If you think about the complex interactions that keep your body alive, it's not as strange as it seems.

We cant really "talk" to our bodies and tell them that we are going to feed them very few calories for a long period of time and not to worry about it because we have chosen to get rid of our fat and are not going through a famine.

After an extended period, your body - with survival foremost on it's mind - will realize that you have tried to trick it. It's not getting enough calories and muscle mass may have been used for a protein source so it puts on the brakes.

But, if we reasonably feed ourselves in a way reassures our body that we are not starving and doesn't allow insulin to store fat, our bodies use another source of fuel - our fat.

It happens grudgingly at first, and may happen grudgingly later on as well, but it does happen!

Karen