I think I killed my metabolism somehow

MelodyandBarbells

Thanks for all of your inputs. I'm going to see my doctor this week to get my blood drawn so hopefully I can get some more concrete answers regarding my metabolism. And btw, an hour of hot yoga burns WAY more calories than a 2 mile jog or even an intense weight lifting session at the gym. When I started doing it last summer, I dropped about 15 pounds in less than 2 months, going from 197 to 182. The only thing that was different was that I was pretty much starving myself and eating nothing but those lean cuisine frozen meals (about 2 per day) and drinking slim fast milkshakes. I felt like sh** all the time and couldn't sustain myself on that kind of diet, so hopefully I can find some kind of happy medium between my current sumo wrestler diet and last summer's Olson Twins' anorexic diet.

Do you even log?

Once you take out the heat factor, what's really the difference between hot and regular yoga? If not a whole lot, maybe you should use your HRM during regular yoga and see what those numbers are for comparison purposes

Calories IN calories out. You lost weight like crazy because you weren't eating. Now you are, and your rate of loss is a bit more sensible. Honestly, you're being a bit dense here, buddy

WalkingAlong

I wouldn't call 15lbs. in a little less than 2 months an anorexic diet. That's a healthy 2 lbs/week loss.