Why eating less is making you gain weight #metabolism #weightloss

27 Sept 2026 · 0 min
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Dr. Tabatha Barber explains how calorie restriction triggers a starvation signal after two weeks. Your thyroid tells your adrenal glands to lower your metabolic rate to conserve energy, which can cause weight gain even when you keep restricting calories.

  1. As soon as you aren't eating enough for more than probably 2 weeks, your thyroid will just like start alarming the system and then your adrenals will hear that alarm and they'll be like, oh, she's starving us. We better turn down that metabolism.

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