(October 7, 2009 at 2:45 pm)Saerules Wrote: The body begins feeding upon the built up fat to sustain itself. Keep liquidated... and you will lose fatness (and weight). However, starve for too long and you begin to lose muscle mass too.
Sae,
You got this backwards and your thinking is the number one cause of yo-yo dieting. The problem with starvation diets is it causes the body to consume muscle first which lowers the metabolism.
Let's ask our good friend wiki what it thinks (bolding mine):
from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieting
Quote:All body processes require energy to run properly. When the body is expending more energy than it is taking in (e.g. when exercising), the body's cells rely on internally stored energy sources, like complex carbohydrates and fats, for energy. The first source the body turns to is glycogen (by glycogenolysis). Glycogen is a complex carbohydrate, where 65% of it is stored in skeletal muscles and the rest in the liver (totaling about 2000 kcal in the whole body). It is created from the excess of ingested macronutrients, mainly carbohydrates. When those sources are nearly depleted, the body begins lipolysis, the mobilization and catabolism of fat stores for energy. In this process, fats, obtained from adipose tissue, or fat cells, are broken down into glycerol and fatty acids, which can be used to make energy. The primary by-products of metabolism are carbon dioxide and water; carbon dioxide is expelled through the respiratory system.
Basically you just need to take in enough nutrients and strength train to stave off muscle loss.
Rhizo
