How do you STOP your body from going into STARVATION mode

[Nykee 13]

I think about the "what I can't have's", or how I will eat afterwards. I'm afraid that I'll figure out a way to eat things that I shouldn't because they'll go through without any trouble.

>>>>I didnt think of this one bit before I was banded.. yet it has became my way now.. I never drank do much Soup in my life.

Afraid that I won't lose any weight at all after going through surgery etc. Afraid that I won't succeed, because I haven't succeeded at any weight loss plan I've tried for the past 30 years of my life.

>>>NOw that I was affraid of and still am... But I am adapting and finding my way.

How does one deal with all these issues? Does every obese person have these fears? I would love to hear from anyone that has....I need help.

>>>I have posted alot on this issue.. the thoughts runnign through my mind, I can hardly keep up with..

I think everyone deals in their own way

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[Time to love me 0]

DeLarla's right, starvation mode as an ongoing thing is a bit of a myth, its not like a switch flips and you stop losing weight. But what happens is when you're body has burned its store of ready glycogen from within your muscles and liver it switches to alternative fuel sources and those arent purely fat, they include your body's lean tissue. As your lean tissue is burned, your energy needs decrease, because lean tissue is metabolically active, whereas fat isnt. So you need to eat less and less to continue losing weight and if you ever start eating "normally" again, well you'll blow up faster than you can say pancake. You wont need half the calories you previously did to pile on all the weight you've lost and more.

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This is exactly what happened to me! My nutritionist put it as starvation mode (temp.). I gained 6 pounds in 3 weeks from not eating enough. Once I started eating right... it all came off. I was so pissed that I gained all that weight when i was only eating one meal a day with an apple for snack.

The things I've learned!!!!

[the best me 6]

This is kind of off the topic but along the same lines, for those of you interested in the "starvation mode" concept. JQPublic (that hottie) posted this thread with some really interesting links on it. Just wanted to post the link to that thread here in case anyone was interested...here it is!

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=11511