Fighting the Metabolism to Lose Weight is a battle that continues until the target weight is reached. Then fighting the metabolism continues if the dieter wants to resume a more normal diet.
Once the metabolism has slowed down because consumption has been reduced, it remains slower. Hopefully, the dieter enjoys the weight loss routine and has made it routine. Once the target weight has been reached, the routine should be continued because additional calories will be added on to body weight quickly.
Winning the Battle with the Metabolism
The metabolism serves a grand purpose. It keeps us alive by portioning nutrition calories/energy to the various parts of our body that keep us alive subconsciously. Yes, we don’t have to consciously manage our digestion, heartbeat, brain activity, blood circulation. These various automatic functions soak up about 60% of our daily calories.
We do have control of how much energy we burn with physical activity. The normal male can balance calories in and out around 2,200 calories. Additional physical activity can increase the negative balance and cause the metabolism to seek fat for fuel. The metabolism soon acclimates to the increased physical activity and reduces services to other body functions.. This makes it harder to lose additional weight. One of the services it may reduce, fortunately, is the creation of inflammation.
In losing 40 pounds, 1. I engaged in moderate exercise of an hour most days. 2. I reduced my caloric intake and also shaped the composition of those calories. 3. I reduced the time of consumption to fewer hours so my digestion had more time to process. 4. The consumption of at least 100 oz of water a day supported the digestions need for calories and water.
It is important if you are eating less to select quality food. The list of macronutrients that consist of protein, carbohydrates, and fat can contain quality foods that satisfy body’s need for nutrition while not contributing to fat stores. Quality food will allow the metabolism to release the harmful foods encapsulated in fat.
Calories can be reduced and nutrition increased with a meal replacement shake. This also makes the task of digestion easier. Eating more protein in the mix can stimulate the metabolism because the digestion has to work harder and doesn’t necessarily increase fat absorption. A meal replacement shake in the morning extends the fasting window from the previous dinner to the current day’s lunch. That can be 19 hours.
Eating protein for dinner causes the digestion and metabolism to work harder over night. Reducing carbohydrate intake at dinner would reduce glucose/sugar production and force the body to use fat for fuel if the metabolism needs more energy. We get into the routine of consuming enough nutrients to appease the metabolism’s fear of starvation and allow it to seek fuel from the body instead of holding onto fuel/fat.
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