In this BioLayne Video Log we discuss Metabolic Damage. What is it? How does it occur? How can you prevent it? And how can you recover from it if it's already happened to you? All these questions are discussed in the video
Omg Layne you are such a lifesaver! This makes so much sense coming from a history of anorexia and then gaining 20kgs (over 40 pounds) over the next year and then losing 10kgs again from calorie restriction. I finally understand why just cutting calories is a really bad idea and why I am maintaining my weight on such a low caloric value! Thank you so much. I am going to try what you are saying, slowly increasing my calories and restoring my metabolism!
Awesome stuff. Wish I knew this before I completely screwed my metabolism with extreme calorie restriction. Only 4 months in and still a long way to go on my road to recovery.
Probably one of the most valuable videos I've seen in quite some time. Thanks for taking the time and giving out this free info. I will be sharing this video with a lot of people. Good job!
I dieted for a year w/ terrible results. Eating 1000 to 1400 calories max for an entire year. A 150 lb male, 5 foot 7. This guy is spot on, I stopped dieting one day because I was fed up w/ no results. So I saw no reason to continue. Anyway a year later I'm still 150 lb but eating 2500 calories a day. Thanks Dr. Layne norton videos really helped me.
Great video. I’ve been a trainer for nearly 15 years and many of my clients have been college age females. I can’t tell you how common this is. I used to call it the rebound effect before people finally started talking about it. Unfortunately, everyone wants the quick fix and the diet industry wants to make money. This perpetuates the idea of restriction and dieting. I have a client right now who I started working with because she can’t lose weight and when I looked at her intake, she was barely eating 1,000 cal a day...and has been doing so for 3 years. I have her on reverse dieting. Every week she comes to me talking about cutting. I’m sending her this video. Thanks for making it so straightforward. I always come to your channel because I know that you bring the experience and you always reference actual imperial research.
I am really glad that someone else other than myself is finally saying this! All too often I have seen so called "coaches" go and starve their athletes and have them spend half their lives on a treadmill going at 1.5 miles an hour. I am really happy to see that thousands have taken the time to hear the lesson. It's about time!
My boyfriend showed me this because I'm struggling with eating enough because I was stalling in my weight loss and getting upset. So, virtually, I was starving myself. Thank you for this video. It helped open my eyes.
I realize this was posted years ago, but thank you. This explains a lot! I'm sure, 8 years after my last cut, the metabolic damage has been reversed. But the,way it jacked with my way of looking at food still has me, to this day, having a hard,time fully committing to normal and healthy weight-loss methods for regular purposes The worst damage for me was psychological. Thank you for taking the time to make these videos. Many have helped me. I appreciate you.
You hit the nail on the head Layne. I am one of the many people who have experience almost all of the situations you talked about in the video. This video clears up SO MANY questions that I have had. I was wondering how you felt about weighing yourself weekly, biweekly, or monthly. I feel as if part of my problem was that I was dropping calories too fast and not giving my body enough time to respond to the new caloric intake. Thanks again for what you are doing, this helps a lot.
That this guy tells us all his knowledge, his hard work, etc etc for free.. tells us so much about what kind of a person he is :) Thank you mr. Norton. Appreciate all what you did for us
Awesome video Layne. All of your videos are much appreciated. Your opinion is always well respected. Thank you for making your videos. These video logs are great... please keep them coming.
thank u on behalf of everyone that applies common logic and ethics to training themselves and their clients. You are truly paving the path that other coaches need to follow.
Great video layne. Have to say this is the biggest mistake I made when cutting. Low cals plus intense weight training and cardio. Upped my cals , dropped the cardio to 3-4 sessions of HIIT and my cuts going better than ever. Thanks!
Layne, I want to thank you for making this video. I'm a personal trainer, I have so many clients as well as friends who struggle with this type of thing. I will be sharing it with a lot of people because in my opinion you are THE expert when it comes to nutritional information! You understand it from both a scientific as well as practical perspective and that combination is both rare and very refreshing (compared to all the Bro science out there, or the academics who don't work with clients).
I dieted to 800 calories per day. I am 5.3 and weighed 121 pounds.. but I had tummy fat and I tried everything but couldn't get rid of it. Suddenly 1 day I started loosing a lot of hair and doctors found out I have hypothyroidism. I chose not to take the medicines but to get to the root cause of the problem. I read alot of literature and finally found that calorie restrictions for a long time can result in hormonal imbalances. I dieted for 4 years on 800 calories per day. Now m slowly eating 1500 calories per day. I have gained some weight back but I don't care coz I wanna get my hormones balanced. Thank you for the informative video..
@@biolayne1 Dr Layne, I know everyone's body is different, but typically how long does it take to slowly ease back increasing our calories to repair our screwed up metabolism from very low calorie diet and quickly refeeding to the point of we retain fat now? Is this (reverse dieting) something that normally takes up to a year for the metabolism to get back to work as per normal? Thanks.
@@summerrose1545 In this video I think he said 6-9 months after his 7 month cut. Which roughly translates to a 1:1 ratio to cutting and re-feeding cycle.
Excellent post! As a trainer, and someone with a chemistry background, and who does constant research into actual scientific studies instead of reading the junk that's out there for consumer "diet" info, I've found very similar results to what you say. Good job, I'm going to forward this on the sites I mentor. Everyone needs to watch this.
Layne this video was EXCELLENT. This topic is so crucial for competitors and non competitors alike. There are (as you said namely women) many out there who are experiencing this and don't even compete or think about stepping on the stage. Starvation diets and overtraining (way TOO MUCH cardio) is practiced by so many regular folks in the gym thinking they're bettering their health and body composition. Thanks! I'm definitely sharing this with everyone I know.
Extremely Helpfull!!! Thank you Dr. Layne Norton!! I love your videoS. while working on my anatomy major I understand SO MUCH!! THANK YOU Dr. Layne Norton. I can't wait to help save A LOT of live in the Future. Thank you 🙏
My metabolic issues have been an absolute nightmare. Layne, you just addressed everything I have been struggling with. Thank you for the information and thank you for being the first person to finally give me a reason for my problem and more importantly a solution to the problem!!!!
Such a fantastic and informative video ! Layne, your videos are exceptional and it is so great to see that you are willing to share your knowledge with others.
Thank you for this video Dr Layne. I have a metabolic damage. I binged too much after my comp a week ago. And yes, Ive gain 20lbs of weight and definitely fat and water but most of them are fat. Having struggle to stay full but im gonna try this by slowly repairing it. This definitely one of the best video I watched this year.
Thank you for answering my question. Reminded me that bodybuilding is a sport of patience. Looking forward to watching your next vlog, and have a good holiday.
Layne, thank you so much for your videos. I just started following you and am starting to watch all your Vlogs. I am already learning so much. I never believed in low calorie diets and knew they had to be a detriment to you body but didn't really know why or the science behind it. I love how you use science to back up all your points. Plus the fact you have a PHD makes you extremely credible! Keep up the awesome work and thanks for everything you do and sharing your knowledge! -Troy
This is one of the best videos I've ever seen in the youtube fitness community. It's the first one I've seen from your channel. I'm probably going to watch all your videos now.
Thank you so much for this video. I am CONVINCED I have damaged my metabolism. For the past 6 months I have tried to maintain my contest diet for bikini. Not only am I burned out, not only do I binge and struggle not to but I have seen little very little progress in all the hard work I feel I do. Fasted cardio, hiit, heavy leg days, everything sugar free, about 90g of carbs a day...Im done. In my attempt to reach out for help I was introduced to you and your videos. Thank you!
I put on 12kg in 3 days after my first comp, it took me a year to recover from that before I could start again and am going through the same process now before I discovered metabolic damage. Thank you for your very informative video!
Thank you Dr. Layne this video changed my way of thinking about food and how I view fat loss!! You have opened my eyes! And I'm so glad I can share this info with my blog followers, there is just too much misinformation out there!
Thank you, this video is me. Constantly restricting calories and getting frustrated w/ doing HIT cardio and not getting anywhere, literally spinning my wheels. Too much competing in the past and years of damaging my metabolism. Great video and tips.
This is exactly what i needed to know about metabolism after I keto dieted (big mistake in the first place) for 3 months and then binged for 6 weeks and put it all back on and more and then dieted again for the past 3 months to get it all back off again. Thanks, Layne.
Layne, you killed it with this vlog. I wrote a whole 5 page essay on metabolic damage and most of the citations were Scott Abel and the rest was straight up talking to some people who suffered or suffer from metabolic damage (they were very hard to come by) so the prof. thought I was slightly looney but I wish you had this video out back in Oct. lol.
That's a perspective I've never heard before...and it makes sense. Isn't it funny how we think we can overtrain with physical activity but nobody thinks you can actually over-diet? This information is great. Keep them coming!
I followed over from SouixCountry thread re: met. damage. Thanks for a great video. Although not a competitor, I (likely) suffer from severe MD from too many years in endurance sports at 1200-1400 calories per day, including a half-ironman with only 1500 calories on race day. After walking away from endurance for 2 years, I've watched a 50lb gain and no idea how to stop it. You've been the first resource to really say how to start working back to a normally functioning metabolism. Thanks!
It is such a relief to know I don't have to feel guilty or tired all the time because of food. I've maintained a weight loss of 35 pounds for a year. Currently, my cal. intake is lower then ever and my cardio is higher then when I lost the weight and I've been so frustrated I haven't had success losing more. I consider myself a 'clean' eater until this video. I'm scared/nervous to SLOWLY up my intake but I researched macros and look forward to getting fit rather then trying to be skinny. THANKS!
This is exactly what I needed to hear. I feel like I have destroyed my body and metabolism. Time to start fixing it and I hope it's not too late! Thank you!!
So painful to watch, but so necessary. It took failing my first class ever - and in medical school at that - before I finally came to my senses and realized that something just isn't right. For a minute there I felt like the freak for asking why I was so cold, couldn't sleep, was exhausted all the damn time, and why my hair was falling out. Thanks!
very helpful video I've started - week 4 this week - increasing my calories and carbs. I feel a bit frustrated but after you explained metabolic damage I get it now. My body is recovering from the smoothie diets I've been on with Low impact workouts in the past. Its such a trial to eat 1900 calories a day I have to pre-plan my meals and keep tracking just to make sure I hit my goals.
Layne Norton you are the man. As a former 311lb obese out of shape person I lost 100lbs in a year. I've been bulking and shredding for the last 6 years and I see what I've been doing wrong. I used this approch to drop for the last 2 months and I haven't looked fuller at the same weight ever. Thank you for your efforts to put this invaluable information out there.
This is amazing, and not just pertinent to fitness competitors. Most women I know, including myself, have wrecked their metabolism and don't know it. Thank you so much for this!
Layne this helped a lot man. Ive been weight training for a couple 2 years now and seriously body building for about a year and I have suffered from metabolic damage. Basically for the past two years ive been on a deficit with short term Bulks or Binges. Appreciate the info. I will use this thanks!!!
I'm a 17 year old male and used to be 15 stone when I was 15 (now 148 lbs). Lost it due to a starvation diet. Been doing weight training for 2 years and have been cutting from an ill conceived bulk for a year! Thanks for this video it is really helpful and it's nice to know that some other people are going through this :)
Hi lane. I really thought this video was really helpful. A lot of competitors weather they are veterans or new competitors don't know that they could be destroying their metabolism? I realize getting ready for a show is not about cardio & suffering with your diet, but being smarter & teaching your body and metabolism to be more efficient. thanks so much for your wisdom!! and keep it coming
Thanks for making this video and telling the truth about the subject. I am a natural weightlifter and have trained a few people and I've had this problem for a long time now. Usually if something only happens to a minority of people, many will say it's not true. I've seen it in a few other people too, particularly after they have already lost some weight and are trying to get rid of the rest. I liked your idea about adding in more food and I'm going to do that, I just wish there were more answers.
Love your videos! I've been following your advice for the past couple months ( used to follow a written plan, approx 1600 cals per day) and I'm visibly leaner ( up to 2200 cals per day) It feels good! I also haven't binged once and that is quite the accomplishment for me. I'm fixing my metabolism one day at a time :)
This all makes sooooo much sense....the lower I ever went, the worse I felt and when I do too much cardio...I actually feel bloated....due to increase in cortisol. RIDICULOUS!! Thank you for this video...awesome info
Awesome video man! I seriously look forward to your videos, and it's awesome to see them pop up on my feed. I've been reading a lot of your material over the past month or so and you've completely changed the way I look at healthy living. So to say you're an inspiration is nothing short of an understatement. I'm not sure if you take requests, and I believe you talked about this before in Unleashed. But what are you opinions on the importance of supplements, PWO's in particular? Thanks!
This is the video that should be on TVs in front of treadmills. No idea what your credentials are, but what you say in this video seems soooooooo accurate. Great video! Definitely something I'll take into consideration going forward.
Brought tears to my eyes listening to your video...Ive been struggling with my weight for years and only finally realized just how much damage ive done with my contstant yoyo dieting... where im doing hours of cardio and cutting calories to below 800 and then just plain not eating when i cant lose anymore which of course would lead to the inevitable binging. Im seeing I have a long road ahead of me to fix all this but at least now i know where to start. Thanx for sharing.
Such good info. Wish I heard it 30 weeks ago when I started a cutting diet! It is horrible that all the torture of pushing through low points on a low carb diet could have been avoided and has actually hindered my fat losing ability.
u r so awesome for spreading the knowledge. thank u. i only wish id seen this 3 years back. would've saved me the countless times of weight yo-yo and all the frustrations of dieting.
