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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Starvation mode is a myth. 
Yes metabolism slows as you lose weight because someone who weights 200 lbs doesn't have the same caloric needs as someone how weights 150 lbs. But the idea that if you always eat X # 0f calories will cause your body to adapt to that level is ridiculous. If that were the case it wouldn't be possible for people to literally  starve to death because their body could in theory adapt to only needing 1000, 800, 500 cal/day. But that doesn't happen. They keep losing weight until they die.

Now plateaus. The term plateau is widely overused on this board. Someone doesn't see the scale more for a few days and claims they are in plateau. Not understanding that weight loss is not linear or that various outside factors (hydration, water retention, hormones)  also impact the number on the scale and this can mean that sometime this number doesn't change or bounces around for a week. These bouncing numbers can also be hidden if you weigh yourself less frequently.

Now for people who claim they have been in a plateau for a long period of time, say 2 months. I would really need to taka  hard look at what they say they are doing versus what they are really doing. Often times the plateau is because they have made changes that they don't realize. These could include some calories creeping in, not weighing, tracing and measuring as accurately as they were in the beginning, not adjusting calories down after they have lost a significant amount of weight, maybe not as consistent with sticking to their calories or workouts. The list goes on but I can bet that they are doing something that is causing this. I never believe the I eat 1200 cal EVERY day and can't lose weight.[/quote]

I've read on weight lifting boards that when your weight loss stalls, its because your body adjusts to your new lower caloric intake. So you need to do refeed cycles. Slightly increase your calories for a week or two and then go back to being in a deficit to get your metabolism to respond. [/quote]

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