MYTHBUSTERS AT YOUR SERVICE: Please read!!

[bmi10]

The truth: Starvation mode is not a myth HOWEVER it is extremely misunderstood .__." Starvation mode ONLY occurs when the body has run out of FAT to eat up in replace of the lack of carbs /calories and turns toward muscle in order to keep you alive. The body runs out of fat to eat up it then turns to MUSCLES so Fat is eaten BEFORE muscles >w< Some muscle might be eaten in the process but not a significant "oh dang" amount. Remember, your heart is a muscle. So when your body turns to muscle because it ran out of fat omg please end your fast/low carb diet/diet!! >w< Also remember ladies need a little body fat like 10-12% so you don't want your body to eat it all up.

I'm sorry if that sounded sloppy.. its 4:00 in the morning >w<

You mean catabolysis. This is not what people are refering to when they're talking about "starvation mode" in this context.

[bmi10]

Also, it's true about the general process, LittleFoot is right, I did a really long post about this but it's too old to find and fuck fuck i'm exhausted.

basically yeah if you fast you will lose fat after about 4 days (in which you deplete glucose, glycogen from liver, glycogen from muscles) until you get to a "dangerous" bf% (unique to everyone) or die of mineral deficiency. But honestly, the *anaz* trying ABC etc aren't going to be doing that. Yo-yo dieting causes poorer body composition, because in BRIEF fasts and heavy restriction alternating with binges, you DO lose muscle, and it IS replaced with fat.

so you're all more or less correct, other than a few terminology issues. this is based on grad school courses in nutrition, btw, and i'm sorry i'm not very coherent right now.

[Divine]

LittleFoot, thank you for giving your time to explain. I'm sorry if you felt attacked by me or something, I didn't.

[iliketurtles]

I have an idea! I don't know if it's possible but it'd be really good if people had to post in this thread before they could post anywhere else in the forum. Seriously, the thread below this is asking if it's better to "trick your metabolism" through ABC or to fast.

[Ali(ve)]

I have an idea! I don't know if it's possible but it'd be really good if people had to post in this thread before they could post anywhere else in the forum. Seriously, the thread below this is asking if it's better to "trick your metabolism" through ABC or to fast.

It'd be good to try making them read it, but I'm betting a lot of people would skip over and post something stupid in here. :\

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Thank you for this post bmi10, and everybody else who explained the facts a bit further. Much appreciated!

[Twiggy_87]

WAW! Thank you so much for posting this

[From Elissa With Love]

I love this advice.

[high_voltage]

Fantastic post. Admin, Please sticky this!!

[Ali(ve)]

Fantastic post. Admin, Please sticky this!!

It's already stickied. Haha.