I heard that “metabolism slows down” and that our body becomes “more efficient”…how? What does this concretely mean? Also, how can we get out of this loop and start losing weight again?
I wrote “diet” because I’m talking about a DIY one, but I guess diets made by professionals also have to be adjusted every now and then.
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It’s not that your metabolism slows down in the way you think, this is a bit of a misnomer. If you have 300lbs you need x amount of calories a day to support it. If you drop down to 200lbs you now need y amount. x > y and always will be. So if at 300lbs you’re needing 3,000cal/day to maintain and at 200lbs you need 2,000cal (using round numbers) and you diet at 2,200cal, the closer to 200lbs you get the slower you’ll lose weight and the “more efficient” your body becomes bc you are closer to your maintenance calories needed for the weight you are at. You’ll need to drop down to 2,000cal/day if you stall at 220lbs and wish to get down to 200lbs.
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