Your metabolism isn’t broken. It didn’t “stop working” because you turned 40, skipped breakfast, or looked at a donut too long.
You’re not some special unicorn defying the laws of thermodynamics.
What probably did happen?
- Years of yo-yo dieting.
- Chronically under-eating and over-exercising.
- Losing muscle mass because you treated strength training and eating enough like a suggestion, not a requirement.
Your body’s not dumb. It adapts to famine-mode (aka your 1,200-calorie “lifestyle change”) by slowing things down. And less energy out means fewer calories burned.
Again. Not broken. Just efficient.
And the only way out?
Eat more food.
Build more muscle.
Stop jumping from fad diet to fad diet every 6 weeks when the scale doesn’t immediately bow to your efforts.
Is it easy? No. Is it worth it? Absolutely. You can do it…I may not know you personally, but I fucking believe in you.
