Am I in starvation mode even though I don realise it?
There’s little doubt that you are starving yourself, different people will experience different symptoms depending on their build and genetics. Also, the leaner a person is, the more they will feel it (less energy stores). So in answer to your question is that yes, you are in starvation mode. There is something you need to consider with all starvation diets, and that is that they don’t work (hence why you haven’t lost weight). A majority of the energy you intake from food is burnt off through the process required to survive (heart beating, eye movements, nervous system etc). When you enter starvation mode, your body reduces these energy requirements, which is what results in the symptoms of starvation. However, if a majority of your energy requirement is lowered, then the calorie deficit is going to be a lot less pronounced, and thus you will lose weight slower than what you think (or maybe not lose it at all). The interesting point is that when you go off your diet, your body doesn’t