How to get my metabolism back up

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mmhenry28
mmhenry28 Posts: 163 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I'm absolutely Terrible! As I was working over the entire weekend in another city, in a place where there were no food stores, I was only eating one meal a day. I know my metabolism has probably gone to buggery. I then came home to find out some terrible news and didn't eat the last two days except for a couple of snacks I forced myself to eat. Me and being incredibly stressed means I feel sick to the stomach and don't eat.

I know what I have done is bad for me etc etc. So please no lectures. I already understand how bad this is for me and want to get about fixing it.

I want to get back into it but don't want to have a massive weight gain from probably putting myself into starvation mode. How do I ease myself into it?

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  • PB67
    PB67 Posts: 376
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    You don't break your metabolism over a single weekend.
  • poustotah
    poustotah Posts: 1,121 Member
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    It's been my experience that you don't 'ease' back into it but rather you need a shock to your metabolism. A trainer once told me to get your metabolism back up to eat your maintenance calories for a week. After that work in a week of calorie cycling and then go back to following the MFP guideline. I've never tried this myself so I can't give any personal experience.
  • firedog820
    firedog820 Posts: 2 Member
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    Just get right back on the program you were doing. Don't be hard on your self you didn't ruin your hard work in just one weekend.
  • sagetracey
    sagetracey Posts: 607 Member
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    And how awesome is it that you realise that you need to get back on track and are taking positive steps to do just that! Good for you.
  • mmhenry28
    mmhenry28 Posts: 163 Member
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    Technically its be an entire week. I went down for work on the thursday. But i'll just get back into it, should be ok.

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