1) *Metabolism is not a single thing in you that you can control.* It's thousands of chemical reactions that turn the energy (calories) we eat and drink into fuel in every cell. These reactions change in response to our environments & behaviors, in ways we have little control.
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2) *Exercise accounts for a relatively minor portion of total energy burn* (17 percent in my case). And in an hour and a half on an exercise bike, I only burned 400 calories! A lot less than the 700-800 advertised in 45-minute spinning classes.
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3) *Our metabolic rate stays elevated after workouts... but only for a few minutes* (and definitely not the 24-36 hours some gyms — ahem, Orange Theory — claim!)pic.twitter.com/Qxz9q9YPuZ
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4) *We burn most of our calories while resting and digesting food.* For me, there wasn't a huge difference between my energy burn minute-to-minute while sleeping compared to resting and awake. And that's normal:pic.twitter.com/xpYDBFxnTW
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5) *We under-estimate how much we eat.* Food surveys are notoriously inaccurate, and when I was taking them for this study, I tried to be thorough and over-estimate my calorie consumption. But I was off by 300-800 calories!pic.twitter.com/8e65166t2b
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6) *A "slow metabolism" isn't the cause of most people's weight problems.* In fact, people who are larger tend to have higher metabolic rates. And there's not anything money can buy that will speed your metabolism up in way that will lead to substantial
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To read more, here's my story:https://www.vox.com/2018/9/4/17486110/metabolism-diet-fast-weight-loss …
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I think they need accurate data to base recommendations on and at this point it’s that you are probably not tracking as well as you think you are.
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