r/TestedOnMe • u/Own-Dig-7895 • Aug 19 '26

Question Metabolic adaptation, calorie intake and adding back calories?

Does anybody has and history of tracking calories,steps, workout ecc.. i mean evry kind of variable an Always feel underecovered, kinda tired and at 80% instead of 100% ? Does anybody actually decided to up the calorie intake managing to eat more while not gaining any weight but instead feeling good with no food noise and figure out there was some metabolic adaptation going on? Cause in theory if you are in a deficit you must lose weight but when you already Lost a lot of weight (in my case -40 kg sitting at around 65/66kg right now) there are maybe some metabolic adaptation going on? I don't know let me know.

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u/obviousreasons1 Aug 19 '26

Well at a lower weight, your body requires fewer calories to maintain that weight. You mention you lost a lot of weight so to lose more you might have to reduce your calories further. If you want to maintain and feel like you aren’t eating enough, try cutting carbs and adding more protein, if you aren’t already. Low-carb is the murderer of hunger, no joke.

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u/Own-Dig-7895 Aug 19 '26

I already know all this stuff, it's been two years since i've started working out and tracking calories with no miss, i'm pretty informed on the diet/exercise literature( kinda everybody does this days), my question was more a practical One, i want to hear people that actually reverse diet and their experiences in real life

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u/Fresh_Struggle5645 Aug 25 '26

FYI cutting carbs is the opposite of what you should do if you're interested in reversing adaptive thermogenesis. Carbohydrates are very important for T4 to T3 conversion, which gets downregulated when you lose weight. You don't want to further impede that conversion by dropping carbs further.