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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 1085333" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>I spent well over 2 months on a very low calorie diet in my late teens. Am convinced it wrecked my metabolism (i have seen it referred to as 'switching on your thrifty gene').</p><p></p><p>I completely agree with [USER=85197]@zand[/USER] and [USER=110923]@SlyFox[/USER] </p><p></p><p>People always seem go into diets wanting to lose weight FAST, but it trips the body into starvation mode, with knock on effects that can last years. Mine have - and for me it was before diabetes appeared. Expect it would be worse now.</p><p></p><p>My personal view (which i say repeatedly here on the forum) is that the slower weight loss is, the better. The safer. The kinder to the body. It avoids most of the risk of rebounding, and 'falling off the wagon', and it gently teaches new eating habits and cooking techniques. It is why i encouraged you to do the 5:2 instead of this.</p><p></p><p>I realise that we 'slow dieters' are in a minority on the forum, and many think we are 'failures' (i had posts of this nature aimed at me earlier in this thread, which were unpleasant enough to be removed by moderators) but the reality is that we 'slow dieters' have learned by bitter experience what the long term effects of these starvation diets are. That is why we speak up.</p><p></p><p>Obviously not everyone has these consequences. But i have a sad expectation that there will be quite a few people posting about problems in the months and years ahead - especially if the fashion for them continues.</p><p></p><p>I suppose all diet fads go in cycles, and we will just have to wait this one out too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 1085333, member: 41816"] I spent well over 2 months on a very low calorie diet in my late teens. Am convinced it wrecked my metabolism (i have seen it referred to as 'switching on your thrifty gene'). I completely agree with [USER=85197]@zand[/USER] and [USER=110923]@SlyFox[/USER] People always seem go into diets wanting to lose weight FAST, but it trips the body into starvation mode, with knock on effects that can last years. Mine have - and for me it was before diabetes appeared. Expect it would be worse now. My personal view (which i say repeatedly here on the forum) is that the slower weight loss is, the better. The safer. The kinder to the body. It avoids most of the risk of rebounding, and 'falling off the wagon', and it gently teaches new eating habits and cooking techniques. It is why i encouraged you to do the 5:2 instead of this. I realise that we 'slow dieters' are in a minority on the forum, and many think we are 'failures' (i had posts of this nature aimed at me earlier in this thread, which were unpleasant enough to be removed by moderators) but the reality is that we 'slow dieters' have learned by bitter experience what the long term effects of these starvation diets are. That is why we speak up. Obviously not everyone has these consequences. But i have a sad expectation that there will be quite a few people posting about problems in the months and years ahead - especially if the fashion for them continues. I suppose all diet fads go in cycles, and we will just have to wait this one out too. [/QUOTE]
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