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The Reality that is Starvation Mode

So it has been 2 years and 2 months since my surgery and I have lost 85 lbs. I went in today for my yearly check up and a tiny fill. There is a dietitian's office above the office where I get filled and I decided to go up there on a whim because I have had to fight the last 30lbs off.   When I say I fight I mean fight, 1-2 lbs a month with lots of exercise. I recently had my blood work done and it is perfect, my thyroid is completely normal. There goes theory #1. Theory #2 was my metabolism. I had my metabolic rate checked at the dietitians today and guess what? For my height, weight, sex and age my metabolism is 20%faster than normal and with moderate exercise I burn 3500cal a day. A DAY!!!   Now what did I learn from this visit?? I have messed myself up. Yes I burn that many calories but what is my body eating? Muscle because I am in the previously-believed fictitious state of Starvation Mode.   For the last 18 months I have pretty much eaten once a day (in the evening) and consumed 500-700 calories. This is where I made the mistake apparently.   :confused:Is there any advice out there for breaking starvation mode, especially chronic starvation mode? Is it even possible or am I doomed to fight the scale instead of being able to embrace that which the LAP-BAND® can offer me?:confused:
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