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Our bodies have evolved to protect against weight loss. We like to think we're modern, enlightened creatures, but we're still a collection of biological processes that are centred around survival in an unforgiving world. Most of us no longer live in that world.
As a result, when we diet our bodies trigger processes that limit the effects of nutritional deficit. And sure, we'll lose weight to start with, but that hits a plateau surprisingly quickly as our metabolism catches up.
Then add into that things like ADHD (which is something affects me personally), whereby when weight loss slows to a crawl after a few weeks I get frustrated and lose interest in keeping it up. So I'm 140kg with no sign of that going anywhere any time soon.
This is textbook cope. "I won't do the thing because it's technically not the most 100% efficient way so imma be 140 forever" I've got ADHD too bud. It's possible to fast for 3 days a week.
It's not cope, it's biology.
Yes... biology you are using as an excuse to not do something, hence cope.
Youre so mean
I prefer the term naughty
The metabolic effect you're describing is called "starvation mode" by a lot of people and while its technically real its actually quite a bit smaller than most people think, and can easily be countered by adding a work out to your routine. If you think youre not losing weight because of it, (or gaining weight, as some people claim) I would bet you're actually not counting all your calories throughout the day.