Is it possible to gain weight from not consuming enough calories? Seriously, does anybody know?

This can happen for a number of reasons: low thyroid function, long-term lack of exercise, leptin insensitivity, long-term low-calorie dieting combined with one of the other causes. It most definitely is real, but it's not a situation you want to get your body into. What it means is that your metabolism has slowed to the point where almost anything you eat will put weight on you...even if you're barely eating.

Here is a link that somewhat explains how this can happen, although it's not the only reason: ezinearticles.com/?How-a-Very-Low-Calori... Here's a link to another article on another reason: thyroid.about.com/od/loseweightsuccessfu... I have leptin insensitivity, a condition developed during my last pregnancy when I was told to change my diet during the last trimester. I *have* to eat low-carb, so I frequent LowCarbFriends. Com forums, where a lot of information on this topic is shared.

I am by no means alone in my predicament, but the good news is it can be handled. There are also a couple of good low-carb blogs, livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog and holdthetoast.com , that are also helpful for when you need to address weight loss but low-calorie and exercise alone aren't doing it. It wasn't a fad: lots of people find this solution for a variety of reasons.

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