metabolism

Eldow1977

So I'm going to try to increase my metabolism but eating more today. Sounds strange to say that!!!! I've had an apple with my breakfast and I've got some almonds for mid morning. What other low cal snacks does everyone else go for.

VintageFeline

Uh what?

PaulaWallaDingDong

Not likely. Apples and almonds are great and all, but...

999tigger

On what basis do you think that will increase your meatbolism? Are you being serious?

brianpperkins

Elshe1977 wrote: »

Well!!!! Well done the four of you, only people so far and not only were you not helpful you ranged from sarcastic to just down right rude. sayyestohealing!!!! Troll! Get off my post, you're just wasting space. "apples and almonds are great and all, but..." but WHAT? the point of the post to seek advice and support neither of which this comment was. And as for 999tigger, one word - spelling and yes I am serious. To all of you, do any of you actually take the time to read to support and advice given by this site, including how to increase your metabolism by increasing fruit and veg and eating little and often such as healthy snacking between meals, good fats such as nuts or are you just here to socialise. Someone pointed out how bad people must feel when they put themselves out there for help and no-one answers but I'd have rather you just didn't bother. Luckily I also posted on my home page and have a long list of ideas from there.

The part of your post in bold does not increase one's metabolism which is why you received the initial responses that you did.

honkytonks85

There is energy involved in digesting food that is included in your TDEE - it's called the thermic effect of food. However, it does not matter what food you eat or how much you eat or how frequently you eat, TER is relatively always the same and is NOT something significant enough to be considering in the weight loss process. FOCUS ON A DEFICIT!

zoeysasha37

Don't get bent out of shape op.
Apples and almonds do not increase metabolism. For goodness sakes, if that where true then I'd be 60lbs because my metabolism would be super duper speedy
. if your referring to the mfp blog as to where you've seen this info on here, just know its notoriously wrong and hogwash. The same as the fitness magazines that say the same thing then write some contradiction the next month. Take what you read on the mfp with a grain of salt. Its nonsense written to try to gain more new members and is almost laughable sometimes.
You can't create a higher metabolism by eating certain foods. The body doesn't work that way. If you like apples and almonds , then eat them. But don't expect a higher metabolism because of it.

zoeysasha37

Also op, you can't tell someone to get off your post. Its the internet. Sorry but you won't always get the replies you want. People on your wall might tell you what you want to hear, but here its more common that people will point out bad info . your post contained info that is wrong. People pointed it out. You are the only one being rude ( by saying get off my post ) people are just trying to let you know where your mistake was. Nobody here will give you a pat on the back for spewing bad info.

kristen6350

There isn't enough evidence that eating small meals every 2-3hrs helps metabolism. You know what does? Eating less and exercising. Now if snacking makes this process easier (makes you less hungry, or hangry) then go for it. It will not increase your metabolism.

The only proven way to lose weight is to be at a deficient. That either means eat less food (doesn't matter what food, you could eat pizza all day and if you are in a deficient you'll lose weight), or exercise to create a deficient. Exercise gives you more calories and slightly increase your metabolism.

My advice? Peel that apple, slice it up and weigh it. Log the apple, by weight, in MFP and enjoy it. Same with the almonds. You CAN eat too much if you don't know how much you are actually eating.

snowflakesav

There isn't sufficient enough and statistacally significant research available to convince many of us that eating many small meals through the day helps one lose more weight than a calorie deficit alone. If you feel better and enjoy your food more having several light snacks rather than eating a single larger meal to feel full may work better for you.

There was a lot of focus indicating that metabolism or foods that increase metabolism were the key to weight loss over the past 2 decades. Some of it was absolute horse pucky. People just got fatter believing it.

lemurcat12

If you've decreased your metabolism due to dieting (especially overly aggressive dieting) you can improve it by gradually (like 50-100 cal/week) increasing calories -- essentially a reverse diet. It doesn't have anything to do with eating apples or almonds or small snacks or meal timing at all, however.

CurlyCockney

If you don't have a medical condition that has affected your metabolism, this might help http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/loseweight/pages/how-can-i-speed-up-my-metabolism.aspx

If you do have such a condition, be guided by your medical professional.

VintageFeline

Well you see, your opening OP appeared as a statement of fact, nothing more nothing less. There's only three sentences with scant info other than an apple and almonds are going to increase your metabolism.

So my response was hoping for more information. You gave it. Albeit in a pretty angry manner.

As above, unless reverse dieting, increasing calories does not increase metabolism. Certain foods don't either. There's no science to back it up. Don't believe everything you read on the internet, including MFP blogs.

rhyolite_

Elshe1977 wrote: »

Well!!!! Well done the four of you, only people so far and not only were you not helpful you ranged from sarcastic to just down right rude. sayyestohealing!!!! Troll! Get off my post, you're just wasting space. "apples and almonds are great and all, but..." but WHAT? the point of the post to seek advice and support neither of which this comment was. And as for 999tigger, one word - spelling and yes I am serious. To all of you, do any of you actually take the time to read to support and advice given by this site, including how to increase your metabolism by increasing fruit and veg and eating little and often such as healthy snacking between meals, good fats such as nuts or are you just here to socialise. Someone pointed out how bad people must feel when they put themselves out there for help and no-one answers but I'd have rather you just didn't bother. Luckily I also posted on my home page and have a long list of ideas from there.

I would have almost believed this were real if you hadn't included the bolded text above. Sorry, try again.

kommodevaran

That's not how it works.

abatonfan

Eating frequent and small meals has a negligible effect on metabolism in the grand scheme of things (I think that part of metabolism is through the thermic effect of food?). There's so many factors that go into metabolism that there's no way that little changes like meal frequency will hugely speed it up (the only way it helps with weight loss is if you find it easier to stick to your calorie and macro targets that way).

MFP's blog is a joke. Recently, I've wanted to throw my laptop out the window because of some of the hogwash they seem to promote. Eating "clean" does nothing for weight loss unless you eat fewer calories than you burn (eating "clean" may make it easier for a volume eater to create a calorie deficit, because most "clean" foods tend to be less calorie dense compared to, for example, a Big Mac; if you eat 500 calories above your maintenance every day for a week you will gain about a pound of weight, regardless if those extra 3500 calories were from kale or Big Macs).

The best way to up your metabolism is to exercise and strength train. Exercise, especially cardio, burns calories, while strength training builds muscle that would up your BMR (a pound of muscle burns slightly more calories than a pound of fat).

zoeysasha37

VintageFeline wrote: »

Well you see, your opening OP appeared as a statement of fact, nothing more nothing less. There's only three sentences with scant info other than an apple and almonds are going to increase your metabolism.

So my response was hoping for more information. You gave it. Albeit in a pretty angry manner.

As above, unless reverse dieting, increasing calories does not increase metabolism. Certain foods don't either. There's no science to back it up. Don't believe everything you read on the internet, including MFP blogs.

This 100% . mfp blogs are just as bad as the fitness magazines. They are full of bad info and people fall into the trap of believing it. Its really a shame that mfp promotes those blogs because they are truly hogwash most of the time.

snowflake930

Building muscle. Muscle burns calories faster than fat, even at rest.

I may be corrected by someone here who is more knowledgeable, but with all the reading I have done in the 3-1/2 years on MFP, this is the best way to increase calorie burn.

999tigger

Elshe1977 wrote: »

Well!!!! Well done the four of you, only people so far and not only were you not helpful you ranged from sarcastic to just down right rude. sayyestohealing!!!! Troll! Get off my post, you're just wasting space. "apples and almonds are great and all, but..." but WHAT? the point of the post to seek advice and support neither of which this comment was. And as for 999tigger, one word - spelling and yes I am serious. To all of you, do any of you actually take the time to read to support and advice given by this site, including how to increase your metabolism by increasing fruit and veg and eating little and often such as healthy snacking between meals, good fats such as nuts or are you just here to socialise. Someone pointed out how bad people must feel when they put themselves out there for help and no-one answers but I'd have rather you just didn't bother. Luckily I also posted on my home page and have a long list of ideas from there.

Wow defensive much. You started off with the idea that you can increase your metabolism by changing the food you eat. You were asked to explain why you thought that was true. You could not. People on these forums are always keen to make sure people have the correct understanding about how weight loss works and gain sound knowledge, so they can make good decisions that will give them the best chance to be successful.

If you want to believe eating different foods enhances your metabolism then go right ahead, but you are misinformed and that's me being polite. Perhaps read the link provided by curlycockney and you will start to understand more about metabolism.

DeguelloTex

snowflake930 wrote: »

Building muscle. Muscle burns calories faster than fat, even at rest.

I may be corrected by someone here who is more knowledgeable, but with all the reading I have done in the 3-1/2 years on MFP, this is the best way to increase calorie burn.

It's probably the best way to change your metabolism, since there aren't really any other viable options.

More exercise is the best way to increase calorie burn, since muscle requires very little in terms of additional calories. It's better than nothing, and there are other reasons why muscle is a good thing, but it really adds very little to metabolism.