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How do you STOP your body from going into STARVATION mode

I'm concerned because I know that when i go on liquids my metabolism is going to drop and everything and I don't want it to stay that way and gain when i start eating again.

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DeLarla's right, starvation mode as an ongoing thing is a bit of a myth, its not like a switch flips and you stop losing weight. But what happens is when you're body has burned its store of ready glycogen from within your muscles and liver it switches to alternative fuel sources and those arent purely fat, they include your body's lean tissue. As your lean tissue is burned, your energy needs decrease, because lean tissue is metabolically active, whereas fat isnt. So you need to eat less and less to continue losing weight and if you ever start eating "normally" again, well you'll blow up faster than you can say pancake. You wont need half the calories you previously did to pile on all the weight you've lost and more.

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This is exactly what happened to me! My nutritionist put it as starvation mode (temp.). I gained 6 pounds in 3 weeks from not eating enough. Once I started eating right... it all came off. I was so pissed that I gained all that weight when i was only eating one meal a day with an apple for snack.

The things I've learned!!!!

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