I wasn't sure if it was one of those things you read where "the right way to lose weight isn't dieting but eating [magic bean of the week] and exercising instead." But your interpretation is probably the correct one, on re-read.
People who are on only a below needed calorie diet will eventually plateau.
I'm not sure that's true in all cases.
That is why you must balance a complete, body type appropriate meal plan with the correct amount of cardio exercise.
Unless you're saying that doesn't happen when you exercise, which may be true. If you do exercise, I have concrete data in at least one case that resting metabolism doesn't slow much with diet. I used to be quite fat, and in order to create a workable diet for myself, I've recorded everything I've put in my mouth since June 2006 and every step of exercise I've done, and the results look like this:
The second graph (which I'm putting up in a few seconds, so if it's not there yet, wait a minute) shows a pretty constant metabolism despite averaging between 1300 and 1500 calories per day with a resting metabolism of 2600. It doesn't look like it slows toward the end, and it's still the same now. So a lowered calorie intake does not equal a slowed metabolism. But I did a significant amount of running during that period, so I can't tell if that means your comment doesn't apply to me.
(Disclaimer: I sell the program I wrote to track my diet, so I guess my data needs to be looked at as slightly suspect (although I can provide an annoying-to-fake list of every food I ate during that time). Still, it's true.)
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I wasn't sure if it was one of those things you read where "the right way to lose weight isn't dieting but eating [magic bean of the week] and exercising instead." But your interpretation is probably the correct one, on re-read.
People who are on only a below needed calorie diet will eventually plateau.
I'm not sure that's true in all cases.
That is why you must balance a complete, body type appropriate meal plan with the correct amount of cardio exercise.
Unless you're saying that doesn't happen when you exercise, which may be true. If you do exercise, I have concrete data in at least one case that resting metabolism doesn't slow much with diet. I used to be quite fat, and in order to create a workable diet for myself, I've recorded everything I've put in my mouth since June 2006 and every step of exercise I've done, and the results look like this:
Sample data.
The second graph (which I'm putting up in a few seconds, so if it's not there yet, wait a minute) shows a pretty constant metabolism despite averaging between 1300 and 1500 calories per day with a resting metabolism of 2600. It doesn't look like it slows toward the end, and it's still the same now. So a lowered calorie intake does not equal a slowed metabolism. But I did a significant amount of running during that period, so I can't tell if that means your comment doesn't apply to me.
(Disclaimer: I sell the program I wrote to track my diet, so I guess my data needs to be looked at as slightly suspect (although I can provide an annoying-to-fake list of every food I ate during that time). Still, it's true.)