Very high metabolism

IsabellaGiano
IsabellaGiano Posts: 158 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi!

Please, if you can, some advice for a friend of mine.

She is VERY thin. So thin that many people think she is anorexic, but she is not. I personally see how much she eat, she enjoy food and never throws up.
She has not thyroid problems, she checked.
She was always thin but now she lost some additional weight and also muscle mass, and she is worried.

We checked with MFP a typical day of her, she eat up to 3500 cals (!) with a lot of fats, a bit of carbs, and very few proteins.

I think that she has a very high metabolism, her body temperature is usually higher than the average, it's like she has always fever, so that may be the reason as to way she burns -evidently- so much.

Anyway... should she try to eat even more? I suggested her, at least, to try increase proteins, since her muscles are suffering too much.

Ah, she has also problems with sugars, she should avoid sweets and similar, so she cannot just have cakes and so on to eat more calories.

Any more advice?

Thank you in advance :)

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  • 2013sk
    2013sk Posts: 1,318 Member
    She is eating 3500 calories and losing weight???

    She is VERY thin

    Its like she always has a fever???

    I think she needs to get to the doctors, get a blood test & her thyroid glands checked - First things first!!!
  • IsabellaGiano
    IsabellaGiano Posts: 158 Member
    Ah, she doesn't exercise, she just walk and such (we estimated a bit more of an hour of walk every day), in her work she is on her feet all the day but she doesn't have to lift heavy weights or similar.

    She is not very tall, but not short.
  • LKArgh
    LKArgh Posts: 5,178 Member
    What you describe is not possible. She either has a medical problem, or exercises way more than she thinks, or eats less than she thinks.
  • IsabellaGiano
    IsabellaGiano Posts: 158 Member
    She is eating 3500 calories and losing weight???

    She is VERY thin

    Its like she always has a fever???

    I think she needs to get to the doctors, get a blood test & her thyroid glands checked - First things first!!!

    She was always thin, very thin, since she was a baby. The same for her high temperature. She is kind of a whole degree more than the average.
    She checked the thyroid and it's ok.
  • IsabellaGiano
    IsabellaGiano Posts: 158 Member
    What you describe is not possible. She either has a medical problem, or exercises way more than she thinks, or eats less than she thinks.

    Yes, I think that also... but she seemed very precise when we had a look at her typical day.

    I suggested her to register her food here at least for a week or two, and to get her calorie burn with a step tracker, for example (but, if she really has a very high metabolism, then the tracker will underestimate her burn)
  • asciident
    asciident Posts: 166 Member
    I don't understand what you want us to say. Should she eat more? Why? Is she unintentionally losing weight? Does she want to gain weight and/or muscle? Recomp her body?

    Maybe she should come ask her questions so she can address things more directly.
  • IsabellaGiano
    IsabellaGiano Posts: 158 Member
    I don't understand what you want us to say. Should she eat more? Why? Is she unintentionally losing weight? Does she want to gain weight and/or muscle? Recomp her body?

    Maybe she should come ask her questions so she can address things more directly.

    She is not using MFP; I love her and I'm concerned for her, since she doesn't want to lose weight, on the contrary she would like to gain some back. I rely on MFP because I know it. She don't, and won't.
    I wondered if someone here, given the enormous amount of different experiences, could give any advice. Yes, like... eat more, simply. Or up proteins. Or, i don't know, "there is a tracker that can check also how high your metabolism is". I don't know.
    I'm not expecting anything. :)
  • zenalasca
    zenalasca Posts: 563 Member
    I would suggest things that are high in calories and protein but not too filling. Like fatty meats. Fatty bacon. Peanut butter. Add cream to milk used in cereal. Have full fat yogurt.
  • zenalasca
    zenalasca Posts: 563 Member
    Proteins can be too filling. That's why I suggest the above.
  • XLMACX
    XLMACX Posts: 346 Member
    A friend of mine has the same issue from been young would constantly stay thin despite how much he ate, he was prescribed medication to slow down metabolism so a trip to doc Maybe worth it he is able to gain weight not no prob.x

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