Metabolism
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2 bars = 160 calories.
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Dude, there is no way around it. You need to move!
And lift heavy weights.0 -
Every study I've seen attributes the bulk of age-related metabolism slow down to loss of lean body mass. The online calculators don't take that into account, so for those who are active, the decline is likely over-stated.
for those that care you can use IIFYM to calculate your BMR & TDEE using the BF method.
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At the same body fat percentage, my BMR is exactly the same at 18 and 51.Every study I've seen attributes the bulk of age-related metabolism slow down to loss of lean body mass. The online calculators don't take that into account, so for those who are active, the decline is likely over-stated.
for those that care you can use IIFYM to calculate your BMR & TDEE using the BF method.
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Every study I've seen attributes the bulk of age-related metabolism slow down to loss of lean body mass. The online calculators don't take that into account, so for those who are active, the decline is likely over-stated.
To the OP...we just closed another thread from someone claiming they did "everything right" and couldn't lose weight. Turned out they didn't even know how much they were eating because their food logging was catastrophically bad.
My suggestion is to open your diary first, before looking for more complicated answers.
I kind of was assuming that it was part of it but have not looked into whether it was basically all of it - there are quite a few compounding factors as well - less activity lowers TDEE (and we often get less active as we get older).
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DeguelloTex wrote: »
At the same body fat percentage, my BMR is exactly the same at 18 and 51.Every study I've seen attributes the bulk of age-related metabolism slow down to loss of lean body mass. The online calculators don't take that into account, so for those who are active, the decline is likely over-stated.
for those that care you can use IIFYM to calculate your BMR & TDEE using the BF method.
did you click the RED "calculate TDEE " button ?
hitting enter on your keyboard doesn't recalculate.
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I exercise and diet and can't lose weight. I'm 42. I assume my age has something to do with it, but idk. I have low t4 but tsh is normal so dr won't put me on thyroid meds. Any suggestions to boost my metabolism?
nope age is not a factor..I am almost 43 and have lost 53lbs...calorie counting and exercise.
Your metabolism slows as you age.
Primarily due to loss of lean mass, which can be greatly attenuated with resistance training, and decrease in total activity (although technically that's TDEE), which is also easily corrected.
From a practical standpoint, age is not a significant factor inhibiting weight loss.0 -
Yes. I thought it was weird, so I changed the weights a bit to make sure it was recalculating.DeguelloTex wrote: »
At the same body fat percentage, my BMR is exactly the same at 18 and 51.Every study I've seen attributes the bulk of age-related metabolism slow down to loss of lean body mass. The online calculators don't take that into account, so for those who are active, the decline is likely over-stated.
for those that care you can use IIFYM to calculate your BMR & TDEE using the BF method.
did you click the RED "calculate TDEE " button ?
hitting enter on your keyboard doesn't recalculate.
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Primarily due to loss of lean mass, which can be greatly attenuated with resistance training, and decrease in total activity (although technically that's TDEE), which is also easily corrected.
From a practical standpoint, age is not a significant factor inhibiting weight loss. [/quote]
We certainly agree on that.
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I exercise and diet and can't lose weight. I'm 42. I assume my age has something to do with it, but idk. I have low t4 but tsh is normal so dr won't put me on thyroid meds. Any suggestions to boost my metabolism?
nope age is not a factor..I am almost 43 and have lost 53lbs...calorie counting and exercise.
Your metabolism slows as you age.
But not enough where people should be using it as a crutch. The reduction isn't so extraordinary figure.
But certainly enough to include age in every calorie calculator I have seen.
Using anything as a crutch is just that a crutch. It is not reason to ignore the facts, but go ahead, eat at your TDEE set to 18 years old if you don't think it matters.
There are several valid estimators that don't use age. These happen to be those that look at LBM instead of total body weight. Look at Ketch-McArdle and Cunningham for the most frequently quoted non-age equations - others exist.
Nonetheless age is a factor both in terms of lost LBM and other hormonal changes - but depending on the individual - it can be a minor factor. My TDEE is easily higher today than it was when I was 28 as an inactive young father pulling 60 hr desk weeks. 20 years later, my TDEE is closer to 700 Cals higher at the same weight.
There are variables one can focus on - activity and weight (total and lbm) and food intake. Focusing on age, gender, race (which is a factor as shown by several studies, but not a big one) is a waste of time.
If you don't want to ignore that facts then here is one: Almost anyone that was not weight lifting in their twenties can have a higher BMR twenty years later by focusing on LBM and increasing activity. There are possible ways to absolutely counter the "my metabolism is slower since I'm older" statement.
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stevenvdoesburg862 wrote: »Calculate your LBM and focus on the amount of calories you need to maintain this -400 Then focus on eating 45% fats and 45% proteins with no more than 50 carbs +/- a day. Also look up how leptin works. It gives you that saturated feeling and keeps you losing weight. But as you lose weight, your leptin levels will decrease by as much as 50% in a week and this keeps you from losing more fat. Look it up, and find out how you can increase those leptin levels (lots of stuff for sale for that)
What the poster said will in fact work. It's not the only way - and the explanatory reasoning is flawed - but it is one way that will actually work.
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^ not even wrong.0
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I exercise and diet and can't lose weight. I'm 42. I assume my age has something to do with it, but idk. I have low t4 but tsh is normal so dr won't put me on thyroid meds. Any suggestions to boost my metabolism?
It's really only TSH that matters. Low T4 is nothing to be worried about. If TSH is in the normal range you don't need thyroxine. I had Graves (overactive) for a long time and once treated went horribly underactive. Trust me, TSH in a normal range is a very good thing0 -
Yes height does matter when giving a male advice when they want to go from 150 to 130. You could very well be encouraging them to become under weight depending on their height. And yes it was a male.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/32051139#Comment_32051139
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my "advise" was for the Op to educate himself on how CICO works, wether to lose, maintain or gain weight. the link I provided goes into detail on each. it is not my place to tell anybody they need to lose weight.
read for yourself.
http://www.acaloriecounter.com/diet/what-is-the-goal-of-your-diet-plan/[/quote]
great info - thanks for sharing !0 -
DeguelloTex wrote: »
At the same body fat percentage, my BMR is exactly the same at 18 and 51.Every study I've seen attributes the bulk of age-related metabolism slow down to loss of lean body mass. The online calculators don't take that into account, so for those who are active, the decline is likely over-stated.
for those that care you can use IIFYM to calculate your BMR & TDEE using the BF method.
did you click the RED "calculate TDEE " button ?
hitting enter on your keyboard doesn't recalculate.
The bf% method doesn't change by age. As you can see when you hover over the method because it shows you the calculation. It's 21.6 * LBM in kg + 370. Thanks for proving you don't even check the stuff you write.0
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