Weight Loss Challenge

[zee-man]

I don't know if I can post here.... testing 1, 2, 3... but the issue with maintaining weight after loss is you need to sustain it long enough for your body to place it as its new "baseline". The reason you gain weight so quickly after losing it is your body still wants to return to its heavier weight, that's where it was comfortable. After some time at a weight, your body will re-adjust, and it will be more difficult to "fluff up."


Also, if you want to be able to sustain a new weight, you can't think of this process as a "diet". It has to be an entire change in lifestyle/mindset. Diet's are temporary. Changing your manner of eating shouldn't be. Fluctuating your weight drastically also isn't healthy. Not crashing and burning on a diet requires that you be able to enjoy the food you're consuming enough that it doesn't feel like a drag to eat what you're eating. The initial month of weightloss is usually the most drastic because you are losing water weight, glycogen, and fluid in the muscles. After that point - assuming you are consistent, then fat will start to come off.



One more note... if you want to make progress, and not just go about in a constant recycle each year, you need to diet properly. Your goal should be losing fat, not losing weight. If you lose more than 2lbs a week, you're losing more than fat. If you don't eat properly, you will lose weight, but it won't make you look - or feel - better. You'll just become a smaller version of your heavier self, not a healthier version. If you want to see permanent results/benefits, you need to exercise and feed your body to keep your muscle, burn the fat, and then reset your metabolism to your "new body." Then decide whether you want to add muscle, or lean further, and continue the process. Losing fat is a process, and shouldn't be rushed.

Good luck with your effort. I'll try to check in :-D.