Microblog: The Brain Makes Up 2% of Our Weight but Consumes 20–30% of Total Calories

Ever heard of the Minnesota Starvation Study? Participants in this study were all healthy-physically and mentally. Yet because of undereating, most developed eating disorders. The restriction of food led to a focus on food and eating.

🚨These healthy that never had an issue with diet or body image now we’re obsessed with food.
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🙅🏻‍♀️This is why I’m not for calorie counting long-term. Our body is not a calculator. We are a collection of complicated chemical processes that is so heavily reliant and affected by hormones and enzymes.

🚧No amount of calorie tweaking is going to change this.

🥴You may find a sweet spot for a while, but over time, that sweet spot will turn sour.
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🧘🏻‍♀️We want to heal. Give it time. We can lose weight but when we take shortcuts by undereating, we can cause eating disorders to grow rampant. This study showed that binge eating can be a direct result of undereating.

🤕When we consume very few calories in a day, our bodies will rebel. It will show up as an inability to stick to a diet. It will show up as bingeing and sometimes compensatory behavior. It’s not lack of willpower, our bodies are…