Am I Hypermetabolic?
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I eat roughly 3000 calories a day (currently 3 quarts or so of milk + meals), but I only weigh around 60kg, finding it extremely difficult to get it up any more than that. In my early twenties and always considered myself just extremely healthy (always ate a lot of sugar, even before discovering bioenergetics, because I could “afford” it). I also do zero cardio, mainly pull-ups and push-ups a few times a week.
Caffeine, alcohol, and nicotine all hardly effect me, despite my low body weight, which sometimes looks impressive but also gets expensive.
Recently, it’s become quite frustrating and I’m wondering if it could actually be a hormonal or absorption issue. In an early episode of GE Danny talks about a really skinny, fit friend who ended up having fatty liver and how some skinny people can actually be hypo- instead of hyper-thyroid and it can be even more dangerous.
Any thoughts? Every peater I know tends to be trying to lose weight if anything, so I’m not finding much advice. Should I try T3 or something? Androsterone?
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My maintenance is 3500cal at 63 kg. Currently bulking up with around 4000. Rice & Fruits have been great for me for this purpose.
Do some blood tests to see how your thyroid is functioning.
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I'm same age and I need about around 3000kcal for maintainance depending on my activity level, I can easily burn 4000kcal + if I'm out walking all day. I think Ray said he used to eat 5000kcal/ day when he was younger & working for forestry commission. He did mention that when he took T3 for the first time, it actually lowered his overall metabolic rate, shifting from a wasteful metabolism driven by adrenaline/cortisol over to a more efficient metabolism driven by thyroid - and he found he's caloric requirement dropped. He's said that he's met a lot of young men who experience this with T3. I tried it but I don't think I need it, just makes me hot and out of breath easily. If you already feel good, I wouldn't bother. How tall are you?
Good things are immeasurably costly
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@skylark About 175cm/5’9. That’s a good point though, I do feel great so I shouldn’t assume I’m unhealthy. Just spending a fortune on groceries.
