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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
Base metabolism is an odd thing. I mentioned in another thread about losing weight. I'm trying to get down to 163. I'm at 165. And have been stuck at 165 for a month now. Despite getting up at 4am to do 1hr on the exercise bike and 1hr in the pool each day. That's burning 1,000 calories in exercise each morning. I'm eating about 2,000 calories. I'm thinking that maybe when I was burning fat, I was also burning lean tissue and have destroyed my metabolism? I can't figure out why otherwise I would not be able to lose those last 2 pounds.
Maybe it's the last 12 months of eating 1,500 calories per day and the body adjusted the metabolism to the lower calorie count?
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That may be exactly what you've done, and exactly why people will always say that you should lift weights alongside cardio to help retain lean muscle mass so your metabolism doesn't go to crap.
Or, like you said, the lower calorie count has reduced your metabolic rate. My advice would be to start eating more. Nothing seriously, maybe 200 calories more to start with. At 165#, you should easily be burning 2,000 calories per day.