I won't say much about my weight except that I'm in my early 20s, 185 cm, and my BMI is over 55. I'm male.
Here's my issue: I have seen a ton of weight loss specialists. One of them is a very famous, almost-household name. I was a very fat kid who lost weight in middle school, then age 13-23 was a gain of 30-50 lbs per year. There was a time I ate out of control (5-6k calories a day), but I've been eating .... OK... for 1-2 years. Dietitians have been perplexed about why I am not losing weight until the household name guy told me that I have what seems to be a very slow metabolism. After monitoring my lifestyle for around 3 months, he came to the conclusion that exercise would not do much to speed it up. He said the only way out (and likely forever) was to eat a fraction of what normal people eat.
I poopoo'd that advice and got dejected. I went back to eating like the rest of my family eats (3.3k cals a day TOPS). They're staying normal, but I'm back to creeping weight loss.
I'm beginning to really lose it here (pardon the pun), not in the good way. I am not sure if these dietitians are correct, but I love food way too much to just go ahead and eat 1.7k cals a day.
Is it true metabolism won't do much to help me? Is it true that exercise can't speed it up enough to make a difference?
Thanks, everyone.
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