> I eat about 1200 calories for breakfast as my body otherwise cannot function for the day. I used to think this too, until I switched to a low carb diet. The

> I eat about 1200 calories for breakfast as my body otherwise cannot function for the day. I used to think this too, until I switched to a low carb diet. The raging fire in my belly, inability to concentrate and overall sluggishness just simply...disappeared. That’s when I realized that “my body needs X to Y” is unhelpful unless you’ve experimented with lots of different values of X for long enough for your body to adapt. I’m not saying you haven’t, but I’m just reiterating the importance of tinkering with your approach to diet and exercise. By the time we reach adulthood, our bodies have adapted to years of bad eating habits. Reshaping the hormonal and microbiotic responses may take a few weeks of discomfort/unusual response before seeing results.