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Originally Posted by highthief
It can be that when you eat too little, your body will store body fat against what it perceives as starvation. Generally, you will still lose weight on a very low cal diet, but your Body Fat percentage can actually go up you shed muscle and hoard fat. I prefer a more moderate diet combined with higher levels of exercise to shed weight.
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I was afraid of that too. That's what totally shocked me when my Dr told me to eat less even though I had told him what I was already doing.
I've tried eating more and even when I'm VERY careful to eat the vitamin and mineral laden foods it makes no difference. It's hard to keep it up after several weeks of such careful eating and no progress.
I am only 5'5" but my bones are very large and I'm somewhat muscular for a woman. It's hard for me to know exactly how much and what I should eat because so many calorie charts seem to be designed for tiny women with no muscle and thin bones.
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