6 reasons why you should not starve (or try low calorie diet) yourself

I hope your goal is fat loss instead of weight loss now.

Starving – not eating or having a very low calorie diet

1. Starving make you lose your muscle mass.
Your body’s main function is to survive. When you starve, your body will look for ways to survive. Since muscle burn more calories than fat, your body will get rid of muscle to reduce our energy expenditure.

It is easy for our body to use muscle as a source of energy. This process is called Gluconeogenesis – converting muscle into glucose.

A low carbs diet (when not done properly by increasing fat and protein intake) can see a quick drop in your weight. This is because you are losing water weight. Therefore, do not be too happy and carry on with your wrong low carbs or low calorie diet. (*cough* this is what slim*** centers do *cough*)

2. Starving make fat gain easier & fat loss harder.
Remember that your body’s main function? In order to survive a low calorie diet, your body produces more Lipoprotein Lipase (LPL). This is the main fat storing enzymes. It makes fat loss so much harder.

3. Your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) is lowered.
Less muscle & more fat = lower BMR. Your body will adjust to that lowered calorie intake to survive.
If you are a lady, your period may stop. Some “non survival functions may be stopped too”

4. Starving increases the chance of weight rebound.
With lowered BMR and body adaptation, you will find weight (not fat) loss will come to a halt. As soon as you resume your usual diet, there is too much calories intake and you will gain mostly fat if you don’t workout properly.

You will find yourself repeating this process. This is called the infamous “Yo-yo diet”. Over time, you will find your weight will continue to increase even if you eat very little. You have lost so much lean body mass and gained so much fat mass.

In short, your metabolism is screwed. You are in a very bad shape now.

5. Starving increases the chance on binging on food.
If you are starving & you don’t eat, you will see a lot of “temptations” everywhere! This is because your body is asking, no. Your body is SHOUTING for you to eat.

From the moment when you give up, you will let loose and… eat. You will definitely overeat and any excess calories will be stored as fat.

6. Starving decrease your efficiency and mood.
Try starving for a few days and see if you can maintain your job efficiency. You will find it’s harder to focus on your work and your mood will be bad.

Conclusion
If you are agreeing to the points above, take some time and read through some of my other articles. You may understand the real way to achieve your fitness goal.