Most dieters regain their lost weight. But there is an alternative

Most dieters regain their lost weight

Most dieters regain their lost weight. But there is an alternative

Research literature is full of reports that people whose food intake has been limited, for example through dieting, typically regain whatever weight they lost after the intake restraints are removed. An article in the Journal of Nutrition shows that after 2 to 3 years about half of those who lost weight have regained it, and after a longer period nearly everyone has. This is the data that is used to show that 95% or so of all dieters go back to their old weight.

Once the dietary restriction is over, the weight creeps back on. So if you are going on a restrictive diet, then it needs to be sustained. This is the tricky bit. For most of us, dieting is hard, boring, antisocial, and it makes us think about food all the time. So sustaining this way of eating for life seems impossible and depressing. There is an alternative to diet, deny and deprive.

Indeed, it is shown in this same article, that when we restrict our food intake, our body gets defensive and prepares for famine. This report states that "when weight loss occurs, resting metabolism declines by an amount significantly in excess of that expected from the loss in metabolically active tissue. We have observed a drop of 24.6% in daily resting energy expenditure when the body weight of rats was reduced (by caloric restriction) by 14.9%"

This means that when we dramatically reduce our intake, our bodies adjust by needing less. Drat!! So what to do? Gradually changing eating patterns, in the direction of the desired pattern, little and often, will help to reassure your body that there is no risk of starvation, so that it does not try to defend itself.

Hypnosis can help you to identify the eating patterns you want to get rid of and hypnotherapy will give you the confidence and optimism that they can be changed, easily, effectively and permanently.

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