All my life I always felt I had a slow metabolism. I had to KILL myself to lose weight and could only do about 30 lbs without hitting an unbreakable plateau. Also, I can gain weight fast. Two weeks of cheating and I am up 15 lbs. To lose, literally 4 months of very strict dieting. Yet I don't have PCOS or a thyroid problem.
Everything I ever did to combat this *metabolism* problem has never worked. I have tried eating more meals; doing more weight lifting; doing more exercise; drinking more water. It might have made a minuscule difference but... not that much. Maybe it isn't my metabolism.
So I was intrigued to find this study that just came out: http://www.thatsfit.com/2009/07/20/v...h-weight-loss/ - it says that for every 1 level increase in vitamin d level, people lost .25 more lbs. I could be reading it wrong and it might be proven not to be that great. However, lets just say that vitamin d at a normal level will increase your weight loss by a factor of 1/4th a lb... um that would be major for someone like me.
I found out this winter I was very low. My level was 20. My moms was 14. But here is the thing. My mom who is 82 has always had borderline sugar numbers. Her blood sugar was NEVER less than 120 sometimes over 140. We were always told that was normal for elderly people. But this winter she took supplements and got her D level up to 40 --- and her blood sugar dropped to 90. She has NEVER HAD ANYTHING under 120 in over 10 years.
So to me it seems proof that vitamin d can really change your body in major ways. Also her cholesterol and blood pressure dropped and they actually took her off some meds because of the blood pressure. So far subsequent testing shows no change.
So here is what I want to ask.... is there anyone on here who does have a normal vitamin d level? 50 to 80. If so how long have you had it. When you lose weight, how many calories do you need to lose and also, how fast do you average a week in losing.
For me, I lose about 1 lb a week if I kill myself. I usually have to eat very low calories plus exercise to achieve this. Thank you.