Is my high metabolism going to trick me?

[One on One]

Alright, I'm 20 years old, 6'3" and a little under 190 lbs. I work out about five times a week. I don't sound all that light, but I'm quite thin. I haven't had my body fat measured, but I bet it's under 5%. The point is I never put on weight. I could probably sit around and eat ice cream all day and I wouldn't gain anything. Is this going to change later in life? I eat healthy, but I like to have a few guilty pleasures like ice cream. It seems like I'm always going to have a high metabolism so has anybody experienced this?

 

[The Great Juan]

I used to think my fast metabolism was a pain in the arse, i was just over 120 pound at just under 5' 11, i used to eat junk food all the time and never put on weight. My high metabolism just burned off those useless calories, it wasn't until changed my diet (in august last year) and ate healthier that i actually put on weight.

I'm 22 by the way, i was the same weight (120 odd pounds) since i was about 17. I jumped on the scales yesterday and was over 150, the weight isn't all lean muscle of course but i had so little body fat to start with i still look resonably lean.

So to get to my point (i do have one), your high metabolism will not stop you from putting on weight if you:
a) Weight train properly
b) Eat correctly

If you do this, you body will not burn off these useful calories, it will use them to create more muscle. Then when you do decide to eat some icecream or whatever, your high metabolism will just burn that crap off, great isn't it?

So if you aren't putting on weight at the moment you just aren't eating enough quality calories (plenty of protein, complex carbs etc), you might be eating 3000 calories a day which is a fair amount of food (might be enough for me to put on weight) but you might need 4000 or even 5000 a day to put on muscle. You WILL put on weight if you take in enough calories, it is just up to you to find out how many you need, so start eating and if you don't put on weight in a week, eat more etc.

This turned out to be really long sorry (i love talking about this stuff lol), i hope this helps and good luck in the future

Oh i almost forgot, if you haven't already, read DIESEL's bulking thread (it's the only sticky on this board), it will help alot.

 

[Rashad]

yeah.. i was exactly the same way.. i was about 125 my senior year.. and like 5'11.

Now, im 20 and im about 180-185. I believe my metabolism changed completely. I used to be able to eat whatever i wanted..and now im overweight.. its really weird.

I think it has something to do with your diet and whether or not you have a steady pattern. For instance, at school, i ate the same time every day.. and the same amount.

But now, i eat when i can.. so my body seems like its always adjusting.. this could be wrong, but its my opinion..

hope i helped