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I'm currently preband. Right now I need to eat 1800 calories to lose weight, after getting the band, im required to eat only 800-1200 calories. What stops my body from going into starvation mode?

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Smaller stomach, less food needed. Great question because from years of dieting, my mantra was, " eat to lose, your body needs fuel, if you don't eat enough, your body goes into starvation mode"..... I still struggle.

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Your body will not starve at 800-1200 calories. Especially if the are healthy calories. Your body will actually work more efficiently.

I found 1000 to be the number I needed to lose weight at an average of 2 lbs per week. If I ate 1500 I wouldnt lose as,quickly and become frustrated and it wasn't pretty......LOL

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I am currently 5 days post op and all I can fit in is about 500 Calories a day and 70 grams of Protein. My surgeon and nutritionist stressed that I should not be concerned with counting calories at this stage, but just to make healthy decisions, on a fully liquid diet, and to make sure I get at least 60 grams of Protein a day. I'm still losing, I'm still losing hand over fist actually! It's incredible what I've lost so far but I'm still bloated due to the gas from surgery.

I'm not saying you should (or I should) stay at only 500 from now on, but you would be surprised what your body can take. It's all about tricking your brain, my body isn't in starvation mode because my stomach is always full. It's a good feeling.

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