The relationship between metabolism and weight

It is important to know the relationship between metabolism and weight since the two are closely related. The rules for weight loss are simple and never change, and our metabolism is a fundamental part of them. Rules for weight loss Expend more calories than you consume and you will lose weight Consume more calories than you expend and you will gain weight If you balance energy intake and expenditure you will stay at the same weight. We all burn a certain number of calories a day. Your body needs a certain amount of energy (calories) for your heart to work, your organs to function and to maintain an adequate body temperature level. Basal expenditure is the number of calories the body expends at rest. On average, up to 75% of the calories we burn in a day come from the resting metabolic rate. For this reason, the more you increase that rate, the faster your weight loss will be. What factors influence this metabolic rate? Body composition.- Up to 85% of your metabolic rate comes from muscle tissue. Each pound of muscle burns 30 to 50 calories a day at rest. In contrast, each pound of fat burns only 2 calories a day. Exercise. – This is what greatly increases the metabolism and does it in 3 ways: the first is during exercise, the second is after exercise there is a “post-exercise fat burning” stage and finally over time you gain more muscle which is a more metabolically active organ. Eating Habits.- It is important not to skip meals because when the body has gone a long time without food; This first food you eat will be stored in the form of fat as a form of s survival and adaptation, it is also likely that you become very hungry and with it comes binge eating. Age, gender and physical size.- Metabolism reduces by 3% every 10 years, men spend more calories than women due to having greater muscle mass and finally, taller people burn more calories than smaller ones. Since you know the importance and relationship between metabolism and weight, aim to have a faster metabolism by exercising and taking care of your eating habits, since they are the factors of the metabolic rate that we can manipulate.