Weight loss: why dieting doesn't work
If you want to achieve better overall health, with lasting weight loss results – you are on the right website.
If you feel like you are swimming against the tide when it comes to weight loss, you ARE. Weight loss is not just about calories in, calories out - if it was that simple, it wouldn't be the 50 billion a year industry it is today.
Most programs or products on the market don't deliver long term results, so my question for you is:
Do you ‘just’ want to lose weight or do you want to be healthier overall?
If you want to achieve better overall health, with lasting weight loss results – you are in the right place. When you mention the word weight loss everyone thinks of ‘dieting’ – it is the commonest way people try to lose weight and yet studies have shown that dieting rarely works long term.
95% of the people using a ‘diet’ will temporarily lose weight and then gain it all back again months down the line. When that happens, they are made to feel guilty because they fell off the wagon and started slacking…but…
This couldn’t be further from the truth.
It has nothing to do with willpower, and everything to do with a wonky body physiology that is telling the body 'hey, we don't like what you lost - you need to gain that weight back' - so your body's weight thermostat cranks up your appetite, cravings, and lowers your metabolism SO THAT you gain the weight back.
What causes this wonky body physiology?
Weight regulation is such a complex area, so I will try and simplify it for you here. Think of your weight as being set by a thermostat in the brain – think of it as the body weight set point1. This is like the thermostat in your house.
Just like how the thermostat switches the heat on when the temperature drops, so the body weight set point will increase appetite and REDUCE your metabolic rate if you started to lose weight.
So, stubborn weight is not merely a lack of will power. It is instead due to a hi-jacked body weight set point that has been pushed up by various factors e.g. your genes, medication.
Here are 3 commonest factors: (this list is not exclusive)