The Fastest Way to Obliterate Your Metabolism After 40

Avoid this Metabolism Killer that Youre Probably Already Doing

This new diet is working great! my uncle told me. Its tough, because Im only eating 800 calories per day, and on Sundays Im only allowed to eat one 8oz steak, but I can eat as many tomatoes as I want!

I tried to hide the look of horror on my face, but couldnt.

I know, I know. But its working! And its only another 6 weeks until I can go back to eating normally

I think you probably know where this is going. I checked back in with him a couple weeks after finishing his diet program to see how everything was going.

Im starving, and I feel like anything I eat goes straight to my love handles and gut. Plus Ive gained 8 lbs in the last few weeks. Im thinking about going back to the program. I had such good results when I was on it!

This style of thinking isnt uncommon. If decreasing calories to lose weight is working, than decreasing even more should be better, right?

You cant blame yourself for this style of thinking. We live in a More is Better society, which is a slippery slope that can lead to intense bouts of exercise and diet with the end goal of simply looking better and having more energy.

This style of diet is so prevalent that some experts have even given the results an ominous name:

Starvation Mode

Is this even a real thing? Some gurus say this is literally the worst thing that can happen to you, and others claim it doesn't exist at all.

Like most things, the answer is somewhere in the middle.

When calories get dropped significantly the body responds by decreasing the caloric needs of certain processes to avoid losing massive amounts of weight. Your body hates change, especially FAST change, and will not do so unless you give it a REALLY GOOD REASON.

So when calories get decreased significantly, your body temperature will decrease and chemical processes in the body will slow down to avoid burning extra calories.

Even small things like toe tapping will slowly get the axe without you even realizing it. Your body will eliminate what it thinks is superfluous calorie burn since youre not feeding it as much as you were before.

The Problem

In order to have a higher metabolism, we want our bodies to be burning MORE calories, not less. So, in the short term, your body responds by dropping a little bit of weight. This progress inevitably plateaus.

What do you do then? Drop lower than 1200 calories - a tactic considered to be DANGEROUS and UNHEALTHY by most nutritional agencies?

So what happens when like a bear, you come out of your low calorie hibernation? Youve been telling your body to hold onto calories for the long winter, so when you do start eating again, those calories are shuttled straight to fat storage... just in case there is another period of calorie deprivation.

So essentially, you've created a lower metabolism, and signaled to your body that any time extra calories are consumed they are to go into fat storage.

Its Not Your Fault

This is the standard issue fitness garbage that weve been fed by trainers, dieticians, and celebrities. No wonder we cant maintain a lean figure when all the signals we send to our body are telling it that were a CALORIE SAVING machine, rather than a CALORIE INCINERATING FURNACE.

This is a very common problem in gyms all over. Dedicated people who do the work, lose the weight, but CANNOT maintain the body they want.

Its no wonder that even with more information available today than ever before that obesity rates continue to climb in the U.S.

Check Your Metabolism

If it seems like you gain 5lbs from looking at a slice of pizza, not to mention

Going out with friends

Having a few drinks at a BBQ

Pasta night

Enjoying the occasional dessert

than theres a good chance your metabolism is already running slower than ideal, then it will be a CONSTANT STRUGGLE to keep the body you want.

You can also test your metabolism using this quick trick.

Get a thermometer, and take your temperature in the evening. Normal human temperatures should be 98.6. Take yours over 5 days, and average the results. If yours is below 98 degrees, you will STRUGGLE to ever lose weight, not to mention keeping it off.

You need to "stoke the fires" as it were, in order to get your body burning the right amount of calories. What this entails is actually INCREASING your caloric consumption by 300 calories above your maintenance level for 3 weeks. Then recheck your temperature.

(To find your maintenance level, click here)

98.6 is good, 99 is better. Obviously you should be working out during this time, and hopefully hard enough that this additional 300 calories does not add weight.

However, be advised that building your metabolism is not a 30-day cleanse, and normally will result in gaining a few pounds at first. This is normal, and not worth freaking out over. As you exercise and become stronger, these pounds will drop off, and you'll have succeeded in building a good metabolic base.

Youre not alone.

Ive seen thousands of people around the world who suffer from Metabolic Syndrome a chronic decrease in metabolism that leads to weight gain and low energy, and is characterized by additional fat around the midsection, love handles, and upper thighs.

If this is you, and youre interested in learning more about your metabolism as well as scientific strategies to increase it, you can check out this FREE E-Course thats been developed to help you avoid the biggest problems that happen as you age, and teach you about Metabolic Snowballing. A exciting new concept designed to help you actually increase your metabolism in order to live life on your terms.

Takeaways

1. If youre stuck in a weight loss plateau, dont continue to decrease calories.
2. Do little things that will result in high calorie burn. Things like parking a little farther from the store, or doing a couple sets of pushups throughout the day all add up.
3. Take the temperature test to see if your metabolism is lower than youd like it to be, then add calories back in slowly to work on building back up
4. Most importantly, dont get tied up in the 28 Day trap. It takes a while to slow your metabolism down, and will take a while to build back up, but trust me. Its worth it!