All these years I thought I had a slow metabolism.  THIS was the reason for gaining extra pounds!  If I could just get the metabolism going faster, I’d be thinner in  no time flat. 

LIES ALL LIES!

Went to the Life Center in Greenville the other day and did a test on my metabolism.  It was to test “my target caloric zones”.  I sat in a chair hooked up to a computer that read and monitored how much air I breathe, how often I breathe, etc…  After 15 minutes they were able to determine how many calories my body burns in a given day without any exercise or anything. 

Here are the results:

If I sit on my butt all day and just eat and breathe I burn around 2,290 calories.  They then added 687 for working out and 286 for “other stuff” I do.  They came up with a total of 3263 calories.  This is what I burn on  average each day.  That number mixed with my weight, age and height told them that my metabolism was 10% faster than the typical person fitting my description!  ALL THIS TIME I’VE BEEN LYING TO MYSELF! LOL!

Now the good news is that because of these finding, they determined that I should shift my diet from 1500 calories to 1800 calories.  Eat more?  I’m cool with that!  There is a concern that if I don’t eat enough, my body might go back to storing up energy (fat/sugar) and I will dwarf the weight loss process.  So, starting yesterday I kicked it up to 1800 calories.  So do the math.  3263 calories going out….1800 coming in.  Hence the 12lbs I’ve lost in just 4 weeks! 

(See picture of my breathing into the calorie thing)

If you’re counting calories too, might I suggest the book “The Calorie King…Calorie, Fat and Carbohydrate counter”.  $6.99 at Target.  I take it everywhere so I know what I am eating.

 Next up….my workout! (check back)