
Ep. 171 - Why You're Primed for Weight Regain After A Diet
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You're primed for weight regain after a diet.
The series of diet-induced adaptations that take place while seeking weight loss cultivate an environment where moving forward without a specific and diligent plan after finishing a diet becomes a recipe for guarenteed weight regain.
In today's episode, Paul and Micheala detail the physiological and psychological changes that take place during a diet that leave you prone to - and primed for - rapid weight regain after a diet.
Moreover, they also detail some of the biggest psychological adaptations that take place while dieting that make adhering to any semblance of a nutrition plan after a diet challenging.
Fortunately, by the end of this episode you'll not only understand why you're primed for weight regain after a diet, but become intimately aware of the steps you can take to prevent that from happening. And for more details related to navigating the first 12 weeks after a diet to maintain your weight loss, make sure you grab your free copy of "Maintain My Weight Loss After A Diet" below!
Episode Highlights
- The number of calories you burn at rest and while exercising decreases during a diet, which means you need to continue to eat less, move more, or both to continue experiencing weight loss.
- Your appetite-management hormones are impacted significantly by trying to lose weight and it's important to understand how each changes.
- It can take significantly longer for your body to restore diet-induced adaptations than to make them, which means a strong plan the makes consistency easy is curcial adter finishing a diet.
- There's a single mistake, that, if made, literally guarantees weight regain after a diet. Do not make this mistake.
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