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Your body will go into "starvation mode" if you drop your calories too low from what you need. What you want to do, what I did, was find your BMR (base metabolic rate). Once you find your BMR you want to then x it by your activity level thru out the day. Since I have a desk job I did the lowest possible, 1.2. From there you want to drop 500-1000 calories off that but no more.
For example, if your BMR is 2000, and you work at an office and dont do much excercise thru out your regular routine ( not counting work outs) you would want to eat 2200 calories per day to maintain your weight (2000 x 1.2). Cutting down to 1500-1700 calories would be safe and lose you weight, especially when you mix in excercise.
No one should ever eat less than 1200 calories, too.
http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/
This is a great site with a calculator to find out what you should be eating per day.
http://www.changingshape.com/resourc...calculator.php
Thats a good site to find out how your work outs are burning calories for you.
In my example, I cut my daily calories in half for 3 weeks. For the 1st 2 weeks for sure I got great results but then my body was like... "um... am I starving? This is insane..." and would retain fat and my metabolism sucked because I just wasn't eating enough.
http://fitness.families.com/blog/fit...n-be-a-problem
Just one link to look at about the need to eat enough calories. It seems counter intuitive, but, it's well documented all over the interwebs. I've taken a fairly methodical approach to my weight loss... previous diets like south beach aren't sustainable. What I'm doing now is and I'm getting results.
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Originally Posted by Yanda
Is there anyway to change your metabolism? I avoid Pop, Chips, Ice Cream and eat at home at least 5 days a week but my weight is staying consistant, whereas my brother could eat peanut butter with a spoon and maintain a weight of 170.
also how much does drinking 8 glasses of water a day effect you compared to 3 or 4? Ive only been drinking 8 for the last week.
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Muscle makes your metabolism work faster, so if your brother is 170 and has that swimmer stringy type muscle thing going on he's likely burning calories faster. Also you want to take into considering simple vs complex carbs. This is one of my "pillars" for my daily routine to keep an eye on.
http://www.weightlossforall.com/carbohydrates.htm
This site has some good reading on the differences. It goes beyond pop, bad foods etc. Even stuff like bread, pasta, rice, can sink you.