MYTH: OVERWEIGHT PEOPLE HAVE A SLOWER METABOLISM THAN THIN PEOPLE
This myth has been disproved time after time in a variety of tightly controlled experimental research trials. Believe it or not, the reverse is actually true!
Men and women with a large body mass index actually burn more calories because their resting metabolic rate is directly linked to their total body mass and their lean body mass. Simply stated, large people burn more calories than small people. Furthermore, the energy cost of moving around a very large body is greater than the energy cost of moving a light body. Any person who doubts this should strap on a sixty-pound weighted vest or backpack, go for an uphill hike, and then judge for himself.
As you lose weight, your calorie requirements go down in proportion to your body mass. If you keep eating the same for your smaller body as you did for your larger body, your calorie deficit shrinks as you lose weight. This not only explains in part the "slow metabolism" myth, but it also helps explain weight-loss plateaus and weight regain.
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