Hunger and Fat Loss
A conveniently timed blog post from Lyle McDonald adds more to what I’ve been harping upon for the last few posts about hunger, expecting it when dieting, and fat loss.
One quote in particular:
There are other adaptations, folks often decrease their activity levels (conserving energy), fat burning goes down and fat storage goes up, appetite often goes up so that people eat more when food is made available. In common parlance, this is often referred to as the ’starvation response’ and, yes, there is something to it. Unfortunately, it’s basically the price that has to be paid for losing body fat to any significant level. People talk constantly about avoiding the starvation response and things of that nature but the only way to avoid it completely is to never lose fat.