Metabolic Rate Calculation

[Mr. Bloom]

Mr. Silver,
If your caloric intake is too low, your body could react by going into "starvation mode", thus trying to retain any weight it can.. i.e. leaching from muscles instead of fat, etc.

This is my biggest concern, although:

• I don't feel hungry or deprived
• I get mixed reactions on whether this should be a concern

At least I can acknowledge there is a good and a bad way...unfortunately, ask 20 people and you can get two 20 different opinions

Thanks for the thoughts and feedback...I think that a visit to the nutritionist would be helpful.

[Bikingmomof3]

This is my biggest concern, although:

• I don't feel hungry or deprived
• I get mixed reactions on whether this should be a concern

Following up with what Bluetree mentioned-1200 is very low. Some doctors will tell you never to dip below that and with exercise thrown in, you are consuming very few calories a day.

If your body decides it is starving (less food then it wants) your metabolism slows to a halt, you burn muscle, not fat-your body is programmed to keep fat on when it thinks it is "starving".
Yu mentioned not being hungry-this can be one of two things. You body is in starvation mode and that is why you do not feel hungry-slow metabolism, decreased hunger or you are doing everything right.

We are all different, at 5'4, I eat up to 2,000 calories a day, depending on my work outs. Average amount I consume is about 1800.

With your height, age, and most importantly gender-I personally think you are restricting yourself too much. I would strongly advise you seeing a nutritonist to figure out exactly how much you should be consuming a day.

Edited to add: My over priced Tanita scale will one day tell me my body fat is low (trust me, it is defintely not) other days it is just right. The only true body fat measurements I rely on are done by prfessionals. At least the scale function seams accurate. It is actually fun to mess with measurements. Take you body fat measurement, them drink a lot of water. Then do it again. Your water % increases and your body fat % decreases.

I no longer bother with scales unless I play around for geeky scientific reasons. In a given day, my weight alone flucuates to the point I could become seriously depressed. I go strictly by body measurements (thigh, calf, upper arm, etc.) and how my clothes fit.

[hellosunshine]

blimey!im 48.4kg and 5'5" and to maintain my weight i have to eat 3,300 calories a day,any less and i lose weight,so that makes me like a red hot rocket dog metabolic firework in comparison!


i train 2 to 3anda 1/2hrs a day,walk the dog 1 1/2hrs and work long hrs so apart from the internet im not ususally static.


just keep eating if thata what your body wants.fuel your passion!