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Resting Metabolic Rate, a 1000 calorie a day variable, is possible between people of the same weight, height, age and sex. It is no more accurate than BMI, charts.



Recently I have been reading with great interest about the variability of things like Body Mass Index, (BMI) and Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR), between individuals.

The fitness trainer, who weighs me and works out my body mass composition at the Aquamoves Gym in Shepparton, would always remind me that his slim and fit body always came out as obese on the regular BMI charts. There was absolutely no way he was obese. 

Current BMI charts say that I am obese. I do not feel obese or think I look it. Overweight yes.. I could get myself a Futrex push button, wand body composition measuring tool, as I believe, that would be far more accurate, in giving me a guide as to what my ideal weight, would be than any BMI chart.  I do have strong memories of being extremely ill, skin my rib cage bone shape, showing, wearing a size extra, extra, small small women’s, (xxssw) dress size, equivalent to today’s size 6 Australia, size 4 US, when I was at my so called correct BMI, as assessed by those same for everyone, BMI, calculators.  I was that thin, in my early 20’s. There is no way known I would be stupid enough to get that thin again. BMI charts are crap as regards what would be the correct weight for me.  I long for a better measuring tool, to become more commonplace.

Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR), appears to have something like a 1,000 calorie variability from one person to another. For example people with 1263 to 2152 RMR, when assessed, using an accurate RMR measure, would all be told they had a RMR of 1743 if assessed using the standard, mathematical formula to asses Resting Metabolic Rate Equation of RMR, based on height, weight age and sex.

Using the MedGem, or BodyGem home or professional, individual reading per client, RMR measuring kit on 5 individuals of the same sex, height and body weight and assessed, their RMR individually, there was almost 1000 calories difference in their RMR reading.

This huge variability explains the long weight stalls I have, even when following a calorie controlled eating plan to the letter and explains to me the amount of work I need to be doing is to increase my muscle fitness, therefore my ability to burn calories. Focusing on building the RMR rate higher, is a better focus for me than cutting calories, lower, which would in turn, would reduce my RMR even lower.

That information is yet another reason, why I am convinced, that long term, dieting, using weight Watchers, in my mid life, which focused on counting, points and not building muscle, was very damaging, to my body. I hit long time weight stalls that lasted up to 18 months at a time when I used weight watches as my focus to try to become slim, as a result as soon as I quit, because it was not working for me.  I regained, all the weight and more, because my RMR had decreased due to my having focused on diet restriction and not muscle, development and fitness. This resulted, in the current low RMR, that I have where I lose weight extremely slowly on a 1200 calorie allowance and some seriously, intense, exercise sessions. I believe that all those efforts

I regret having spent most of my middle life through to early, senior years, counting weight watchers points, dieting while becoming increasingly obese, discouraged, believing it was 'my genes' making me fat, when it was the dieting and points counting mentality, itself, making me increasingly unfit and eventually having osteoporosis.
 
I should have been relaxing, enjoying eating delicious and varied, healthy, portion, controlled meals and FOCUS ON FITNESS, maintain and develop healthy muscle to increase my metabolic rate and protect my bone density. 

If I could influence any younger person in weight management, it would be to appeal to them, 'DO NOT DIET'.  

I think if anyone were struggling along at a tortoise  pace as I am doing in releasing weight, they would, like me, benefit from doing some serious muscle building work to strive to raise the RMR.

Not one of us is ‘average’.

Manage your weight, by increasing your metabolism while eating healthy and portion controlled. Learn what portion, control, is. Speak to a certified, practicing dietician so you understand what is a balanced, eating plan. Do strength training at any age, at least three times a week.

 


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