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Weight loss can be complicated. Between sticking to a strict diet, hitting the gym consistently, managing your macro nutrients, and tracking every bit of progress, shedding pounds often turns into a complete lifestyle change. Of course, all of these elements while sometimes challenging are within our control. Metabolism, on the other hand, is less manageable.

While some claim that there are certain foods that speed up your metabolism, it's mostly out of your control. "Metabolism is partly genetic," Roshini Rajapaksa, MD recently wrote for Health.com. "That means that even if you and your best friend shed the same amount of weight, your bodies could respond differently."

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So what happens to your metabolism when you drop the pounds? The answer isn't so simple. Rajapaksa explains that the speed at which you lose weight could be a large contributing factor to your metabolism's resting rate. When you restrict calories, your body will slow its calorie burn and hold onto the energy it has. This is typically called "starvation mode." However, if you lose weight slowly over time (dietitians suggest trimming 500 calories from your daily intake and losing 1 pound per week), this effect won't or at least shouldn't occur.

Plus, we already know that when you increase your muscular strength, and therefore, your body's requirement for energy, your body will use its fuel more efficiently. In other words, your metabolism will benefit from building muscle. Because of this, our best advice would be to opt for a manageable workout routine over cutting calories alone.

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