KickChick Posted July 14, 2002 Author Posted July 14, 2002 On 2002-07-13 22:33, Radok wrote: If you burn more calories than you take in, you lose weight, period. People with slow matabolisms need to eat less. And excercise more, Yes.... plain & simple, but as far as eating less for people with slow metabolisms, let's clarify! Your metabolism will work harder and 'go faster' if you eat smaller, nutritious meals 5 or 6 times throughout the day as opposed to our traditional American way -- 3 meals a day routine...eating before we go to work, in the middle of the day as a break from work and then, we eat our big meal after work. This is NOT optimal for the human body. Some people do have radically slow metabolisms, a rare medical condition. While everyone's metabolism varies, the difference is in how much lean muscle mass we have. Building muscle increases metabolism Someone who adds five pounds of muscle can burn an additional 250 calories a day. If they keep that muscle on for one year, they will burn a total of 91,250 extra calories. Divided that number by 3,500 calories... which equals a pound of fat ... they could lose more than 26 pounds in a year. So not only "exercise" per se will suffice .... 25 percent of your exercise to cardiowork and 75 percent to strength and resistance training. _________________ KarateForums Sensei 1st dan Tae Kwon Do (ITF) Cardio/Fitness Kickboxing Instr. [ This Message was edited by: KickChick on 2002-07-14 09:57 ]
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