So we must not worry about out metabolic rate … remember that a slower metabolic rate is NOT the primary cause of your weight problems. But here are three important points that you should keep in mind:
1) During periods of lower caloric intake, metabolic rates do decline slightly. Unfortunately, these have only a marginal effect on weight loss.
2) Once we go back to eating normally, our metabolic rate goes back to its previous level.Trying to lose weight by simply managing our metabolic rate is a futile exercise. Our metabolic rate does not stay low permanently and we may make future dieting more difficult … as our body knows what we are trying to do!
3) Many overweight people experience “weight gain/loss cycles” which cannot be explained simply in terms of metabolic fluctuations.A much better explanation is that these fluctuations are a direct result of continually coming on and getting off diets! When our diet never truly satisfies an individual’s biochemical need for nutrients, fibre and phytochemicals, hunger will prevail and the temptation to “cheat” will be that much more greater.