In the blog text Metabolic adaptation part 1, I discussed what metabolic adaptation is as a phenomenon and how to recognize it. Read Metabolic adaptation part 1 here In the blog text Metabolic adaptation part 2, I discussed what kind of physiological processes are behind metabolic adaptation. In the third and last text, we delve …
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Metabolic adaptation, part 2 – what happens in the body during metabolic adaptation
After weight loss, energy consumption can decrease by up to 50%! In my first blog article, I mentioned what kind of a phenomenon metabolic adaptation is and how to recognize it. Now I will tell you a bit more about what kind of processes are behind the physiological background of the phenomenon. To understand how …
I’ve tried everything but I’m still not losing any weight – slowed metabolism or metabolic adaptation, part 1
Metabolic adaptation is a state where the body’s metabolism slows down to a level where losing weight based on caloric intake is constantly becoming more and more difficult, eventually becoming impossible. “I’ve tried to lose weight but I’m not succeeding. My body must be adapting metabolically.” If you are one of the many who has …