stop worrying about metabolism

Stop worrying about metabolism.

You don’t need to reset your metabolism (there’s no such thing), you don’t need to make your metabolism faster or slower, if you’re on a weight loss journey and you’re worrying about metabolism, you’re worrying about the wrong thing.

Your metabolism will increase and decrease based on your lifestyle.

Will your metabolism be lower while in a calorie deficit?

Yes, and that’s normal.

Your metabolism will raise back up once you’re back on maintenance or a surplus. There’s no special action you need to take to be in control of your metabolism. It’s taking care of itself.

Are there things you can do to raise your metabolism?

Of course.

Regular strength training and hitting your daily protein recommendations raises your metabolism a lot. So does sleeping well and including more whole foods in your diet and being more active in the day such as hitting 7000+ daily steps regularly. All these things help raise your metabolism.

But then if you take a step back and look at what all those things are, they’re just basically having good habits for general health. So instead of worrying about metabolism, worry about getting better sleep. Worry about getting some regular strength training in on a weekly basis. Worry about hitting your proteins on a daily basis. Worry about eating more veggies and fruits. Worry about hitting daily steps. All those things will translate to a higher metabolism.

Worrying about metabolism itself does nothing.

Regardless of where your metabolism is at, if you’re in a consistent calorie deficit you’re gonna lose weight. Regardless of where your metabolism is at, if you’re eating too many calories consistently you’re gonna gain weight. Metabolism isn’t the core reason whether you’re making progress or not in your weight loss journey. 

Diet is the key to losing weight.

Not Metabolism.

—Po