Any way of determining speed of metabolism?

aalhasan
aalhasan Posts: 104
edited January 30 in Health and Weight Loss
Hello,

I'm very eager to know my metabolism speed. Is there any way to determine the rate using some calculations and measurements?
I know I became overweight because I used to eat a lot (averaging 4000 calories intake per day at an age of 12-15), but I'm not sure if a slow metabolism was the main factor in causing me to become overweight.

Thanks!

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  • husseycd
    husseycd Posts: 814 Member
    There are online calculators, but if you want it tested, a dietician can usually do it. You sit quietly and breathe into a machine for 10 minutes of so. It'll give you your Resting Metabolic Rate.
  • SteelySunshine
    SteelySunshine Posts: 1,092 Member
    4000 calories is the likely culprit here. Lets be for real for a minute. I had a job where I was burning that many calories on my work days. Problem is the other two days I ate the same number of calories. So, that put me in at least a 200 calorie a day surplus on average even on days where I would burn that many calories. So, even with a high burn rate I was gaining.

    If you want an accurate assessment without having to experiment much I would do the thing with the machine that measures your RMR. If you are willing to log your calories and your exercise for a month or so you can get a pretty good idea from that what your RMR is from what the scale does.
  • aalhasan
    aalhasan Posts: 104
    I started at around 220 pounds on May 1st 2013. I've been living on a 1300-1400 calorie diet since then (I've been told it's low but I find it reasonable with 5-7 cheat days in total).
    I'm a 5'9 19yo male. I weigh a bit more than 180 pounds as of today. that's roughly 40 pounds lost in 69 days.
    My BMR is between 1900-2100. Assuming it's a bit more (2300-2500), then I should be losing 2-3 pounds per week, but in reality I've lost 40 pounds in 10 weeks, that's 4 pounds per week. So what's happening here?
  • j6o4
    j6o4 Posts: 871 Member
    I started at around 220 pounds on May 1st 2013. I've been living on a 1300-1400 calorie diet since then (I've been told it's low but I find it reasonable with 5-7 cheat days in total).
    I'm a 5'9 19yo male. I weigh a bit more than 180 pounds as of today. that's roughly 40 pounds lost in 69 days.
    My BMR is between 1900-2100. Assuming it's a bit more (2300-2500), then I should be losing 2-3 pounds per week, but in reality I've lost 40 pounds in 10 weeks, that's 4 pounds per week. So what's happening here?

    That is really low, minimum intake for a male is 1800 calories.
  • aalhasan
    aalhasan Posts: 104
    Shirt size: 16 --> 14
    Pants size: 38 --> 31-32
    Tone biceps, triceps, and shoulders.

    All by eating staying around 1300 calorie intake.

    In my opinion, It's safe to go that low in the beginning when you have a lot to lose. I'm approaching my goal weight so I'm working on increasing my intake now.
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