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NACHO · 05-08-2009, 12:02 AM

At 285 I am about 60 lbs overweight. Fortunately at 6'8" it gets spread out.

I'm 36, and my metabolism has over the last 9 years ground to a near halt.

Started doing some mild excercises a couple months ago then on a reccomendation bought NROL. Starting the break in program 2 weeks ago.

Although I want to loose weight, from reading the book it seems like I need to eat a lot and excercise a lot if I want my resting metabolism to speed up. (RMR)

I have completely turned around my diet in the past month. I was eating fast food nearly every meal, and consuming about 10 diet cokes a day.

While I'm not counting calories yet, I do eat 5-7 times a day, and 90+% are on the healthy A list. Since I"m not loosing weight (or gaining) it would appear I'm at maintinence levels.

I'm currently about 2 weeks away from starting FLI. At that point I may start counting calories and a calorie deficit but I don't know how long it takes to speed up your RMR so should I continue maintinence levels for a while?

I'm not looking for a quick fix, I'm in this for the long haul. Since I like to eat I figure my best bet it to speed up my RMR as much as possible so I don't have to eat like a bird the rest of my life.

Thoughts? Am I living in a fantasy that I can speed up my RMR to the point it was when I was 20 and could eat anything and everything and not gain a pound?

05-08-2009, 12:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
NACHO Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 208	Am I crazy for purposely overeating? At 285 I am about 60 lbs overweight. Fortunately at 6'8" it gets spread out. I'm 36, and my metabolism has over the last 9 years ground to a near halt. Started doing some mild excercises a couple months ago then on a reccomendation bought NROL. Starting the break in program 2 weeks ago. Although I want to loose weight, from reading the book it seems like I need to eat a lot and excercise a lot if I want my resting metabolism to speed up. (RMR) I have completely turned around my diet in the past month. I was eating fast food nearly every meal, and consuming about 10 diet cokes a day. While I'm not counting calories yet, I do eat 5-7 times a day, and 90+% are on the healthy A list. Since I"m not loosing weight (or gaining) it would appear I'm at maintinence levels. I'm currently about 2 weeks away from starting FLI. At that point I may start counting calories and a calorie deficit but I don't know how long it takes to speed up your RMR so should I continue maintinence levels for a while? I'm not looking for a quick fix, I'm in this for the long haul. Since I like to eat I figure my best bet it to speed up my RMR as much as possible so I don't have to eat like a bird the rest of my life. Thoughts? Am I living in a fantasy that I can speed up my RMR to the point it was when I was 20 and could eat anything and everything and not gain a pound?