I know that a lot of you are going to say this is crazy, since I think it is too but it was interesting and I want to see what you all think
http://www.mindandmuscle.net/mindand...w.php?artID=35
Basically what this guys says that each lb of fat can sustain a certain amount of deficit each day, so the more fat you have the more of a deficit you can live on without losing muscle.
In a way it makes since to me that not everyone would start losing muscle at the same calorie level, and fat is there to provide you with calories when you need it... but then again when I put in my numbers it is seems wholly ridiculous.
For example at 180 I am 32% fat according to my scale (I know its not precise). Which means I carry 57 lbs of fat (UGH!). And if each lb of fat can sustain 31 calories a day according to his theory, then I can not lose muscle while on a 1767 deficit daily through diet and exercise. According to Wed MD if I were sedentary I need 1961 calories to maintain. And I burn 300 a day through my exercise video. So that bring me to 2261, and takes my down to 494 calories a day without losing muscle.
Now this is extreme, I am only asking for 2 lbs a week. which means I can eat 1261 a day, which is about where I am BUT I am not LOSING! Thus the reason why I went looking around the net for answers.
So you see how that seems wholly ridiculous to me. I am sure I would go into starvation mode. But he doesn't really talk about starvation mode, just not losing muscle. This is just a case of finding mis-information on the web right?
--Sumi