Did I just ruin my metabolism unknowingly

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UmaMageswarymfp wrote: »

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It's NOT accurate - not in the least.

That is a BIA bodyfat % scale, that's all.

If it's an accurate model, best 5% accuracy IF you present exactly the same hydrated body to it.
If it's normal models 10% accuracy and same issue if hydrated body.

It is getting your LBM (Lean Body Mass - everything that is not fat), and running it through a Katch-McArdle formula for BMR, or Nelson or Cunningham RMR formula.

It is NOT measuring your metabolism at all.

Read that paper a lot closer and please report the other figures that are on there.

You are reading way too much into something that isn't that accurate.

BTW - you drink 16 ozs of water you just gained 1 lb of LBM and weight - and that formula would give you a different RMR figure.
That is exactly how inaccurate it can be.

Meaning to say - you've been on a diet and lost water weight - therefore your LBM has gone down, therefore your RMR per formula (not measurement) has gone down.

And I thought you said in another thread you were lifting.
That is not sedentary if you are referring to overall activity level.
If you mean sedentary on MFP and 1300 calories is your base Net eating goal but because of workouts you do actually eat more (which you should say that differently when describing how much you eat) - then fine.

Oh wow but in order to lose weight I do have to be eating 500 cals lesser than my RMR right?

No. You need to need eat less than your TOTAL calorie burn, which is not the same as RMR. At 550 kcal less than your total calorie expenditure, per day, you would lose 0.5kg per week.

That’s around 1800cals including my movement plus workout. So I should be eating 1.3k cals. That’s what I’m eating for now

This sounds more reasonable. How much weight are you losing on 1300 calories? Over the last 4-6 weeks, for example, what did you lose? Your real life data will give you the best idea of your true caloric needs.

I’ve lost 4kg in 1.5months

what exactly is the problem then??

You are losing aprox 1.5 lb per week.

If that is too fast for you then eat more - ie adjust your calorie intake upward.

If you are happy with OMAD, keep doing it.

I would suggest stopping measuring any other data than your calorie intake and your own weight -and adjust what you do accordingly.

Forget the rest.