| Ill never forget my college roommate. No | | | | calories it will do everything it can to |
| matter how much he ate or how much he drank | | | | conserve the best stores of energy that it |
| he never gained any weight. His response was | | | | has. This means that it is possible that the |
| always the same, I have a fast metabolism. | | | | body will, instead of using up the reserves |
| | | | of fat and making you thinner, actually start |
| So what is metabolism? If it is a fast | | | | to burn the muscle tissue so that it can |
| metabolism that keeps an overeating, over | | | | maintain a reserve of fat. |
| drinking, non-active college freshman without | | | | |
| any weight loss problems then is there | | | | One possible way to make sure that this does |
| something the rest of us can do to speed up | | | | not happen is to make sure that you are |
| our own metabolism? What is it the rest of us | | | | eating enough food to keep your body from |
| need to know about metabolism that can help | | | | believing that it should go into starvation |
| us achieve our weight loss goals? | | | | mode while, at the same time, control your |
| | | | caloric intake so that you will achieve the |
| The metabolic rate is simply the rate at | | | | weight loss that you desire. |
| which you use up energy as in calories. The | | | | |
| higher the metabolic rate the more calories | | | | There is not an answer that will suit |
| you burn, the better the weight loss. The | | | | everyone as to how many calories is enough to |
| lower you metabolic rate the fewer calories | | | | help with your weight loss. The best way to |
| you burn, the slower your weight loss. Your | | | | work out what is best for you is to visit a |
| metabolic rate can depend on a number of | | | | qualified nutritionist or weight loss expert |
| different factors and many people are quite | | | | who will be able to tell you the most |
| surprised at what can actually speed up your | | | | appropriate amount of calories for your |
| metabolism. | | | | dietary requirements. |
| | | | |
| For example, most people trying to lose | | | | Although your metabolism can slow down when |
| weight are often surprised to learn that | | | | dieting to achieve weight loss, it is |
| eating less can sometimes slow down your | | | | believed by many that exercise can speed up |
| metabolism and therefore slow down the amount | | | | your metabolism. This may help in two ways. |
| of weight loss. Most weight loss experts | | | | First, the metabolic rate can be higher when |
| agree that when you eat very small amounts of | | | | exercising and therefore help to burn off |
| calories, the body thinks that there is not | | | | those extra calories. Also, exercising can |
| enough food available and will slow down your | | | | lead to more muscle which can help burn more |
| metabolism in an attempt to conserve energy. | | | | calories because muscle burns calories more |
| | | | quickly than fat. |
| Therefore, it is possible, that eating too | | | | |
| little can actually slow down your weight | | | | Therefore, while its true that some people |
| loss. | | | | naturally have a fast metabolism, there are |
| | | | things that you can do to speed up your own |
| This weight loss theory is fairly simple to | | | | metabolism that will have a positive effect |
| follow. When the body does not have enough | | | | on weight loss. |