Jergens123's Journal, 25 July 2022

I may or might or should reach under 140 by tomorrow morning ...
I should leave the 140 pound zone by tomorrow morning !!!

I tried everything else to get the body to use the energy ...
I tried everything
then I had a memory --
of "Pain the the ---" --- NO nOT HIM ... THAT OTHER GUY ...
APNG OR AGNP --- Whatever !!!!
I remember him and his cherry donut sausage pattie burger
telling other FS members ... "INCREASE YOUR CALORIE INTAKE"
and I thought ... "I wonder if that would work?"
and ... I did just that about 3 days ago .. and OMG - it does work!!!
I CAN LEARN.

All joking aside ...
I studied different things pretty intently...
it is hard to use up only 5 pounds of stored energy ...
it cannot be done with a low caloric intake after a year of caloric deficit ...
it does not work ...
I tried everything - I tried jumping up and down - everything!
The body slows down the metabolism refusing to use the stored energy -
If you try to go down to 1,200 or 1,100
it just maintains forever - in maintenance.

The body is a professional at maintaining fat stores...to avoid dying during a famine.
A long term daily calorie deficit - like one year - usually equals "famine"
so in order to convince the body ...
"Hey no food shortage here - this not a famine" you require more caloric intake
even if the caloric intake only covers your Basic Metabolic Rate ...
needed for your circulatory and digestive processes.
Nothing else worked --- but this is working !!!
No famine here - lots and lots of food.

140.2 lb Lost so far: 68.8 lb.    Still to go: 0.2 lb.    Diet followed 100%.