# "Starvation mode", regular eating, fasting & stubborn belly fat loss **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 7, 2013, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starvation-mode-regular-eating-fasting-stubborn-belly-fat-loss/670576 "2013-10-07T09:30:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starvation-mode-regular-eating-fasting-stubborn-belly-fat-loss/670576/103 "2014-01-07T19:18:47Z")
> [@mumira](#): > > those who don’t want to exercise but want want do lose fat for them I have a meal chart. by following this chart you can lose 1.5-2 kg per weak… > > 1st day= just vegetables > 2nd day= just fruits > 3rd day= just vegetables and fruits > 4th day= just on cup rice and 5 tomatoes > 5th day= 3 glass milk and 8 Bananas > 6th day= vegetables one cup rice > 7th day= vegetables and fruits Is this called the “muscle loss diet”? ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starvation-mode-regular-eating-fasting-stubborn-belly-fat-loss/670576/104 "2014-01-07T19:21:43Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Is this called the “muscle loss diet”? What? You thought “weak” was a typo? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starvation-mode-regular-eating-fasting-stubborn-belly-fat-loss/670576/105 "2014-01-07T19:39:04Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > What? You thought “weak” was a typo? Ha! I didn’t catch that. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starvation-mode-regular-eating-fasting-stubborn-belly-fat-loss/670576/106 "2014-01-07T22:37:56Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Is this called the “muscle loss diet”? Or perhaps the “run to the bathroom” diet? ---
**Author:** ![mumira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@mumira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mumira)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starvation-mode-regular-eating-fasting-stubborn-belly-fat-loss/670576/107 "2014-01-08T01:21:03Z")
One thing I have discovered in excess of generations involving off and on dieting and accurate calorie depending is precisely how variable metabolisms are usually involving persons. We training at the least 3x weekly intensively and are pretty productive and carved, nevertheless We only burn up about 10 calories pound involving body weight per day. Other folks require 11-12-13 and I know you will discover individuals who can get by with below We require ratio-wise. Although these kind of tend not to seem like massive differentials they will cost you massive variances throughout body weight after a while provided related starting off items. You’ll be able to matter calories all day long (and We do) however your metabolic time might rule the particular roost in the end regarding that which you are able to absorption. Weight persons typically need not take a whole lot more every day to keep up over weight weight degrees. One more four hundred calorie BK Whopper Jr . pizza daily could well be ample to keep up 45 weight involving excess fat. Along with these are generally the smaller burgers calorie-wise. Everything can add up ---
**Author:** ![mehmoodnayyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@mehmoodnayyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mehmoodnayyer)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starvation-mode-regular-eating-fasting-stubborn-belly-fat-loss/670576/108 "2014-01-08T04:38:21Z")
I have been through starvation mode once. I was transferred in a region the people were on the business of poultry. Every day chicken was in my diet. The area was hilly and I walked and climbed lot of hills but belly fat got stubborn. The only cure which helped me was to leave the area and change the diet. The solution is variety of foods and always try to avoid carbohydrates as much as you can. The one thing I must mention is that you can break the starvation mode just by doing excessive walk. For example when I left that area I went to some sacred place for me, for pilgrim and mostly I used to walk more than 10 miles per day and did this for 10 days that broke the starvation mode and I started losing belly fat. Now I am very fit. I was enjoying that walk because of pilgrim otherwise I would have been very tired or ill. So you chose plan like that for your starvation mode. I eat normally I didn’t even change my eating style and habit. Even instead of chicken I included the beef in my diet, but it was not regular it was one or two times in a week which good for healthy diet. ---
**Author:** ![mika2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@mika2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mika2000)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starvation-mode-regular-eating-fasting-stubborn-belly-fat-loss/670576/109 "2014-01-08T12:51:15Z")
Have a diet with less carbohydrate and fats. You can even cancel out food items from ur diet which may contain fats. I’m sure that this will work out…and do a lot of exercise! ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starvation-mode-regular-eating-fasting-stubborn-belly-fat-loss/670576/110 "2014-01-08T13:42:36Z")
> [@mika2000](#): > > Have a diet with less carbohydrate and fats. You can even cancel out food items from ur diet which may contain fats. I’m sure that this will work out…and do a lot of exercise! Fats are essential for proper nutrition. Most folks can and should reduce their fat intake but you shouldn’t eliminate it. And again, for most folks, exercise is important for good health but not necessarily a great tool for weight loss. ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starvation-mode-regular-eating-fasting-stubborn-belly-fat-loss/670576/111 "2014-01-10T07:54:42Z")
mika2000: Well there are **essential** fatty acids… > **[Essential fatty acid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_fatty_acid)** > > Essential fatty acids, or EFAs, are fatty acids that humans and other animals must ingest because the body requires them for good health\[clarification needed\] but cannot synthesize them. > Only two fatty acids are known to be essential for humans: alpha-linolenic acid (an omega-3 fatty acid) and linoleic acid (an omega-6 fatty acid). These are supplied to the body both as the free fatty acid or more commonly as some glyceride derivative. Deficiency in these fatty acids is rare. These fatty aci... ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starvation-mode-regular-eating-fasting-stubborn-belly-fat-loss/670576/112 "2014-01-10T08:11:50Z")
A related question. For a normal healthy person, how much does their body weight fluctuate on a daily basis. That is to say, during a 24 hour period, what is the diff between their maximum weight and minimum weight? Mine is approx 5.5 pounds. My heaviest weight is about 5.5 pounds more than my lightest weight. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starvation-mode-regular-eating-fasting-stubborn-belly-fat-loss/670576/113 "2014-01-10T13:56:16Z")
> [@Lazlo Hapsburg](#): > > For a normal healthy person, how much does their body weight fluctuate on a daily basis. If you include exercise my weight can fluctuate by over 5 lbs easily. I can lose several lbs on a long run if the weather is hot. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starvation-mode-regular-eating-fasting-stubborn-belly-fat-loss/670576/114 "2014-01-10T18:36:38Z")
> [@mehmoodnayyer](#): > > I have been through starvation mode once. I was transferred in a region the people were on the business of poultry. Every day chicken was in my diet. The area was hilly and I walked and climbed lot of hills but belly fat got stubborn. The only cure which helped me was to leave the area and change the diet. The solution is variety of foods and always try to avoid carbohydrates as much as you can. The one thing I must mention is that you can break the starvation mode just by doing excessive walk. For example when I left that area I went to some sacred place for me, for pilgrim and mostly I used to walk more than 10 miles per day and did this for 10 days that broke the starvation mode and I started losing belly fat. Now I am very fit. > I was enjoying that walk because of pilgrim otherwise I would have been very tired or ill. So you chose plan like that for your starvation mode. I eat normally I didn’t even change my eating style and habit. Even instead of chicken I included the beef in my diet, but it was not regular it was one or two times in a week which good for healthy diet. You were never in “starvation mode”. I don’t believe you even understand what the term means, based on this post. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starvation-mode-regular-eating-fasting-stubborn-belly-fat-loss/670576.md?page=5)