Dieting often, reducing calories or switching from one regimen to another in an attempt to lose weight: the so-called ” chronic dieters ” or those who are on a diet all the time, and who every time they eat a little more in search of a stable eating plan gain weight and return to restrictions, are the most subject to the risk of future overweight and obesity , according to Dr. Nick Fuller, Australian doctor among the leading experts on obesity in his country, and author of the book “Interval Weight Loss” , in which he explains how to lose weight without gaining weight.
Dr. Fuller identifies five causes that make weight loss diets a dubious expedient, and paradoxically make them fat in the long term.

WHY DO DIETS TO LOSE WEIGHT MAKE US FAT?
After we lose weight, we take it back with interest for 5 simple reasons, Fuller explains.

1. Metabolism slows down: the more we cut calories or increase energy expenditure (for example by running every day despite a hectic life), the more our metabolism slows down. Additionally, weight loss itself leads to metabolic slowdown. Therefore, maintaining and returning to a normal diet must be gradual and, worse, if we want to lose more kilos but the balance does not go down, continuing the diet or reducing calories will only make the situation worse.
2. Hunger hormone increases, satiety hormone decreases:  following restriction, leptin levels (satiety hormone) decrease and ghrelin levels (hunger hormone) increase. This is why taking a day or two off a diet is the ideal way to continue losing weight, because it partially rebalances the hormonal structure of hunger and satiety. And it keeps motivation high. Conversely, “7 days a week” diets should be avoided.
3. You risk ruining your health: you can lose weight in many ways, but it is best to avoid drastic regimes that put your health at risk. For this reason, we must stop thinking of diets as a way to lose as much weight as possible, but go slow and look for the regimen that can be right for us, especially taking into account that we are unique, from the bacterial flora to the body’s response to stress. , we are also different from our families. For this reason, a more careful and personalized choice makes us lose weight better.
4. We regain weight if we have lost it quickly: the body needs time to adjust to a lower weight, so losing weight quickly is a fallacious strategy; the faster we lose weight, the easier we risk gaining it.
5. Set point theory needs to be considered. Which is very likely more than a theory. In fact, it explains that the body is at ease in a certain weight range, often related to the number of our adipocytes, which is set starting from puberty. This is why people who are thin have always remained thin, while those who were obese as a child always risk becoming obese again in adulthood.

The solution? There is more than one: first of all periodize the weight loss diet , contacting a medical professional who assesses our initial state of health. Periodizing your diet means losing weight a little at a time, alternating days of dieting with days off or doing diet weeks and normal weeks. Then, carefully evaluate which regimen to follow, trying not to be influenced by drastic regimes that promise sensational results. Third thing: focus on health.
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