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Originally Posted by walsterman  I am not starving myself.. I am actually eating morefrequently than before!! The only thing is that I am eating better foods. Let me say that I was only trying to lose 4.25 lbs. per week. I had no idea that much weight would fly off. I am eating more frequently so that my body will not go into starvation mode!! I am taking daily multivitamins drinking at leat a gallon of water per day. and as far as muscle loss is concerned. I work out every day very hard. I run not for distance but to keep my heart rate up for over 25 min. to put my body into fat burning mode.. I have done research and I know that I shoould have a few more calories but I feel good I don't think I'm losing muscle mass at all but rather gaining from my workouts.. Who knows I may have gained a little after my next weigh in. |
If you're only eating 500 calories a day, you are starving yourself, and the fact that you are spacing it out throughout the day does not change that fact. I would be absolutely floored is you were able to gain a noticable amount of muscle mass from working out while eating that few of calories.