Test Your Metabolism

• Has Your Metabolism Shifted?

• Are you staying in your ‘Fat-Burning’ zone 24/7?

  

• Have you hit a Plateau or Sticking Point?

Is Your Metabolism burning fats or carbs and lean muscle?

check all that apply…

   Crave sweets/coffee in mid-morning/afternoon

   Hungry between meals

   Mid-morning and/or afternoon slumps

   Irritable before meals or if meals are delayed

   Get shaky or light-headed if meals delayed

   Fatigue that eating relieves

   Awaken a few hours after sleep, hard to get back to sleep

   Excessive appetite

   Problems with low blood sugar or hypoglycemia

   Afternoon headaches

   Do you skip meals

   Problems with memory, concentration and focus

   Eat sweets, refined foods and fast foods

   Family history of diabetes

   Excessive urination, excessive thirst

   Fasting serum or plasma glucose greater than 140 mg/dl

   Overweight by 40 or more pounds

Total your score:

You Burn Calories to produce Energy!

Your metabolism is responsible for burning calories from the break down of carbohydrates, proteins or fats

Those who are successful at losing weight and keeping it off are burning fats throughout the day.

Those who struggle with weight gain, fatigue, cravings, mood swings, depression and cellulite are typically burning carbs and proteins, Not stored body fat.

Just because the machine said, you burned 300 calories...doesn't mean you burned 300 calories from stored body fat!

The reason weight gain and fatigue go hand-in-hand is because your metabolism is burning the wrong fuel.
You produce more than two-and-a-half times more energy when your burn fats instead of carbs or proteins.

FACT…one of the fastest ways to get out of your ‘fat-burning’ zone is to skip a meal or eat the wrong foods (too many refined, processed carbohydrates).  The body is designed to burn fats throughout the day – this is the ‘fat-burning’ zone you want to be in.

FYI…As blood sugar drops you begin to burn calories from carbohydrates and lean muscle – NOT stored body fat.

You can burn calories All day long, but if you're burning carbs and lean muscle - you are always going to struggle with fatigue, weight gain, cravings, mood swings, cellulite, etc.
 

Results:

1 – 2
Your metabolism is probably functioing properly. Blood sugar issues are NOT a major factor and you are doing a good job of staying in your 'fat-burning' zone throughout the day.

3 – 8
Occasional blood sugar issues may be affecting your energy, ability to lose weight, cravings, etc.  You are probably NOT burning fats for energy and instead your metabolism is more often burning carbohydrates and proteins…blood sugar and dietary choices need to be addressed.

9 plus
It looks like your metabolism is working against you. Blood sugar problems are a definite problem and need to be addressed.  You are probably NOT burning calories from stored body fat.  Blood sugar imbalances will further fatigue and exhaust your adrenal glands, as well as, contribute to your inability to lose weight, cravings, high blood pressure, mood swings, etc.