Quote Originally Posted by Chris N.
What's strange is if you reduce the amount of food that you eat the hormone leptin decreases which is the trigger for your body to go into starvation mode and burn more muscle than fat. One way to counter this is to eat more carbs on one day durring the weak. This'll send your body the right signals that will maintain your leptin hormone levels therefore not putting you into starvation mode.
Interesting little tit bit of info CC Chris