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Originally Posted by Grayscale
lol... this is literally the only way to lose weight, i mean, except for cutting off limbs or something.
youre probably thinking of people who eat so little that their body begins to not only burn fat for energy, but digest lean mass like muscles, bones, and organs for nutrients. also, it will slow your metabolism so that the fat lost will actually be even less than you would if you had a smaller deficit.
what you have to do is ensure you eat enough calories and nutrients that your body is getting everything it needs, but less total calories than you need so your body will use fat to make up the difference. this is done by eating better quality foods... think more nutritional bang for your caloric buck, then cutting out some foods like complex carbohydrates that are a primarily for energy.
someone who eats 3000 calories a day of junk food isnt eating nearly as well as someone who eats half as much calories of healthy food.  junk food tends to be high in sugar and carbohydrates, so the person who eats healthy will probably feel hungry quite a bit more often, that's a sign that they have a higher, healthier metabolism that isnt being fed by processed sugars and such. |
This is a really good point. As my husband said, even chocolate has vitamins, but the amount of vitamins a chocolate bar has in relation to its caloric value is significantly less than that of, say, a salad. That's why people say chocolate is 'unhealthy' because that 500 kcal of goodness carries only about 1/100th the vitamins and minerals that a salad has (heh, if that).