"I can't lose weight on 800-1000 calories a day"

Americans subsiding on a kilo of cheese pasta and 5L of cola a day is a wonder of nature

>ou only eat 600-800 calories a day?

>Your body is likely in starvation mode.

>just for your body to do basic bodily functions to keep you alive you need 1,200-2,000ish calories a day.

That's only true if you have zero fat on yourself and unless you look like a starving african you have at least a few weeks worth of food in fat folds

>So many people forget about the calories out side of the CICO equation. Some things aren't in our conscious control. Before metformin, every time I would start losing weight I'd get so exhausted I'd crash nap multiple times a day and could barely keep up a light exercise routine.

This is valid but sounds like a bigger problem, you shouldn't be dying from not eating for half a day. It's possible the deficit was too high