I have a theory....

regarding "Starvation Mode".  If it were true that eating way less than we need to, like 500-1000 calories would make us gain more weight, how do you explain starving people in countries who are famished?  Wouldn't they pass away fat? NOT that I'm saying I wanna eat 500 calories. Just food for thought

Oh, and to add - Dont you think that since we were eating like 500 calories a day, at the most in our initial months, don't you think we would have lost weight a way slower speed?  Being that we would be in "starvation mode"?

Calorie restriction is diffent than malnutrition.  Eventually we start taking in more calories.  Also, factor in that many started morbidly obese in the first place and a person who is of normal weight losing 8 to 15 lbs a month for up to a year would die.  Our individual fat supplies keep us from suffering the same fate as those in let's say for example in Ethiopia during the 80's famine.

Hm, true.  I never thought of it like that!