Metabolism

Horselover0900
Horselover0900 Posts: 4
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I started to cut my calorie in take quite severely within the last couple of months. Sometimes I didn't even eat 1,200 calories per day. I realized how bad this was so I ate 1,250 cals per day. Recently I have been binging a lot. I want to recover my old metabolism because I use to be able to eat like a lot. Now I am too afraid to see the negative impact of upping my caloric intake. I end up unhealthily binging and making myself feel worse and eat less for fear of weight gain. Please help because it has really been a vicious cycle!

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  • janupshaw
    janupshaw Posts: 205 Member
    So, what exactly is the question?
  • liznotyet
    liznotyet Posts: 402 Member
    If you are restraining yourself so hard that you binge to make it up, it sounds like you need to make an adjustment. You can up the volume of food you eat without upping calories too much by adding more vegetables. Olive oil or nuts on your salad will make you feel full so you won't be reaching for junk food to binge on. Good luck.
  • Horselover0900
    Horselover0900 Posts: 4
    Just how to stop and feel better about myself.
  • Horselover0900
    Horselover0900 Posts: 4
    So, what exactly is the question?
    I would also like to know if it possible to regain my metabolism without gaining weight.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,029 Member
    Physical activity raises metabolic rate.

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  • CharloK2
    CharloK2 Posts: 7
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  • runner475
    runner475 Posts: 1,236 Member
    So, what exactly is the question?
    I would also like to know if it possible to regain my metabolism without gaining weight.

    Building Lean Muscle will boost your energy expenditure/metabolism. Each extra pound of muscle that you will have burns approximately 50 additional calories just to maintain your current state and with absolutely no additional effort on your part.

    Metabolism can also be increased by eating foods that require extra energy to digest - proteins. Make them your friend.

    Body burns twice as many calories digesting high-protein foods.

    Good Luck.
  • atjays
    atjays Posts: 797 Member
    Maybe up your calorie intake to 1500 or so. It would allow you to eat some of the things you're craving, in moderation of course and throw in 30-60 min of exercise a few days a week. Nothing gets my metabolism racing like a good day at the gym.

    I think you'd feel less deprived food wise and be able to avoid binges. The exercise will help make up for a bad day if you have one.
  • Horselover0900
    Horselover0900 Posts: 4
    Thanks so much!!! :smile: :wink:
  • geebusuk
    geebusuk Posts: 3,348 Member
    Building Lean Muscle will boost your energy expenditure/metabolism. Each extra pound of muscle that you will have burns approximately 50 additional calories just to maintain your current state and with absolutely no additional effort on your part.
    Current thinking is that it's around 6 calories maybe, while fat burns around 2 calories. Otherwise putting on 20lb of muscle (not too impossible for a bloke in the first couple of years), we'd be talking 1000 calories extra a day, then another 1000 after that. A lot of extremely overweight people (who tend to have a lot of muscle to move their weight around) wouldn't be nearly as fat if that was the case!

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