Is it true that if you eat between 1200-1500 calories your body will go into starvation mode and you wont loose fat but more muscle then fat since your body wont have enought cars! Is it also possible to loose 3lbs per a week?

Is it true that if you eat between 1200-1500 calories your body will go into starvation mode and you wont loose fat but more muscle then fat since your body wont have enought cars! Is it also possible to loose 3lbs per a week?

It's possible if you drop your calories too low, you could lose muscle mass instead of fat. It's not just because of lack of carbs but because of lack of calories total. It is possible to lose 3lbs per week. It's possible to lose 10lbs in a week. But the question is, can you lose 3lbs of fat per week? That will depend on your weight, nutrition, exercise, supplementation, etc.

Is it true that if you eat between 1200-1500 calories your body will go into starvation mode and you wont loose fat but more muscle then fat since your body wont have enought cars! Is it also possible to loose 3lbs per a week?

If you don't stay there, I don't think it will, that is, if there is such a thing as starvation mode. Ellington Darden has conducted studies for years where people ate 1000-1800 varying calories for 6-12 weeks with great results. The men(41) in a 6 week study averaged putting on about 1/2 lb of muscle a week while they lost 3.1 lbs of fat. He has them perform resistance training, no cardio. Eat the right foods and use resistance training. I wouldn't worry about it.

Ellington and I grew up in a world where our "fad" diets and even those by doctors and clinics were in the 500-750 a day range. Remember we weren't as fat then, no one told us to eat as much as we could. I went into my doctor weighting 220 lbs a few months back, he suggested I cut my calories to 1400, he is slim in late 40s and swims on teams. So yes, starvation isn't a worry to me if I wanted to lose weight.

But I would sure weight train. :cool:

First I will say that I think everyone's bodies will react differently to different things and there's no universal answer.

I've just been through this myself. By not keeping proper track of my cal intake I was shorting myself by about 500 cals a day and even though I lost weight I think I lost a bit of muscle mass too because I felt my lifting sessions becoming a bit more difficult.

It's like shooting yourself in the foot because after that the fat loss will really stall and then you have to do a repair job to boost your metabolism and get back on track. For my part about 3 weeks went waste while my body re-established equillibrium.

Just be aware of the difference between a healthy reduction in calories and being cal deficient as far as your own body is concerned! "Starvation" is sure to cause problems in strength training and muscle development.

:gl:

Again, I think it's different based on the person, the diet and the exercise. While some would say that 1700 calories is not enough, I've talked to others who have trouble cutting at anything above 1700.

I've been following a 1500 calorie a day diet, and have been losing weight at a 3lb per week pace the past 3 weeks. My lifting has been hampered by an unrelated back injury, but based on measurements, my lean mass hasn't dropped at all.

I wouldn't say that it would work for everyone, I think you have to find how your body reacts to the different calorie levels and monitor your progress carefully along the way.