"Willow Herself" wrote in
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Let me get this straight, you're 6' tall, 104 Kg, and you aim for 250
cal/day (which gives you headache and make you feel faint) and you're
planning on working out 15-30 minutes/day to avoid muscle loss?

You've lost about 19 lbs in 1 month, and hope to keep this rate of loss.

I don't even know where to start. If you manage to keep this up long
enough to get results, you better take a picture, cause they ain't gonna
last long.

I responded to a lot of this in my reply to 'Nathalie W,' so it would be
excessive to repeat myself. But, I just thought I should add...
1. Thanks for the reply.

2. During the first five days of my diet (when I managed to maintain the
250cal thing) I didn't just 'plan' on working out 15 - 30 minutes a day, I
DID work out 15 - 30 minutes a day. (To the amazement of everyone who knew
about my diet)
As to how that was physically possible, I think it's related to a concept
called 'foraging mode' I haven't read very much about this but, apparently,
the idea is that when some people and animals are dealing with limited food,
the body actually increases energy levels in order to give them a better
chance of finding food. (What determines wether a person goes into 'foraging
mode' (more energy) or 'starvation mode' (less energy) I'm not sure.)
The headaches and faintness didn't start until about day 4, and I've been
fine since I started allowing myself 1000cal maximum.