I Have Damaged Metabolism Any Advice on that ?

[FarisBao]

Hay guyz whats up, i have Damaged metabolism Due to long Term Dieting i usually do 1200-1700 Cal a day and my TDEE is Around 2500-2900 now i wanna do it healthier cut 500 cal a week or 250 but i know if i did i will start gaining weight again ,keep in mind i train hard ,so if the solution is to trainer harder in the gym im down with that ...

Please give me an advice on how to do it healthy and not gain Fat .....

Thank You .

[spradish]

What makes you think that your metabolism is damaged?

[Tommy W.]

Hay guyz whats up, i have Damaged metabolism Due to long Term Dieting i usually do 1200-1700 Cal a day and my TDEE is Around 2500-2900 now i wanna do it healthier cut 500 cal a week or 250 but i know if i did i will start gaining weight again ,keep in mind i train hard ,so if the solution is to trainer harder in the gym im down with that ...

Please give me an advice on how to do it healthy and not gain Fat .....

Thank You .

How long did you diet and how much weight did you lose?

[tas4563]

Well... I'm not a fitness trainer or anything but I'm doing iifym to bulk and it seems to work pretty good just get the right macros, try to get a decent amount of complex carbs and everything should be good, Id stay away from candy and coke and all that crap though, otherwise it seems like foods, food.
And if you increase your calories and start to gain weight wouldn't that mean your tdee is lower than you think? I mean formulas can be right and wrong, my tdee is supposed to be like 2900, it's actually more like 3400, so just tune in the right numbers for a decent deficit that's not crazy, remember the story the tortoise and the hair, I imagine cutting should be similar, take it slow and easy don't go crazy fast and burn yourself out.

Well this site kinda contradicts my food is food theory but they talk about the damaged metabolism (myth/theory)

http://www.precisionnutrition.com/metabolic-damage

[BecomingSmaller]

Adaptive Thermogenesis happens in dieters and can persist beyond a year. What it means is your resting calorific burn is less than what would be expected for your weight because your body thinks you have gone through a famine and is trying to get you back to the old state. I don't know if any studies have been done as to how long the effect lasts.

[mavajo]

No you haven't.

[Dorich]

I think the frequency of true "metabolic damage" is greatly overestimated. I'm not saying it's a myth, but IMO it's extremely rare.

Personally, I'm fairly certain you're either miscalculating your maintenance, or your caloric intake, or both.

As you keep losing weight, you need to adjust your deficit accordingly.

That said, some people would be surprised how easy it is to miscalculate your caloric intake.

[Tourden]

Yep I had a question like that about 2 days ago and then I realized that I had to recalculate my TDEE. When I was 267 eating 2000 calories a day meant 2 lb of weightloss per week.

at 191 now its 1 lb of weightloss per week and I am satisfied with that until I go down to 180.

Recheck your TDEE+ activity level first

[Dorich]

Yep I had a question like that about 2 days ago and then I realized that I had to recalculate my TDEE. When I was 267 eating 2000 calories a day meant 2 lb of weightloss per week.

at 191 now its 1 lb of weightloss per week and I am satisfied with that until I go down to 180.

Recheck your TDEE+ activity level first

Doesn't TDEE already = BMR + activity level? I'm no expert though.