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3 spots left for One-on-One Coaching with Rob and Devon! Click here to apply today by Thursday, August 3!   Read our episode show notes here! Please leave us a review at http://openskyfitness.com/review   How Metabolism Works   "Your metabolism is designed to regulate your body weight. It's a really healthy design and overall, metabolism doesn't affect your weight loss or gain. It can, but it's not the biggest factor when it comes to weight loss or gain." - Devon Dionne   This week's episode is all about metabolism and how it affects our ability to lose weight. Many people believe that we can burn calories and get fit based on the old-fashioned energy in, energy out model. However, there's so much more to living a healthy lifestyle than just that and metabolism plays a huge part in it. Each person has their own metabolism based on many factors: Genetic makeup Hormones Sleep Diet Food processing of thermogenesis Exercise Stress Gut bacteria Metabolism Myths General thoughts on metabolism: Weight loss = en