Does your metabolism suck?
Eat MORE and finally see results.
Are you already cutting calories? Or maybe you have even been restricting calories and also doing cardio but yet the scale just won't reflect your efforts? Are you truly maintaining a caloric deficit but not losing weight? Here is where we have to be honest with ourselves. How many calories are you TRULY consuming on daily basis? If you are in fact truly putting in the efforts but have no results to show for it, then a calorie deficit is not the place to start. If you have already been restricting calories and especially if you have paired that restriction with cardio or intense exercise, then likely a metabolism boost is the task to tackle. We start with changing nothing, eat as you normally do, and be very diligent to track your typical daily consumption. Be accurate and figure out exactly how many calories on a typical day you are consuming. If you truly are in a restriction but not seeing results, let's increase those calories. Seriously, do it, increase your calories starting with about 100-200 calories daily. If you truly meet the circumstances mentioned above, this increase should help kick start some results. Long term dieting, "yoyo dieting", excessive calorie restriction and even too much of the wrong type of intense exercise can damage the metabolism. The body is a very efficient machine. When we stress our bodies with intense, endurance type of exercise, especially when we pair that exercise with a caloric deficit, the body goes into a type of survival mode. It will work to be more efficient and burn less calories, lowering your metabolic rate. It does this by consuming muscle. Yeah maybe you did lose a few pounds but your body fat percentage increased? How the hell can that be right? That's because the weight you did lose was precious muscle. This is why I preach, lift some weights. Put that muscle to work and your body will understand that it must be spared, protected and built. Regardless if you are in this circumstance, the most important thing is to consume more. Ideally your additional calories will come from some healthy protein sources but in these circumstances, any caloric increase will help. If you are also regularly doing intense, endurance, "cardio" type of exercise, take a breather. Instead, incorporate some weight training into the routine. You need to put your muscle to work, or your body will see it as fair game when it comes to dropping pounds on the scale. Often up to 50% of the weight you may lose, will be lost muscle. Remember when in a calorie deficit, your body would rather burn muscle than that pesky fat. Every ounce of muscle lost is another few calories shaved off your metabolic rate. Build your metabolism back up with a small caloric increase and some weight training. I promise you will begin to see results. You can thank me later.
