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Originally Posted by latinasojourn
no, you don't stay on this diet once you reach your target weight---you use it to get to your specific target weight---the diet is about 1250 calories per day.
the problem with most very low calorie diets is people cannot stay on them because they are hungry all the time---this diet takes the hunger away.
once you are at your target weight you will increase your caloric intake to a maintenance level.
it will take about 10 days on this diet to get your stomach downsized and then you will actually feel full with these little meals.
of course people can change the menu a bit but the principles of this diet are well proven such at atkins diet, etc.
take the sugar and carbs out of the diet and the body burns fat for energy.
i am 55 years old with the flat belly i had when i was 20. i am married to a 19 year old beauty. there are rewards when you eat smart.
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i hate to break it to you but your body needs calories to function. its not my crazy idea... its the laws of physics.
just because you manage to put your body into starvation mode and run your blood sugar down to nothing as well as insulin and your appetite is dulled... it does not mean you are doing your body any favors.
this conversation began in the context of bodybuilding. in this context, you have to eat to grow and you have to eat to lose weight.
starving yourself like this is the second stupidest way to lose weight. amputation is the first.