"You're young still. You'll fill out when you get older."

[Space05us]

Is that true? How much longer do I have to wait!?

Will my metabolism actually slow down in a few years or is that just more BS spread around and accepted by the general population?

[Space05us]

And further more why is it that Im told I have a high metabolism but I have fat on my body and I cant build muscle!

[Japher]

eat more protein... Hell, I don't know. I lost my metabolism after college... It's sucks

[Ecthy]

post a pic so we see what you're talking about.

[Kontiki]

It should slow down, but there's no guarantee. Mine didn't really slow down much before I was 25 or so.

[Ecthy]

I've always had a low metabolism, BTW.

[Theben]

When it slows down you just get more fat.

Exercise now.

[Ecthy]

Well I've never been fat and never really put on much weight no matter how much I've eaten, but I still think I've always had a low metabolism, because I've always eaten so little. Better now.

[Space05us]

I thought the 10lbs I lost when I started my job was water weight, but Ive weighed myself every week since Ive started and I still weigh 145lbs. I worked my ass off eating to get up to 155, and I cant affored to eat like I did before. This sucketh major asseth. I dont want to wait!

[alva]

Re: "You're young still. You'll fill out when you get older."

Originally posted by Space05us
Is that true? How much longer do I have to wait!?

Will my metabolism actually slow down in a few years or is that just more BS spread around and accepted by the general population?

I never did - my metabolism isn't fast - and I'm 36.

I can still wear the pants I was wearing in high-school, not that I have any left though.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by Space05us
And further more why is it that Im told I have a high metabolism but I have fat on my body and I cant build muscle!

Because your body naturally stores fat (and how much and where is largely influenced by genetics) and you have to do a lot of focused lifting and get enough of the right kind of protein to gain muscle mass.

In particular, if you eat a lot of protein at one sitting (think big steak or something) your liver can't process it all (the max is about 30-40 grams of protein at a time), so a lot gets metabolized to fat.

[Flubber]

Re: Re: "You're young still. You'll fill out when you get older."

Originally posted by alva

I never did - my metabolism isn't fast - and I'm 36.

I can still wear the pants I was wearing in high-school, not that I have any left though.

wow-- no way for that here-- I wore a 30 inch waist when I finished high school and am now in a 36. I can't imagine how skinny I would look at a 30 inch but I think getting back to a 34 would be great.


To space-- I exercise and eat pretty much the same as always but I have found you do add a bit in the middle-- not a lot but a bit.

[boann]

space.. try some healthy protien drinks
there are quite a few that are really good.
some made out of soy protien which is much better
for you anyway than eating tons of fatty meat.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Where is Ozzy to complain about ageist metabolism?

[Gibsie]

Protein drinks are stupidly expensive boann.

I need more proten myself. Lots more.