Why do people make such a big deal about calories?

The human body was built for survival. A person wont become "malnourished" after a few days of eating below the "recommended calorie intake". Sure, after a prolonged period with very little food, you will become tired and physically weaker, and depending on what exactly youre eating, you may face a risk of becoming malnourished. But theres nothing wrong with short term periods of fasting or eating small amounts, especially when theyre eating only a few hundred calories below the "norm". A person is only "starving" if their levels of body fat reach a certain percentage. So people need to stop telling others theyre "starving themselves" when they say theyre doing a low calorie diet for a few days. So-called "starvation mode", only occurs after a longer period of time, not if someones doing a 48 hour fast or some fad diet to fit into a wedding dress or something. And fyi, the weight CAN stay off if the person carefully monitors their calorie intake, slowly increasing it afterwards, instead of just stuffing there faces with fried chicken and burgers right after (which is why most people gain the weight back, because they start eating way too much). No one has ever died or become "malnourished" after a short term low calorie diet. Its so annoying seeing people always exaggerate about calories on here.