Prevent A Slowing Metabolism: Understanding Metabolic Slowdown And Adaptation

[Popadopalus]

Very good article on this issue its worth a read!
Link: http://www.muscleandstrength.com/art...ing-metabolism

[Lacrosse_Skate]

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.

[Popadopalus]

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.

Was doing something like this on my last small cut, works a lot better for me too. But Iv found what works alil better for me is that if I keep my calories somewhat high and do HIIT a few times a week I tend to hold onto more mass while losing bodyfat easier

[xcessive1]

just the article I needed to read this morning... describes what I (unfortunately) did to myself. repped

[lee__d]

Good stuff

[Popadopalus]

just the article I needed to read this morning... describes what I (unfortunately) did to myself. repped

Hope it helps, goodluck man

[FatBro]

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.

[Ryanast]

holy broscience batman

no.

[JB05]

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.

[justanothagirl]

Good read, thanks OP. repped

[Ahmed81]

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 nonetheless

[Popadopalus]

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.

U should be able to lose more then 1-2lbs a week with it slowing down, becuz ur carrying excess fat

[Popadopalus]

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 nonetheless

Basically, but some people are still unsure