Your Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) is the rate at which you burn energy or calories at rest. Your Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) is one the main contributing componenents of energy expenditure (around 70%)

Things that affect your Metabolic Rate

• Muscle - More muscle increases your RMR
• Age - Your RMR decreases with Age
• A decrease in your RMR can be due to genetics
• The weather - Living in a cold enviroment can increase your RMR.
• Small Regular meals will increase your RMR
• Pregnancy can increase your RMR
• Crash dieting will decrease your RMR