So, I’ve been maintaining a weight that’s apparently where my body wants to be, even though I’m not eating all that much. I assume that I’ve created something of a metabolic slowdown. Oh no!
But this morning I was staring at my grocery budget and realizing that if I can be optimally healthy and maintain a good weight with the amount of food I’m eating, I can afford much higher quality food. Yay!
Assuming that’s the case, that I’m eating a nutrition dense, “pristine” ketovore diet with enough protein and I’m not hungry or feeling deprived at the calorie level that maintains my current weight, is there a downside to slow metabolism?
(Caveat, I’m not in metabolic derangement, putting on fat no matter how little I eat and still always hungry. Just a slow down in which 1000-1200 calories a day seems to keep me where I am and comfortable.)
I know we tend to think that being able to eat whatever we want or at least however much we want, emotionally, is a good thing. Glorious plate after plate of food with no obesity. Food is an emotionally joyous thing to indulge in. But really, is that the only healthy mindset to have - “as much as I want without consequences?”