No, There's No Such Thing as a "Fast Metabolism" (Page 3)

[GirlNextBored]

Yknow, I still think Spears is hot and I know I shouldn't lol

[redeyemindtricks]

She is!

[xDocilexFaeriex]

I might go work out today!! Thanks for the inspiration!!

[redeyemindtricks]

<3 xx

[xDocilexFaeriex]

:) and I found a solution to my last problem... get with my hot friend who likes me!!

[redeyemindtricks]

<3 <3

[bryon]

Would you agree or disagree that a person with a thyroid imbalance can affect a persons weight?

[redeyemindtricks]

A thyroid condition is NEVER responsible for more than a moderate amount of weight gain. That's NEVER, as in "never". Never ever ever.
Even patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis -- i. e., patients whose thyroid glands don't work **AT ALL** -- typically only gain a MAXIMUM of about 15 pounds over their default bodyweight.

If someone gains more than about that amount, then that *can't* be blamed on the thyroid. That's a lifestyle issue.

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In fact, even the American Thyroid Association -- which, if anything, has a vested interest in *exaggerating* the problem -- says only 5-10 pounds on its official website!

https://www.thyroid.org/thyroid-and-weight/

(click "What is the relationship between hypothyroidism and weight gain?")

[bryon]

Thank you for clairafing. I love how you incorporated the mechanics of this with using an auto engine as an example

[redeyemindtricks]

Well, I mean... digestion is LITERALLY combustion.
It's a classic combustion reaction -- organic fuel + oxygen in, carbon dioxide + organic waste products out.

Our bodies are, very literally, internal combustion engines. It's not actually an "analogy" -- it's literally true.

[bryon]

It just helps to break it down in a more understandable form. You are obviously very well read on this subject and well most of us aren't , so it really helped out

[redeyemindtricks]

Cool, glad it did <3

[bryon]

It did clear up some grey areas I was left with yesterday. Thank you again , great take by the way

[redeyemindtricks]

<3 xx

[bryon]

\_____/ have a wonderful day

[AlwaysBelieving]

I'm glad that I bounce around in my chair "dancing" to the music. My right leg also goes up and down a lot (kinda like a piston). I'll have to read the links when I have time.

Great job red!!

[redeyemindtricks]

#bouncebouncebby

[pranavk26]

lol. this is so easy for me to contradict. i would just lie down in my room all the time just sleeping no fidgeting just scrolling on my phone. hell my roommates complained i did nothing but sleep and should get out more often. i was constantly worried about not going out enough and for reference i eat at least as much as my roommates cause i the same stuff as them basically as them same amount one plate which had fixed amoutn for everyone. the result? i continued to stay skinny with little gain weight while they might have gotten and fatter and had to exercise to lose weight. just to gain a couple kgs i had eat 2 peanut butter covered sandwitches 4 eggs and lunch and dinner and milk everyday. whixh my frineds would just gain naturally over time. also i never had those big tummythat litterally all my friends have. so explain to me how that works for me.

[BrighteyedAsh]

I agree... mostly. You see... we have to have a healthy hormonal response to eating for this to be accurate. Basically... it ensures that you're getting enough motion going on INSIDE... physically... blood flow wise... which is a chemical response. And it's why your thyroid related hormone levels can definitely affect weight. :)

[Anonymous]

So in other words if I stop fidgeting I can gain weight and not be getting teased about being to skinny. Nope sorry tried that. For a month I just sat in front of the tv doing nothing while eating and I still did not gain any weight.

[Bandit74]

But I've become acustomed to saying I have a fast metabolism 😣

[redeyemindtricks]

lolll

[Bandit74]

So now am I supposed to tell heavier people that my body just does more NEAT than theirs does?

Just doesn't roll of the tounge as nicely as saying "I have a fast metabolism" 😑

[redeyemindtricks]

Yeah that's the problem with a lot of these things...

[Nothanks700]

Perhaps anecdotal, but although I am in shape now, I have been skinny my whole life and have always eaten a lot. I was skinny, although not healthy, a few years ago when I sat down literally all day. So I'm not so sure these studies are accurate. I can eat all I want and not gain anything.

[TheButterfly]

Tell that to my friend who eats chips nonstop, doesn't excerise, but still weighs 105lbs

[redeyemindtricks]

She's probably blessed with a smaller appetite. Like the girl version of the guys who have to "force themselves" to eat enough when they're trying to bulk up in the gym.

[TheButterfly]

Nah she eats as much as me, and is constantly eating

[redeyemindtricks]

In that case, I'd strongly suspect that she's throwing a lot of it back up when no one's looking... are you sure that isn't happening?

[TheButterfly]

Haha no, she doesn't do that. Like I said, just a really fast metabolism.

[redeyemindtricks]

I mean... science has literally shown that such a thing does not exist. There has to be *some* other explanation.

[TheButterfly]

There isn't, she is just like that

[Anonymous]

I think I wrote in your previous mytake that I think a metabolism problem can affect someone's weight loss. Does this mean metabolism in general doesn't affect weight gain or weight loss?

[redeyemindtricks]

Long-term, no.

There are short-term effects of semi-starvation and starvation (including anorexia nervosa and so on), but (1) those are short-term effects, and (2) those effects have as much to do with nutrient partitioning -- i. e., with how the ingested calories are parceled out and distributed -- as they do with bodyweight regulation itself.

In this study it took just 1 week for metabolic rates to return to normal after semi-starvation was concluded:
https://jap.physiology.org/content/12/2/230

[NatashaBeauty]

I have fast metabolism and I'm not fat at all I have the perfect body. I'm 100% happy with my looks. Yay!

[redeyemindtricks]

Great way to feel about yrself

[NatashaBeauty]

Thanks I just think everyone should feel proud

[douride2]

How about that! I used to get heck for fidgeting all the time as a child.

[redeyemindtricks]

Srsly...

that's why I specifically dedicated that last "I see ya" to those elementary school teachers ahah

[douride2]

More often then not at school

[Anonymous]

Ignorance all over...
Their is such a thing. I've put my mind to it, kept a diary of what I eat, count my calories, drink water , and exercise and I'm still overweight. This has been a 6 month process. I've been to the doctors and everything checks out healthy except my thyroid but other than that nothing is wrong. I just have a slow metabolism. The doctor that ACTUALLY went to medical school and has a degree told me this.

[Library]

I knew it doesn't exist, I hate how people keep trying to make up things that don't really exist lol.

[Spiorad_Aisce]

I am very fidgety so I will take that as a good thing - Enjoyable and educational take

[QuestionMan]

Strange, I eat and don't move around much but I'm still 140 lbs.
When I go to the gym I lose weight so I don't do it too often but I decided to give it another go and just eat more.

[Anonymous]

Sometimes reading your answers and mytakes i wonder "Is she superhuman" ... you probably can get any guy... sigh. I wish i was like you.

[redeyemindtricks]

Lol... I got the guy I wanted, but, I still try my best to "get" him again, every day. <3

[Opinion Owner]

Aww, i wish you both a long and happy life. :) <3 You're a real inspiration

[redeyemindtricks]

Thank you sweetheart, appreciate the kind words.

[Valkyrie1]

Hah! And here my mother is always telling me to stop bouncing around the house.

[Doffydood]

As someone who bounces their leg all the time (including right now), I like this.