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Metabolism vs Diet

by Clifford Callistus, Mar 05, 2007 12:00AM
Hi guys,

I do not understand much about weight problems but one of my friends said that she cannot lose weight because of her metabolism.  This is what she says:

My doctor told me that if I had a baby, it would shock my metabolism.
My metabolism would have to remake itself, and because I wouldn't be starving, it would adjust itself to the normal person.
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It appears that she eats less than what a normal person should, yet she cannot lose weight.  She exercised around 1 1/2 hours a day and it doesn't work as well.  She said that it's because she used to eat very little (which doesn't make sense to me).

Can anyone please tell me whether this is a gene problem or if you know what caused it and how to make her metabolism normal again.

Thankyou so much.
Member Comments (2)

by live4fitness, Mar 05, 2007 12:00AM
I believe she has put herself in starvation mode. If you don't eat enough of what your body needs then it won't let go of what it has. If she were to eat 6 small meals a day and find out how many calories her body needs in a day and divide it up,cut out ~500 calories from total I bet she will loose weight and I mean FAT not muscle.

by tokie, Mar 09, 2007 12:00AM
thats true..

and once she does that she might get a jump in weight the first month or first few weeks but it goes down again
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