be your last meal so everything it gets, it stores for later. It's really simple logic. Two-You have less energy and become less healthy everyday. Your body absorbs less nutrients because it's busy storing everything.

It is true that you have to eat to loose. I would recommend eating 6 small meals a day, instead of three big ones. If your schedule doesn't allow that, make sure you snack. This will keep your metabolism up and help you loose weight faster.

It will take several months (4-8 depending on the person) for your body to fully come out of starvation mode. After the first month you should start noticing an energy difference. But since your body is in starvation mode, then it will be much more reluctant to loose weight for the first few months. Don't be surprised if you actually gain a few pounds before you start loosing them again.

u need atleast 1200 calories per day, more if u are exercising a lot. If get too little calories, then you body will think that u have not acess to food so it will conserve the calories and not burn off fat. think about it this way - you need energy to fuel your body.

You need to eat if you are that active. You won't lose weight if you are starving yourself.

You don't tell your calorie intake before you increased it recently, but I'd guess it was dangerously low. Keep eating healthy food and keep the 1400 calories for a few weeks and see how you do. Do you notice a difference in your energy level? Because your workouts are pretty heavy duty, there is a chance you might need to increase just a little more on the calories, or maybe for you 1400 is a little high and you need to be close to 1200. Either way, stick with the 1400 for a while and see where it goes. Then adjust based on how you feel (upwards if still not high energy and downwards if you feel really full all of the time).

good luck!

ps - either way you are doing great things for yourself by being very active. Congratulations!

if you arent eating a lot, chances are you'll start gaining weight unless you dont eat ANYTHING. your body goes into starvation mode and starts storing any calories and nutrients it does get as fat so it will have fuel when you dont eat. just do it the right way.... good old eating right, lots of water and exercize. that way you'll keep it off. starving yourself doesnt get you anything but bodily harm and chances that you'll put it right back on when you start eating again. it sounds like if you work out that hard and work at 4.0... you may be putting on muscle and as we all know, muscle weighs more than fat.





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