I didn't start counting calories until recently when I purchased Fitday PC and discovered that I wasn't getting any where near my BMR. I am worried about going into starvation mode so I have upped them and since then I have been battling the same 1.5lbs for 9 days. I hope that things will resume soon or I will probably become a basket case. I *think* that I read somewhere on this forum that people with a lot of weight to lose don't really need to worry about too little calories or starvation mode.. is this true?