Well, before I did the fat fast I had difficulty staying between 1400-1600 cals and 25 carbs a day. I am now having a rough time getting to 1200 cals and 20 carbs. I add fat to my cooking and everything but I'm just not hungry like I was before. I run about a mile and a half everyday but will be up to 5 miles by the end of next week, am I going to go into starvation mode?

Everyone is different but I am eating between 1000-1200 and have to in order to lose weight at the rate of about 2 pounds a week....as far as I know I am not going into starvation mode, in fact I have been building muscle and losing fat...I am trying to keep my monthly average around 1200....I don't worry as much about the day to day because some days I am not as hungry and other days I am pretty hungry, so I try to go with what my body is telling me....in other words, I may just eat 900 calories one day and then the next eat 1500...the average for the 2 days is 1200....I think that we really shouldn't go below an average of 1200 (even though I do it at times).

I find that the more calories I eat the more I lose. In the DANDR I believe that he said that caloric intake was not important. That your body would expel any unused calories. I eat alot of fat... Sometimes cream cheese and 2Tbl PB for a snack and lots and lots of butter! I calculate my menu on fitday about once a week and I'm usually over 2000. With mayo on my eggs I sometimes push 2500-3000 cal per day. I run about 2 miles every other day and weight lift twice a week. I haven't found that increase nor decrease in caloric intake has affected my weight loss. I notice I don't have alot of energy on days when I eat fewer calories. I like eating fats, I like eating alot of food, so it isn't an issue for me to get to a higher calorie intake than someone else who has a smaller appetite. Do you weight lift? I know that in the DANDR there is a formula for determining your Lean Body Mass as well as your BF %. I think that would help determine whether you are going catabolic and burning muscle instead of body fat. Getting enough protein in? 1 gram per 1.5lb of body weight(?? I think that's the ratio??) I would suggest reading as much as you can about low carb dieting and exercise and their effects on metabolism. I love reading all the stuff they have on the net about studies done by this group or that on metabolism and nutrition. There is so much to learn! I didn't realize how complicated the human body was until I started caring about how healthy mine was He he he. Well thanks for listening to my 2 (ok ok, more like a dime worth) cents.... Good luck!!!


~ Cori ~

Cori

I sure wish I could eat like you can and still lose weight...when I eat like what you said I don't lose, but I don't gain either as long as my carbs are around 20ish.