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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm sorry guys. The biochemical reactions that keep you alive require a certain amount of energy to make them occur. Studies of large cohorts of adults show that that amount of energy is north of 1500 kcal for individuals weighing more than 60 or so kg. [b]you cannot maintain a body weight of 70kg on 1200 [/b]kcal per day. You will wind up burning all of your adipose tissue as well as muscle. [/quote]

Explain that to MY body. I am a veteran of calorie tracking. If I eat a tic tac, I record it. I hate this, because it borders on disordered, but I need to keep such careful track to face skeptics like you, pp. I eat 1200-1300 calories a day and I work out daily and take 10k-15K steps, 1/2 of which are stairs and vigorous dog walks.

Not only do I not maintain weight, or lose, I have been gaining steadily for three years.

My thyroid is perfect. I have muscle mass (not as much as I would have if I could eat more calories and not blow up). I suspect it is some combo of early menopause, by BCP, and my SSRI. I have no idea.

But you may want to believe your 1200 cal starvation theory, but it is simply not true for everyone. I used to be able to cut out a latte a week, work out for 15 minutes more and lose weight, but not anymore.

And all yours, and others', skepticism in the world doesn't change that and doesn't help me find a solution. Or others like me to find one.[/quote]

As I said, the biochemical processes that keep you alive burn a certain number of calories daily. Studies on large numbers of people have shown it to be what I mentioned. If you truly are gaining weight at 1200 calories you are a medical anomaly.

You can have your resting metabolic rate measured. Find an anti-aging or functional medicine doctor in your area who does this test. You simply sit and breathe in to a mask, and the machine measures oxygen consumption, which correlates directly with caloric expenditure. They can test you at rest and at various degrees of exertion all the way up to maximum. If you really are burning less than 1000 kcal per day resting, you might decide screw it, I'll stay this weight. More likely you will see you are consuming more than you realize, not because you aren't meticulous, but because you are underestimating the caloric content of the food you are logging.

The reason slimfast works is you drink a shake for two meals you get less than 400 calories. You eat one meal, even if it's 1000 calories, you are only at 1400 if you don't cheat. The problem is it's not sustainable

I get it. It's hard. And the older you get the harder it is. My goal is 50 lbs. Realistically I will lose 20 and then my body will fight like hell to keep that last 30. But that will be because of hunger issues (very complex--your gut has its own nervous system, essentially its own BRAIN, that is very hard to consciously override), not because my body is manufacturing net calories[/quote]

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