_____ Won't Change your Metabolism
Hello Reader,
Q: How do you unsuccessfully attempt to adapt your metabolism?
A: Do more & more HIT/Jogging/Fitness Classes + eat less.
Outcomes: hungry, bored, wiped out, lost muscle mass + strength. Worst case scenario: less
What behavior is actually effective at speeding up your metabolism?
1. Increasing your Energy Flux will increase your RMR. Eating and burning plenty of calories is extremely effective compared to eating very little and burning very few calories. Increase your burn by simply moving a little bit more: take walks, do your own grocery trips, pull those weeds you've been ignoring, add a form of physical play to your life, etc.
2. Work up to eating the right amount of protein for your body. The Thermic Effect of digesting protein takes a lot more energy compared to digesting carbs & fat (20-30% vs. 5-10% & 2-3%).
3. Keep investing in building more muscle. It takes more energy to fuel and carry around more muscle, increasing your RMR and NEAT.
Here's a Video Version about the same topic:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvbX3mXgED3/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
A note on WHY we're talking about adapting our metabolism:
- It's☝ not code for "Lose Weight"
- A well-fed body is a healthy body.
- Adding or maintaining muscle mass = more tissue to sop up the glucose/mitigate our diabetes risk/lower our A1C & fasting glucose.
- More muscular strength leads to more potential opportunities to play, and for further into life, and with less risk of 'taking a fall' leading to an early death.
- A body that moves often is often a body that moves well & feels good. The Law of Specificity is at work, even when you're at rest.
We good?
Enjoy this dreamy August day!
Anne
PS - I've got FIVE One-on-One Coaching Menopause Body Blueprint spots open right now, created to help you with the spiderweb of stuff that arises as we move through our forties and fifties. If you want to start handing this crazy train before we move into the dark season and you're curious about how working with me works, please book a call right here!
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