Starvation mode?

[jinnjuice527 23]

How the heck can I lose so slow when I'm only eating a fraction of what i was before? It just baffles me. So, I upped my calories and ate 800 as opposed to my normal 600 and gained a lb. Man, this is screwing with me. I wish I was like the others consistently losing each day.

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[catwoman7 10,867]

there are a lot of us out there who don't lose every day. I didn't. I was a very slow loser from the get-go, but I did end up losing 100% of my excess weight.

[FluffyChix 17,409]

I was slow too. And calories did and do matter to me. I don't know that I believe in starvation mode until we've exhausted almost all of our fat stores. But I'm not a doc. But Dr. Jason Fung doesn't happen to believe in it either until you are very very very thin. He's a board certified nephrologist and diabetes doc.

[jinnjuice527 23]

there are a lot of us out there who don't lose every day. I didn't. I was a very slow loser from the get-go, but I did end up losing 100% of my excess weight.

I actually gained a lb when I went to 800 calories. 800 is still next to nothing. I was eating upwards of 3000 calories a day when I was in my bad eating phase on and off. Its just so frustrating. How can I gain with 800 calories? Shoot on my preop diet for a week I ate 1000 calories and lost 12 lbs in 7 days. Its funny that that was my biggest loss, even after surgery.

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[jinnjuice527 23]

I was slow too. And calories did and do matter to me. I don't know that I believe in starvation mode until we've exhausted almost all of our fat stores. But I'm not a doc. But Dr. Jason Fung doesn't happen to believe in it either until you are very very very thin. He's a board certified nephrologist and diabetes doc.

Right I dont believe in starvation mode either when you've got loads of belly fat like me especially. I mean I'm over 3 weeks out and I've only lost 11 lbs in those 3 weeks. Yes that's decent how ever, you'd think with a very drastic change it'd be more. I'm stuck wondering if my body is confused or something lol

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[catwoman7 10,867]

3 minutes ago, jinnjuice527 said:

I actually gained a lb when I went to 800 calories. 800 is still next to nothing. I was eating upwards of 3000 calories a day when I was in my bad eating phase on and off. Its just so frustrating. How can I gain with 800 calories? Shoot on my preop diet for a week I ate 1000 calories and lost 12 lbs in 7 days. Its funny that that was my biggest loss, even after surgery.

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you definitely didn't gain a pound of true weight if you only ate 800 calories. It's got to be Water or Constipation. It takes 3500 calories to gain a pound of true weight.

[jinnjuice527 23]

you definitely didn't gain a pound of true weight if you only ate 800 calories. It's got to be Water or constipation. It takes 3500 calories to gain a pound of true weight.

Nah, I don't think I really gained but it was just weird to see it move "up". I'm taking Miralax and go every couple of days so def dont think its Constipation. I think I need to up my Water intake. I think it may help me lose faster.

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[Lynda486 783]

2 hours ago, jinnjuice527 said:

I actually gained a lb when I went to 800 calories. 800 is still next to nothing. I was eating upwards of 3000 calories a day when I was in my bad eating phase on and off. Its just so frustrating. How can I gain with 800 calories? Shoot on my preop diet for a week I ate 1000 calories and lost 12 lbs in 7 days. Its funny that that was my biggest loss, even after surgery.

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I also gained when I went from 600 to 800. It is very frustrating!

[New&Improved 1,780]

Check your daily Protein and Water intake

[summerset 5,261]

14 hours ago, jinnjuice527 said:

How the heck can I lose so slow when I'm only eating a fraction of what i was before? It just baffles me.

You have a TDEE. You can lose weight only at a certain rate depending on your TDEE which depends on a lot of things.

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So, I upped my calories and ate 800 as opposed to my normal 600 and gained a lb. Man, this is screwing with me. I wish I was like the others consistently losing each day.

Water weight.

[summerset 5,261]

13 hours ago, catwoman7 said:

It takes 3500 calories to gain a pound of true weight.

It also takes 3500 kcal to lose a pound. That's something a lot of people who had WLS seem to forget.