Metabolic Rate Test

First off I’m an endo with poor insulin sensitivity. I gain weight easy and I gain fat very easy.

Any way I tested my metabolic rate with a heart rate monitor over the past 24h. The last 24h were light in daily activities. Mostly walking from point A to point B and sitting through lectures. Ate 5 meals and got 8h of sleep.

With my current body comp of 25 years of age, 200lbs, 6’2 hight and 18% bf I got a metabolic rate of 2140kcal for the last 24h! And in cold weather.

My first reaction was “What the deuce!”. I mean I’ve added fat mass before following a caloric intake of about 3000kcal per day (adding 500kcal to each training day), but I thought the fat mass gain was mostly because of my poor carb timing and the occasional junk food meal for lunch. Also protein was abundant on the last “bulking” diet.

Could it be that some of us just have such a slow metabolic rate?

I have responded very well to a lighter version of the V-Diet (eating 2 whole food meal per day including chicken, eggs and greens) and at first it looked like energy level suicide on paper. Eating only 1550kcal non-training and 1800 on training days. But strength levels are steady and I don’t feel at all lacking of energy.

I’ve also learned a ton of info about nutrition for my body type thanks to Dr. Berardi. On the next mass gaining phase next summer I am going to apply this new found info about my self and week my kcal’s and carbs in check.

Starting point will be 2500kcal non-training and 3000kcal for training days with carbs ingested in the morning and post workout.

Hopefully this time around I will add lean mass without bloating up like a balloon.

how do you calculate metabolic rate from wearing a HR monitor? I guess it’s using a bunch of equations and stuff?

I actually have a MedGem, where you breathe into and it measures your Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR), at 5’8" 170 lbs, mine is 2,220, which so far with over 100 tests done, I’m the 2nd highest I’ve tested, the only other one that was higher was by a 230 lb lean individual at 3,000 calories.

as for people having a slow metabolic rate, i guess it depends on the definition of what is slow. Most females I find range from about 1200-1400 RMR, and males maybe 1300-1600, of course those numbers change a little from lean individuals to obese individuals

[quote]jehovasfitness wrote:
how do you calculate metabolic rate from wearing a HR monitor? I guess it’s using a bunch of equations and stuff?[/quote]

I uploaded my user info from the PC software to the hr monitor via. bluetooth. Inputing height, weight, age, gender, bfp and optional VO2 max. Countdown was 24h.

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I actually have a MedGem, where you breathe into and it measures your Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR), at 5’8" 170 lbs, mine is 2,220, which so far with over 100 tests done, I’m the 2nd highest I’ve tested, the only other one that was higher was by a 230 lb lean individual at 3,000 calories.[/quote]

The thing that surprised me the most was the fact that it wasn’t my RMR that was 2140kcal. The 2140kcal included all of my daily activities as well. Ok is was a pretty non active day but still.

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as for people having a slow metabolic rate, i guess it depends on the definition of what is slow. Most females I find range from about 1200-1400 RMR, and males maybe 1300-1600, of course those numbers change a little from lean individuals to obese individuals[/quote]

Anyone else here who have tested their metabolic rate with some kind of equipment?

Or are you finding it out by trial and error plus a food log?

My food logs suggest that the 2140kcals I mentioned earlier isn’t far from the truth. Well at least I know what my starting points will be for my next mass gain phase. Trying to keep fat gains to a minimum this time around with a clean diet and moderate to low carbs.

I few months ago I had my rate tested at my doctor’s office. It was one of those breath analysis machines that measure how I cycled through oxygen. My rate was 18% above average at 2400BMR.

[quote]Stuyou wrote:
I few months ago I had my rate tested at my doctor’s office. It was one of those breath analysis machines that measure how I cycled through oxygen. My rate was 18% above average at 2400BMR.
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interesting, I’ve never seen an average on it. I thought about compiling my own on all the tests I’ve done.

out of curiosity, what is your weight? BF%?

[quote]jehovasfitness wrote:
Stuyou wrote:
I few months ago I had my rate tested at my doctor’s office. It was one of those breath analysis machines that measure how I cycled through oxygen. My rate was 18% above average at 2400BMR.

interesting, I’ve never seen an average on it. I thought about compiling my own on all the tests I’ve done.

out of curiosity, what is your weight? BF%?

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At the time, 6 months ago, I weighed around 215. I recently had my bf% tested at 30.6%, but now I weigh 225.

The test was quite interesting because my doctor provided me with a data sheet with all kinds of nifty numbers, charts, etc. I believe the population in which I was compared to were everyone in my age range who has had a test done by this particular company. After I have been working out for a while (just started a month ago) and I see some significant body changes or if I hit a plataue I will get it tested again and see what has changed.