RMR :(
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Blood test results back from the Doc. Initial assessment? I have megaloblastic anemia caused by B12 deficiency. More testing is being done to see why I am not getting any B12 from my B12 rich diet. (I am having some type of absorption problem.) This completely explains my very low RMR. My blood cannot carry sufficient oxygen to my parts to BURN calories. >_<0
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Blood test results back from the Doc. Initial assessment? I have megaloblastic anemia caused by B12 deficiency. More testing is being done to see why I am not getting any B12 from my B12 rich diet. (I am having some type of absorption problem.) This completely explains my very low RMR. My blood cannot carry sufficient oxygen to my parts to BURN calories. >_<
Good to know of deficiency, and glad you are tackling it from direction of why aren't you absorbing what you do get. Good call going for that.
But, that doesn't make sense as a result for lower RMR for reason mentioned.
If the body needed to burn calories to do something, and from the current heart rate you aren't getting the required oxygen, the HR just goes up to carry more.
That's exactly what happens when you start exercising, your muscles need more oxygen than blood is currently carrying, so HR speeds up.
Is your resting HR slightly high?0 -
My resting heart rate is 90. When I was "healthy" and not exercising, it was 79 ish... When I exercise it's typically up around 177 and driving the cardio machine INSANE.0
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My resting heart rate is 90. When I was "healthy" and not exercising, it was 79 ish... When I exercise it's typically up around 177 and driving the cardio machine INSANE.
There you go, you saw the effect. Since several diseases have that same effect, be glad that is it.
Malformed and unusable red blood cells, or not enough, or not getting the oxygen from the lungs to them, all cause same effect as the start.
Normally low HR starts going up, and overtraining isn't issue.
So your RMR is still valid, except your heart is using a tad more energy than it might otherwise have to, for it to beat faster to provide the needed O2 for the normal level of metabolism you have.0 -
What I'm saying is that once my anemia is fixed, my RMR should go back up to a normal level, because I will be able to utilize higher amounts of oxygen while resting. My heart and blood will be more efficient, my wounds will heal faster, and I'll be able to stay WARM because all of those things won't be back-burnered anymore.
Oh, and I suppose I'll get my period back, but I'm not exactly decorating a celebratory tampon over that bit. >_<0 -
What I'm saying is that once my anemia is fixed, my RMR should go back up to a normal level, because I will be able to utilize higher amounts of oxygen while resting. My heart and blood will be more efficient, my wounds will heal faster, and I'll be able to stay WARM because all of those things won't be back-burnered anymore.
I'm going to say no it won't have that total effect.
Because your body wants to do so much work, if the current HR doesn't provide enough O2 to do it, the HR will increase, which it sounds like yours has.
The amount of work (except by the heart for slightly higher HR) done by the metabolism functions isn't going to change, so the calories it burns isn't going to change.
The ability for the HR to go slower to provide the O2 for those functions will change.
If anything, slower beating HR, the RMR should go down ever so slightly.
The other reason it will go down, the low B12 or whatever the issue is causing bad absorption of it, could be causing inefficiencies in your system, which means burning more than normally needed.
Once those are taken care of and body doing things at normal expected efficiency, that means less energy too.
I really think you got the wrong idea of what this means as it relates to your RMR.
Those other things you describe are exactly the effects of not eating enough, body needs so much for basic metabolism functions (which is not healing or warmth) that those higher level functions are slowed down.
I'd suggest eating more right now will help those out, it does for everyone else. Hair/nails grow better (same as wounds healing), they get warmer, ect.0 -
Right, but I have malabsorption problems, which means that I'm not getting the nutrients out of what I AM eating. No B12, low iron, low potassium, low everything. So even eating well over 1800 calories per day and not exercising, I had horrible diarrhea, nausea, and still low energy. The anemia is a symptom of something else. I guess I feel like when we get to the bottom of this, my RMR should normalize.0
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Right, but I have malabsorption problems, which means that I'm not getting the nutrients out of what I AM eating. No B12, low iron, low potassium, low everything. So even eating well over 1800 calories per day and not exercising, I had horrible diarrhea, nausea, and still low energy. The anemia is a symptom of something else. I guess I feel like when we get to the bottom of this, my RMR should normalize.
glad to hear you at least have an answer to all of this! that part is really great. what is the doctor having you take or do to help with the malabsorbtion problem?0 -
We're running a batch of tests for autoimmune diseases that effect the gut. Sjogren's, Crohn's, celiac, pernicious anemia, and h. pylori infection. If it's none of those, we'll look for some of the more rare and icky diseases. My white count is up, so cancer isn't off the list, but we'll hold off on jumping to that conclusion...0
