Why you gain back the weight we lost ??

I lost loads of weight just after christmas. I'm not overweight at all, but i managed to trim down my waist and get flat toned abs which I loved. 3 months later, and its all back again. The reason? I got bored with exercising, I thought I looked fine THEN and did nothing to maintain the weight loss and the desire for me to pig out on treats far exceeded my desire to maintain my weight, so the weight piled back on. I know I'll never get obese as I have pretty solid eating habits, but it is so difficult to deprive yourself of the things that you like so much. I'm sure I read somewhere its the body's natural instinct to eat everything in case food doesnt come along for a while, but I think its because we're greedy, and also because you cant change everything so quickly. Just as a tip though, I lost so much weight simply by cutting out the snacks that I'd eat throughout the day, and swapping my regular lunch for a tin of fruit (because fresh fruit near me is terrible quality and doesnt keep for long). I found that after 2 weeks I didnt care whether or not I ate chocoalte because I was getting my sugar rush from the fruit and it was a healthy sugar rush too. I did the '8 minute abs' video every night to compliment the weight loss (search on youtube!). I felt healthier and looked healthier. In fact, just thinking about how I felt back then is making me want to start again. I think I will! :)

I always blame the weight problem on the way we have with our health and if we are on a lot of medications for it. Weight problem can be a hard thing to lose once you have it on your body. The doctor tells me that anyone that is overweight has a higher risk of getting heart trouble, diabeties and other health related problems and it will also shorten your life if you get too heavy with your weight. I know that when you are expecting to be too big on your body, the best part is try to change your eating lifestyle and start taking small walks per day as much as 20 minutes to start off with. Gradually build up your stamina in your body with your strength and start eating more fruits and vegetables and very little meat. Before you know it, your body will see a great difference. I know for a fact because I am overweight and am a diabetic. Please don't let it get that far along where you can't eat what you want. Try to be healthy as possible.

Wow, what fantastic insight. However, it does take discipline to maintain your weight loss. It is a total change of eating habits, minimize snacks unless they are healthy. Quality as well as quantity. I have found that 3 small meals and 2 small snacks is working for me. I have to constantly remember my goal weight and eat accordingly.

I also feel obesity is caused by the industrialized world...AND processed foods. We all run to the grocery store and buy whatever box. Just add hamburger, or just add water or whatever. These "foods" have preservatives in them as well as empty calories. Simple carbohydrates (sugar, white flour, white rice, white potatoes) make people crave more. We have lost the concept of what is enough. We crave more so we eat more so we crave even more and eat even more and get FAT. We need to break that cycle we are on through conscious diet. Many people do this then go back to their old ways which is the mistake. The old ways are what made you gain the weight to begin with so why on earth would it stay off this time? A person must make lifestyle changes for a life time for long lasting results. If we just prepare our own foods from unprocessed ingredients we are stepping in the right direction. I suggest looking up hunter/gatherer diet or clean eating :)

I think that the main mistake that we all make when we're trying to lose weight is doing things that we'd never be able to keep up after we reach our goal weight. If we simply slip back into our old lifestyles and routines once our diets are over, then we're just going to gain all of the weight back and that would mean that we would have wasted our time completely. We need to make changes to our lives that we would be able to keep up for the rest of our lives if we want to keep the results forever. There's no point in doing things that we just won't be able to keep up.

Im sure people will say it takes determination and desire. But it is difficult. I have three kids that are all three years apart. I have never been able to get back to my original size before my children. I lose the weight eventually but don't look the same as before. Its like my weight positions different after each one of them. Routine is key. Fixing and maintaining your eating habit is important. Regular exercise and a little change here and there also helps you to stay into your workout. I guess just picturing where you want to be and what you want to look like will keep you on the right track. Helping others to overcome their weight obstacles will eventually help the community and society as a whole. That goes for all issues we are facing. If there is not common ground and a helping hand, we will stay in our fixed ways.

I think the problem stems from once someone loses weight, they still need to maintain a healthy lifestyle..They can't just start eating what they want. They can have an occasional treat, but need to remember to stick with how they lost the weight in the first place..This is why I am big against fad diets, because though you lose the weight, the diet isn't healthy, you can't continue it..

Not only have I successfully lost weight and I'm talking over fifty pounds in a time period of six months but when I quit my change of good eating habits and fell off the wagon, I gained back the pounds and some. I'm not sure why it works like that. I wished I did so I could work on my weightloss. Take care

The reason you put weight back on once you lost it is usually because people go on fad diets (like the cabbage soup diet, or porridge diet), ce you have lost say 8 stone on these diets you then stop, thinking "Yeyyyy I have lost all the weight I need", and go back to eating how you were before, but if you go back to eating the way you were before your diet then your obviously eating too many calories and fat and salt a day- otherwise you would never have become overweight. The way you need to look at losing weight is in a change of lifestyle, you need to cut back on everything, cut back your calorie intake for say 6 months to 1500 calories a day, to get rid of the excess weight you need to lose, once you are at your target weight though, you don't "stop" the healthy eating as of course it will come back and usually more weight will be piled on, you need to continue with the healthy eating, which is why it is so difficult for people to diet- they don't realise they ahve to change their whole outlook on food, they need to change the way they live and eat. A fad diet is only "GOOD" if you are going to use that to lose a large amount of weight in a short period of time, if you are very overweight, and need to lose say 6 stone in a as many months, but once you are coming off this diet, you need to then change your lifestyle, eating much more healthy, not "counting calories" as such, but ensuring your not eating junk, your not eating 5 BIG meals a day, but 3 small meals a day, drinking 8 pints of water a day, eating 5 portions of fruit and veg. A diet like weightwatchers is good to put you on the right track, as they teach you how to change your lifestyle. :)

Mostly, we gain back the weight we lost because we tend to eat a lot again when we stop working out or dieting. Obesity does have ill effects towards our bodies like hypertension and many more. This problem has led the medical field to be alarmed with this growing problem that is, obesity. In fact obesity is one of the predisposing factors that kills people. To solve the problem of obesity we need, therefore to diet and exercise. But stopping means gaining it back. How do we prevent this? Diet and discipline is key to preventing this from happening. Since, if we maintain the diet that we had when we were working out. Our bodies would be attuned to how much we eat. This problem has also affected me when I was working out then stopped. I wanted to eat more, maybe because of lost time to eat what I wanted. But, now with discipline I stuck to my diet plan and is happy to say I did not regain those pounds I lost.