Hello, hello, welcome back to Empowered Radio. Thank you guys for tuning in today. We are going to talk

about metabolism today. So it's going to be a, we're going to call it Metabolism 101, what it is,

why it matters, and we're going to really talk about paraminopause and how that affects it. So this will be

episode one of a series that I'm going to be

doing on metabolism. So we are going to dive right in today. So metabolism, just keeping it very

simple, it is literally the sum of everything your body does to burn energy. So it's not one single

number. It's made up of different parts. The other thing I like to

make sure that people understand. And if you've ever heard me say your maintenance is not a set

number, it is a moving target. That's what we're talking about with metabolism. It isn't fixed. It does

adapt and things like activity level will greatly affect your metabolism,

your maintenance calories, lots of things, but we're going to get into those. But this first

section, we're going to talk about the four buckets of your metabolism, and then I'm going to

also elaborate on how paraminopause affects these things. So the first part or first

section is your BMR. So that is basal metabolic rate and this makes up 60 to 70% of your metabolism.

So this is literally anything that your body does just to keep the lights on.

So the calories that your body burns, just keeping you alive.

So things that you're not even thinking about.

So breathing, your blood circulating, your brain functioning, sales repairing, all of those things.

They burn calories.

So that makes up the biggest part of the pie. Now, paramenopause, how does that affect,

or how does paramedophase affect your BMR? Well, your BMR can drop because as we age, we naturally

lose muscle.

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