I have an insane metabolism. There is nothing wrong me. I've had my thyroid checked many times...and well as full check ups. No blood sugar problem, no vitamin deficiencies. I'm perfectly healthy. The problem is, if I eat...I have to eat, and eat, and eat, and eat...etc. If I eat breakfast, I have to eat every hour until dinner. Not just little snacks, either. SO, I stopped eating breakfast. That helped a bit, but I still had to eat every hour after lunch. So, I stopped eating lunch. I've been only eating dinner. I KNOW that's not healthy, but it's the only way I am not ravenous every hour. My stomach feels like it's eating itself every hour after I eat food during the day. My husband and I are starting exercising this week, to keep ourselves this healthy. I know my metabolism will be even more on overdrive. Does anyone know of a way to SLOW down a metabolism? I'd like to eat more, but I don't have time to eat 4-7 full meals a day.
Thought I'd mention...we eat very healthy, and well rounded. I don't believe what we are eating is causing a problem. I've always been this way.
To answer your questions: Yes, I eat protein! I eat lots of eggs, greek yogurt, meats, etc. When I do eat throughout the day, I eat protein every time. It does not keep me from being hungry, though...for the most part. (Dinner, is the exception.) I've never been a bored eater, to speak of. Unless, there is a big of chips around :) My stomach literally aches with hunger, and I feel like I must eat.
Yep, checked the adrenals. No problems there.
**Definitely NOT overweight. Not compulsive. I don't want to have to eat that often, it's a real pain ;)
I do kinda the same thing. For me it isn't really a hunger issue though it feels like it, it is a bored issue. So long as I don't eat my body is like whatever, as soon as I eat it is like, well do this for a while.
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I eat pretty healthy too. I am alot like you describe. Once I start, I just can't seem to stop all day. My stomach growls and sometimes its physically painful like cramping. I have both extremes with the thyroid in my immediate family, so I get checked regularly. As a teen and young adult I was bean thin, after hormone craziness with multiple miscarriages and Dr added hormone therapies, I (to easily) gained some weight and after finally having a baby, I have roller coastered with the same 20-30 pounds that my body just can't carry well.
But my one brother was running about 5X too fast and no longer has a thyroid. Moms was too slow. Mine always tests fine, so far.
I am a grazer and I have to have access to eating alot of small things (or I will eat a bunch of actual small meals) all day long. If I do not set the stage for healthy things, I will pack weight on even more. Its a huge challenge for me.
I do a protein scoop with milk every morning for a few weeks now (and I have never ever been a milk drinker or big on dairy), and so far I like the effect. I get a little energy and it helps me eat more normally at least the first part of the day.
I eat my fave low calorie soft bread as toast with peanut butter as a later morning breakfast, then some sort of fruit again a bit later. That at least gets me thru the morning hours. By the dinner hour and later...well thats where I really struggle. Most nights when I go to bed, my tummy is growling and I feel like I haven't eaten all day.
There's no rule that says you should only eat during breakfast, lunch and dinner. Biologically speaking, humans are meant to be grazers. We are meant to eat several times a day to keep our energy up for finding more food, taking care of young, and keeping ourselves warm.
We started eating "meals" because of agriculture...with the advent for farming, we started scheduling meals so we could spend time in the fields.
So if it works best for you, don't eat "meals" at all...just keep grazing.
Have you had your adrenal glands checked? Adrenal fatigue messes with the blood sugar and create a constant need to eat. I've had this and using supplements to support adrenal rejuvenation can really help.
I dont know how to slow down your metabolism - but could you try eating a high protein breakfast and then high protein snacks throughout the day?
I noticed that when I ate cereal for breakfast, my stomach growled and hurt a few hours after and I felt worse than if I had eaten nothing. If I eat a boiled egg, I feel full until lunch.
edit to add: oops - should have read your so what happened. ALSO - are you overweight? If you are a healthy weight, I would just keep eating a snack every couple of hours and not worry about it.
There is a lot of research that shows that whole raw foods fill up and saturate the "full receptors" of the stomach, much faster and longer lasting, than any other types of food. Oils the least. Carbs and meats in the middle.
So even though you already eat healthily and well rounded, maybe your body is calling out for whole foods? Maybe it wants more raw intestinal fiber and un-altered, un-cooked phyto-enzymes? Maybe it's not your stomach that is hungry, but the cells in it and that of your body? The only way to feed your cells is with living foods, not dead ones. Your cells are alive.
Your stomach growls because of the hormone Gherelin. Research shows that fiber and slow digesting foods like protein keep that hormone at bay.
You may want to try juicing. Specifically, vegetables. It probably sounds silly to recommend that since you feel hungry, and how in the world could juice satisfy your monster stomach, right? But I'm not talking about a bottle of orange juice. I am talking about basically overloading yourself with freshly concentrated super foods that are so high in nutrients that your body may actually start to give you a break. I recommend a Breville juicer for home.
I don't rule them out comletely. But animal products turn the body acidic. Which is a known indicator of cancer. Your body needs to be alkaline to regenerate and stay young. The only way to do that is to feed it foods from the earths natural minerals. Rule of thum is, if it had or came from something that once had a pulse...use it sparingly, if at all. The healthiest nations, and those that have low cancer incident rates are those where a serving of meat (if eaten at all) is about the size of your index finger. It is a delicacy, not the main ingredient.
Worth a shot?
Boy, am I envious. I like good food and I love experiencing the flavors, but if I ate like you, I'd have to have a crane lift me out of my house through the livingroom window.
I have no idea how to slow the metabolism. My problem is that I need to speed mine up.
But we all have our crosses to bare. I hope you find an answer. I'd like to find out how to speed my metabolism up.
Good luck to you and yours.
What you are describing is NOT a high metabolism. Metabolism is the series of chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.
You seem to be hungry a lot or just want to eat. Hunger sensation comes from many different triggers in the body, and metabolism has very little to do with it. I suggest that you research that and not focus on metabolism.
Are you eating protein at each meal?
Protein is what makes you feel full longer.
You don't say if you are overweight or not. Some peoples' metabolism runs so high, they can eat and never gain weight. Then there are people like me whose metabolism is on zero. I don't lose no matter how I exercise or what kind of diet I try. If you can eat and not gain, enjoy it. If you think your problem is compulsive-obsessive, then you should seek help for that.
