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Is My Metabolism Damaged From Dieting? (What Your Hunger Is Really Telling You) | Ep 487
Has years of dieting on and off damaged your metabolism? It that why fat loss feels so hard now?
This is one of the most common fears I hear, and the short answer is almost certainly... no. So what is going on?
Most of what feels like a broken metabolism is one of two things: either the normal discomfort of a deficit or the way your appetite pushes back as you lose fat, preventing a consistent deficit (where you feel like you're dieting but can never lose weight).
If you look at weight loss studies, those reporting the most hunger and the strongest cravings tend to lose the least, implying…
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