I have a slow metabolism

usmcmp

Bump!

I can't decide if I was relieved or crushed when I realized that a) I don't have a slow metabolism, b) my frame really isn't that large, and c) my Dr was wrong when he told me that b/c of my PCOS it would be almost impossible for me to lose weight.

Yeah it's a bit sad when you realize that your metabolism is actually pretty good :laugh:

My frame IS large though. But down the road it doesn't seem to make much of a difference, I still have too much fat at 138 lbs... I just will never be able to fit in a S shirt (unless the brand also has XS, lol) or size 0 jeans (or 2.. or 4).

By every measurement there is for frame size I had a large frame when I was over weight. Now that I have low body fat all of them say I have a medium/average frame.

I'm not concerned with the scale anymore though because I know (based on body fat) that I have more lean mass than most other women my height. I also will never fit into jeans smaller than 8 or wear women's size small. It's more about what I see in the mirror than scale or clothing size.

sweetnlow30

I can relate to this. Growing up I thought I was cursed with a slow metabolism and "bad genes" because my family and I were fat. At the time I didn't understand we were big because of learned eating habits and I carried those habits into my adulthood. I was raised by my dad who thought it was perfectly normal for a ten year old to eat a dinner plate full of pasta or an entire pound of bacon. :laugh: He was a young single dad and he tried. Anyway, it wasn't until I started logging my food a few years ago and being honest with myself about my over eating, that I started to realize there was nothing wrong with me after all. I was fat because I ate too much. I no longer had the victim card to play and it was eye opening, in a good way. I am partially disabled and I have been through some major spine surgeries so I don't exercise much but I can still control my food. If I can do it anyone can