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bhrgunatha  ·  3039 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Monthly Morale Menagerie Roll call for July, 2016!

    You know what's a bitch? Running a 2000-calorie-a-day deficit and gaining weight.

I've just spent a month fasting every other weekday (Mon Wed Fri). I drank liquids including mixtures of fruit/vegetable juice with pulp sieved out. I've also put on weight during the month. I didn't increase my intake on food days.

I didn't do it to lose weight but you'd expect there to be some reduction.?!??!!?

My theory is that actually basal metabolic rate is a myth and that it's all variable and chaotic. I don't think anyone really understands how our metabolism works.