Many overweight people eat only one meal per day thinking that the less they eat, the more weight they will lose. This is, of course, not true. Since the beginning of the 20th Century, Americans eat 10% less but have come to weight 14% more. And generally, overweight people eat less than normal weight people. That both groups remain at stable weights is a result of metabolism.
Metabolic rate is the speed at which your body uses energy for the process of replacing and renewing cells while asleep, for food digestion, and for activity. Most people use most of their energy for the function of their vital organs, especially the brain, heart, liver, and kidneys.
When starting a diet or severely restricting food intake for any reason, your body's first reaction is to use the energy that is immediately available for emergencies. This is not fat. It is glycogen, a form of glucose (a carbohydrate) stored in solution with water in the body's most metabolically active organ, the liver. The body contains approximately 7.5 pounds of glycogen in solution. Glycogen burns faster than fat. About 400 calories are required to burn one pound of glycogen in solution with water.
Copyright 2011 Lynn Borenius Brown
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