What metabolism? Are not burning any calories at all? Are you taking in more than you burn? Are you saying you have a negative metabolic rate?
Tell me what is so different about your metabolism?
Also, do you think that all fat people are having metabolic problems or are simply lazy and eat too much?
Not at all. I’m just saying that some people have a LOT of trouble losing weight and/or not getting fat. Sure, some people (like Rush Limbaugh) overeat and never exercise and get fat. When they want to lose, they just stop overeating, and the pounds just fall off. Others can work their tails off and eat properly according to Fitday with a calculated calorie deficit and never lose weight. There are more of us then you might think.
Now, take a person who spends an hour on her treadmill every day except on the weekends at 3 MPH and 7.5% elevation burning 600 calories. She lifts weights for a half-hour three times a week. Then on Saturday, she and her husband go hiking on trails rated difficult and spend 4-8 hours huffing and puffing. On Sunday she rests but does some gardening and puttering around. She eats about 1400 calories per day, maybe 1600 on Saturday.
This is a thin person, right?
Wrong. That would be me, and I weighed 230 at the time and couldn’t lose an ounce.
The moment I couldn’t tread anymore, I cut my calories appropriately, but it’s hopeless for me. My encrinologist told me that I have a “survivor’s metabolism.” Fat lot of help that was.
Anyway, it’s hard for me to hear someone say that anyone who is fat “let himself get that way” or is a lazy overeater because we just are not all that way.
So, if you had my metabolism, you wouldn’t be so hard on me because you would learn the reality of my situation.
The thing is, you can’t tell by looking at us which ones are gluttons and which ones eat ‘way less than you do. That old “broad brush” thingy is just nasty.