should I do the fat fast???

[123poo]

Ok, I started exercising 3 days ago and I am sore so I guess that part is working. I have lost 1 pound in 2 weeks. I have been in and out of ketiois telling from the sticks, pink than tan pink than tan. I have a bmr of 1600 and I am trying to eat about 1400 and only usually eat about 1200-1250. My workout is on a home gym for about 30 min every morning after breakfast. Should I do the fat fast to jump start this whole program? I am at a loss and getting really upset.

[tammytomandgirls]

I think your starving your body...if your bmr is 1600 and your eating LESS than that PLUS working out which burns extra calories (especially if your working out with weights & cardio) your body is not getting enough food to sustain itself and in is starvation mode.

You should be hitting your BMR or even MORE if your working out. :nod

Edit:

A little more info: http://www.preventdisease.com/health...icles/bmr.html

Here is a link to a site that has BMR and ACTIVE MR depending on your type of exercise you do...since you are working out try to figure your AMR and see what that gives you

Q: I have really been restricting my calories, but I just don’t seem to be getting anywhere with my fat-loss program. What’s wrong?

A: When anyone severely restricts their daily caloric intake, their body rapidly goes into a starvation mode—a reaction we have all inherited from our distant ancestors who were forced to survive through long periods of famine. There is absolutely nothing that you or any of us can do to prevent this from happening except to never allow our caloric intakes to drop below 1,200 calories for women or 1,800 calories for men. When calories are restricted below these levels our bodies go into action to keep us alive by protecting us from starvation. In other words, the body instinctively kicks in all of its survival mechanisms to prevent death.
The first thing to happen when we enter the starvation mode is our basal metabolic rate begins to slow down. This occurs primarily by a reduction in the release of thyroid hormone from our thyroid gland. With severe caloric restriction our resting metabolic rate can drop by as much as 40 to 50 percent.

Next, our bodies begin metabolizing our own muscle tissue, converting it into glucose for its primary energy source in order to preserve fat stores that are essential for survival. That’s right—all that hard-earned muscle starts disappearing. And as if all of this isn’t bad enough, the activity of our fat-storing enzymes increases and our fat-burning enzymes decrease so we become very efficient at storing fat. This is the exact opposite of what we are trying to achieve!

The key to avoiding this all-too-common scenario is to stay out of the starvation mode by creating a small caloric deficit of only 500 to a maximum of 1,000 calories a day below your maintenance level—as long as you don’t go below the 1,200 or 1,800 I mentioned above. This will assure a 1- to 2-pound weight loss per week—the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) recommendation for a safe weight loss. Remember, this is just a guideline. If you have a low body weight or you don’t exercise much, a 1,000-calories-per-day deficit may be too much. And inally, we must be sure to eat about every three hours. Our bodies will interpret any missed meal as starvation.

The bottom line is, the more slowly we lose weight the easier it is to hold on to our lean muscle mass and take the fat off!

[easttexasdaisy]

I agree, eat more. Not less.
Stay away from the fat fast.

[Isabeau]

Ditto that.

[Moochiecat]

I've been here a year, and I can honestly say that I've never read anything about the fat fast really working for anybody.
I guess it might if you followed it exactly to the letter, but I would have to think that a person would be at the total end of their rope, and had tried every other option available before they would resort to doing this.