Metabolism question?? (its long but please help me)?

Question

I am on a very low calorie diet, which yes I can handle for the rest of my life if need be. I'm going to try to wean back into a more normal diet once I am done with this. Let me remind you that I'm doing great on this diet and I'm never hungry or tired.

Ok so basically this is what I eat every day.

9 am- quaker rice cake 35 cals
11 am- salad w/ grilled chicken OR feta cheese 60 cals
1 pm- apple 60 cals
3 pm- 1/2 quaker rice cake w/ jam 40 cals
5 pm- 1/2 quaker rice cake w/ jam 40 cals
7 pm- whole grain pasta or rice (sometimes a baked chicken breast) 200-400 cals
8-10 pm (if i start to crave something! )- quaker rice cake with jam or 1 apple 60 cals

I also drink at least 8 glasses of water a day and take a fiber supplement

MY QUESTION
Does this keep my metabolism up? Becuase when I started this, I found this my body temperature seemed to rise quite a bit and I am constantly very hot all the time. My mother says this is because I'm constantly eating.. Is this true?

Answer 1

if you are consuming less calories than your BMR requires you will not lose body fat. rice cakes are horrible for dieters as they are high GI. you diet is almost completely devoid of vegetables and fats. continue that diet and you will find yourself very ill.

Answer 2

That's one of the worst diets I've ever seen. Well not as bad as the lardbutts who eat at mcdonalds 3 times a day.

That's too few calories. You may lose weight but you will look unhealthy and scrawny. Rice cakes are not a good carb source, they are high glycemic carbs.

This is better:
9 am- a serving of oatmeal (not the instant kind) and 2-3 egg whites
11 am- brown rice w/ grilled chicken
1 pm- apple and a protein shake
3 pm- low sodium peanuts, almonds, cashews, walnuts or something else with essential fatty acids
5 pm- apple or some other fruit like grapefruit and again something with protein
7 pm- whole grain pasta or brown rice with chicken, turkey, or fish.
8-10 pm - cottage cheese and low glycemic fruit like grapefruit

Answer 3

You are on a severly calorie restricted diet--> your metabolism is going to slow down.

Think back to when we were cavemen, a diet like what you are eating right now would be like a famine, so your body, during times of severe calorie deficit has evolved to hit the emergency stop on your metabolism during periods such as this, an adaptation designed to keep you alive. Your metabolism can slow down by as much as 40% while you starve yourself.

Are you really only eating 450-650 calories a day? Why so few. I don't know your height, weight or activity level, but if you were a 5'1", 16 year-old sedentary female weighing 100lbs, you could eat 1700 calories a day and not gain weight. To diet so as to lose weight at a healthy rate (about a pound a week) you would only need to undercut that by 500 calories, so 1200 calories a day would be healthy and you would still lose weight.-->And remember if you are any taller than 5"1' or if you exercise at all, or if you weigh more than 100lbs, your caloric needs are going to be a LOT greater than in the above example.

you can use the following to figure out precisely how many calories you need, remember, only undercut the value it gives you by 500 calories.

STEP 1:
Use this calculator:
http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calcul...

STEP 2
Harris Benedict Formula
To determine your total daily calorie needs, multiply your bmr by the appropriate activity factor, as follows:
If you are sedentary (little or no exercise) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.2
If you are lightly active (light exercise/sports 1-3 days/week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.375
If you are moderatetely active (moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.55
If you are very active (hard exercise/sports 6-7 days a week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.725
If you are extra active (very hard exercise/sports & physical job or 2x training) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.9

Answer 4

If you can handle this diet for life, then why the question about metabolism? If it's working for you, then you need no one to validate it for you, right? At a glance this diet is horrible. Very low calories, no healthy fats (which is a necessity), no substantial amounts protein, and processed carbohydrates. Of course you feel great, your body has adapted to this diet. Whatever circumstances you give the body, it will adapt, be the circumstances good or bad. You're constantly eating, yes, but look at what you're eating. It's simply not enough. This type of diet is sure to decrease your metabolic rate. It won't even satisfy the daily caloric needs of the body. Because of this, you have forced the body into a starvation process where it is breaking down your muscles, using them for extra energy, and storing every drop of food you eat as fat. Be very careful with this type of diet. It sounds like you are on it just to attain quick weight loss results.

Answer 5

you think going super low-cal is a good idea, think again. Drastically cutting your calories puts your metabolism into what’s known as “starvation mode,” and that’s not a good place to be. As your calorie intake is reduced, your body actually thinks you are fasting and will conserve calories rather than burn them at a regular pace. Studies show that when your caloric intake drops too low, your metabolism will reduce its output by as much as 30%. For someone who normally eats a 2,000-calorie diet, that equals 600 calories that your body won’t be burning. If that doesn’t scare you into eating right, think about how much exercise it would take to make up for that loss in energy output and then rethink your weight loss strategy. According to the American College of Sports Medicine if you’re going to follow a low-calorie weight loss diet, women shouldn’t eat fewer than 1,200 calories a day and men shouldn’t eat fewer than 1,800 calories per day. In fact, stay about 100-200 calories above that level just to be safe. Otherwise, the reduction in your metabolism will ultimately sabotage your weight loss efforts. Healthy weight loss occurs with a 1-2 pound reduction in body fat each week, although you may initially lose more weight at the beginning of a diet. Starvation diets are unhealthy, unsafe and completely pointless. Eat right, exercise daily and the weight will come off in due time, guaranteed.

Answer 6

it all depends on if you are working out and how much you are working out. metabolism is a mixture of diet and exercise. if you are trying to up your metabolism, its all about cardio!! eating a little bit every couple hours is a good thing, but try to cut one or two things out of the picture. i read a lot of books about fitness and all of the celebrity trainers say that eating 5-6 meals a day is much better than just 3. basically, when you dont eat for a long time, your body doesnt think you are going to feed it again and it stores fat. so you're doing great on that note. however, i do not think that you're constantly high temperature has to do with the constant eating. ive never heard of that before so maybe you should see a doctor.