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There's something that I've been thinking about a lot lately...

We all know that losing weight is easier than controling it afterwards. Actually, it seems that staying at the right weight after the diet is almost rare.

"...the review of 31 previous studies, by the University of California, said up to two-thirds put more weight on than they had lost within five years."

"Repeatedly losing and gaining weight is linked to heart disease and stroke, the American Psychologist journal reported..."We concluded most of them would have been better off not going on the diet at all.""

"In one study, 50% of dieters weighed more than 4.99kg (11lbs) over their starting weight five years after the diet. "

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6540493.stm

It really does make you think. 1/3 isn't that much. My theory is, that big part of this is caused by all those rubbish diets that make you lose weight but don't teach you how to live helthy for the rest of your life. I also think that losing weight and then controlling it takes so much motivation that many people just end up "not caring anymore".

Are there any people who have lost weight and stayed at the ideal weight for long time? How did you do it? And people who have lost weight and gained it back, what went wrong?
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>> Anonymous
Yeah - I was chubby in my early teens and then lost it at age 15 and have kept in decent shape ever since (late 30s now, and still improving). The big difference was becoming aware that I was fat and ate stupidly, and then reading this & that to figure out what to do better. Back then, there was no 'net and my friends were metalheads & punks with no sense of "physical culture" so I read mostly crappy muscle mags and whatever I could get my hands on. Damn, I love the 'net age.
Anyways, I'd say the whole thing is about having a good reason to be fit.

"re-building your whole lifestyle" is the way to go; cheers.
>> Hammerknife !7ITukp3Pj2
The people who have seesaw weights are the kind of people who never really had a motivation to lose weight in the first place, and are the kind that buy gym memberships for the new year, hit up the gym the first week, then stop.

i.e. the people who aren't really worth anything in the first place.
>> play !3rZQiXcf5A
People tend to gain weight as they get older and their metabolism slows down.
>> Anonymous
I lost 20kg. I'm so close to where I want to be but suddenly I cant find the motivation. I've been this weight for ages. I used to eat a hella lot of food so I started by massively reducing this, for one week at the beggining I ate almost nothing, my stomach shrunk and after that week my diet changed permanently, not what I eat, but how much. I did this with minimal exercise and didnt experience any muscle wasteage. Now it seems I need to exercise to get to my final goal. This whole process did take about 4 months.

Basically if youre going to change your diet to try and lose weight the change has to be a permanent one. Doesnt neccesarily mean you have to change what you eat, just how much.
>> Anonymous
I lost 70lbs and have kept it off for 5 years now. My only secret is counting calories. I usually eat healthy, but I have the rare "cheat" day--and as long as I stay at the right calorie level overall for the week, it doesn't effect my weight one bit.
>> Anonymous
>>78902
wtf counting calories? do you have to be that careful:(
>> Anonymous
alot of people gain the weight because they lost the weight by doing shitty "diets".
alot of people i know tend to use the whole bullshit "fast way" to lose weight.
example; "i'll just not eat", "i'll take laxatives everyday", "i'll just do coke", "i'll only eat salads" etc. These types of people are ill informed. the best way to keep the weight off is to keep exercising! CARDIO, lifting. eating right.
eating right is probably like 80% of it. just eat your meats, greens and take your vitamins and do some fucking cardio.

TL;DR just keep eating right and do cardio.
>> Anonymous
>>78910

It takes a whole 5 minutes a day to do. It's definitely not hard. I don't get why people think that it is.
>> Anonymous
for a lot of people counting calories is extremely frustrating.
my advice is to just not eat shit food. get a basic idea of the amount of calories your eating up. but you dont have to be precise. it will only bum you out if you arent getting the results you want and you notice your eating 1567 calories and not 1500.
>> Former Fatass
I made my ideal weight last week. I intend to stay on my current workout and diet and trim the last of my belly fat.

Fortunately for me I enjoy my exercise routine a lot and have been increasingly engaged in athletic activities. As long as I can keep from getting injured I imagine I'll do just fine.
>> rowerfag
>>78943
'grats
>> Anonymous
If you are not naturally thin it means you will have to count calories for the rest of your life becuase your body isn't telling you when to stop eating. Our genetics are programmed to make us want to eat more in case of famines etc... that don't affect most people in 1st world countries.
>> Anonymous
>>78983
I'd like to correct you with few things.

People are not "naturally fat". Everyone is naturally normal weight. Over- and underweight is something you cause.

However, you do have a point becouse fat cells never disappear, they just shrink. So it's easier for someone who has been fat to become fat again.

Another thing, you don't need to count calories for the rest of your life. Just understand the basics of what is healthy food and what isn't. Counting calories is only neccisarily for those who need practise indentifying bad and good food, and of course, to athlets and such.