Very good article on this issue its worth a read!
Link: http://www.muscleandstrength.com/art...ing-metabolism
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08-03-2012, 07:20 AM #1
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08-03-2012, 07:42 AM #2
A few weeks ago I decided to try something to manipulate leptin levels -
Previously I was eating 1900cal/day
I cut my intake to 1800cal/day (6 days a week) and ate 2500cal 1 day a week.
Same weekly deficit.
I'm still losing at about the same rate even though my bf% is much lower.Last edited by Lacrosse_Skate; 08-03-2012 at 07:50 AM.
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08-03-2012, 07:59 AM #3
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08-03-2012, 08:38 AM #4
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08-03-2012, 08:49 AM #5
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08-03-2012, 08:52 AM #6
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08-03-2012, 01:20 PM #7
I really enjoyed this read as I found in the solutions certain things I did that were right and things that were wrong. I have experienced a few plateaus in my journey so I managed to practice patience and try different things to fix it. I sort of had a thought in might which I'm not sure might work..
Because of my severe obesity, could I perhaps choose to do a heavy cut to lose weight fast and then just as soon as I see signs of a metabolic slow down I immediately start increasing my caloric intake for a few days.. Then I go back to a heavy cut again.. So far one of the mistakes I did when having a plateau is that I would eat at maintenance without a gradual increase. I found that this made me gain weight which then took me several days to shed off again.Starting weight: 310lbs on 23rd May 2012
When I don't update my journal it means I haven't been making the progress I want.
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08-03-2012, 02:40 PM #8
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08-03-2012, 03:36 PM #9
Meanwhile, Tom Venuto's book Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle claims that metabolic slowdown is only something on the order of 10 - 20% and correlates more with bodyweight than anything.
Example: a 300lb person eats 1,000 cals below maintenance. Assuming constant weight, in 3 months he might be eating 850 under, simply because of metabolic slowdown. Of course, in reality, a 300lb person might weigh 270 in 3 months. At that point, he might be eating 600 under.
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08-03-2012, 03:46 PM #10
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08-03-2012, 04:12 PM #11
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This is what I got out of the article:
1. don't eat at too much of a deficit
2. incorporate re-feeds
3. keep fat intake high
Sounds like what we've been hearing on these forums. Am I missing anything?
Good read nonethelessMy story:
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=160403891
Nutrition and debunked myths for noobies:
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=155909423
Live above the influence & hit your macros
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08-04-2012, 08:48 AM #12
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08-04-2012, 09:02 AM #13
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