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<\/a>How many times have you heard (or said) that?\u00a0 It\u2019s true that a slow metabolism makes weight loss difficult.\u00a0 Your metabolism is the rate your body burns calories.\u00a0 If person A has a fast metabolism and his long-suffering friend B has a slow one, they can eat the same amount, but B stores more as fat while A quickly burns his calories off.\u00a0 (A has to be a really nice person for this relationship to last. \u00a0B married to A speaking here.)<\/p>\nBut not to worry!\u00a0 You are not stuck with your crummy metabolism. There are things you can do to give it a boost.\u00a0 We\u2019ll be looking at these things in our upcoming blogs.<\/p>\n
By the way, some of the \u201cmetabolism boosting\u201d\u00a0 foods we hear touted often don\u2019t stand up to scrutiny.\u00a0 We\u2019ll look at some of those, too.<\/p>\n
And here is something interesting to get us started:\u00a0 Your metabolism is naturally revved up by carrying around a lot of weight.\u00a0 It takes some energy to digest all that food and to keep a heavy body moving.\u00a0 That\u2019s why weight drops off quickly when an overweight person starts a healthy eating plan.\u00a0 After a few weeks on a diet, this effect levels off as his body goes into starvation mode and tries to stop the fat from leaving.\u00a0 That\u2019s why you were doing so well and suddenly the weight loss screeches to a halt and you hit a plateau.\u00a0 You have to change some things to rev up your metabolism, get off the plateau, and get back on your journey to a healthy, vibrant body. \u00a0We’ll be looking at things you can control and change in the next few blogs — so be sure to come back and join us!<\/p>\n
Eating to live and living for Christ,<\/p>\n
Susan Jordan Brown<\/p>\n
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<\/a>How many times have you heard (or said) that?\u00a0 It\u2019s true that a slow metabolism makes weight loss difficult.\u00a0 Your metabolism is the rate your body burns calories.\u00a0 If person A has a fast metabolism and his long-suffering friend B has a slow one, they can eat the same amount, but B stores more as fat while A quickly burns his calories off.\u00a0 (A has to be a really nice person for this relationship to last. \u00a0B married to A speaking here.)<\/p>\n