Metabolism, RMR, weight loss

annacole94

Is my "slow metabolism" stalling my weight loss?

Fact based, clear, and super interesting!
"The words “slow metabolism” are incredibly overused. As in “I just can’t lose weight anymore; my metabolism has really slowed down.” Or “I’m not like you, I can’t just eat everything I want. Your metabolism’s faster than mine.”

Before blaming weight-loss failures on metabolic rates, let’s take a comprehensive look at how metabolic rates differ between people, what makes up your metabolic rate, and how all that changes when dieting or exercising."

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TimothyFish

Noel_57 wrote: »

Study after study has showed overweight people actually have higher RMR's than lean people. But the thyroid folks will disagree with that article.

How so? A person with hypothyroidism who is thin still has a lower RMR than an overweight person with hypothyroidism. Hypothyroidism can cause a person to use fewer calories and if they continue to eat as much as everyone else they will be overweight.

annacole94

Unmedicated hypothyroidism is a *kitten*.

But if you medicate appropriately, it has approximately zero impact. I just find it interesting how many of the 4% of the population likely to be outside the norms of RMR are somehow present on this board.

Afura

Noel_57 wrote: »

Study after study has showed overweight people actually have higher RMR's than lean people. But the thyroid folks will disagree with that article.

Aww that's just generalization talk there. I'm hypothyroid, and I thought it was a good article. As long as I'm taking my medication as directed and not eating foods that interfere (darn you soy proteins!), I generally don't have any problems with weight loss, nor have I ever blamed not losing on my lack of thyroid. There are people that have a hard time regulating their thyroid and it can impact them (even things such as what kind, shelf life of pills, etc can do it), so there can be some mitigating factors in hypo/hyperthyroid people, but it's generally adjustable with appropriate testing.

AnnPT77

Good link in the OP. I think there a couple of spots whether they confusingly/imprecisely intermingle RMR and NEAT, but that's no major flaw. I believe - don't have a cite - that higher fiber foods and perhaps so-called "whole foods" have a slightly higher TEF as well.

annacole94 wrote: »

Unmedicated hypothyroidism is a *kitten*.

But if you medicate appropriately, it has approximately zero impact. I just find it interesting how many of the 4% of the population likely to be outside the norms of RMR are somehow present on this board.

Just an observation: People outside the norms are probably substantially more likely to post on the board, especially those on the so-called "slow metabolism" side of the RMR/NEAT bell curve. They're more likely to be losing more slowly than they expect, based on their MFP settings, even if they're completely compliant with goals. So, they'll post asking for help.

(P.S. This reply isn't meant to be personal, or pointed. I'm hypothyroid, correctly medicated, and lost much faster than MFP said I would. It happens - for me, could be RMR, could be SPA portion of NEAT (though not steps or PA), could be partly TEF, don't know; I just eat those calories and chortle with glee. Any one of us is clearly unlikely to be in the 4%, but we're pretty likely to meet people here who are.)