People who are overweight often tell me "I have a slow metabolism". While some people really do have a thyroid imbalance or medical ailment that slows down the rate at which their body burns calories, the fact is most of us are overweight primarily because of our bad eating habits.
To avoid this potentially damaging "yo-yo" dieting you need to adjust your food intake downward gradually, based on your age, gender, height, activity level, food preference, estimated metabolic rate and your life style. For most people this means a carefully designed weight loss program of one or two pounds a week.
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