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I am eating 700 calories a day and gaining weight. how is this possible?
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Metabolic rate.: If you have been eating this few of calories for a while, it may have caused your metabolic rate to drop. When you go into starvation mode your body learns to conserve calories.
Answered 6/6/2013
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