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Old 06-06-2006, 12:04 AM   #1  
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Default easier to re-lose weight?

I heard this rumor and I wanted to see if anyone knew any scientific data (or had any personal experience) about this.

I lost about 10lbs over 2 months...Then I had finals, which came with stress, all-nighters and not as much time for the gym and cooking healthy AND THEN lots of grad parties to go to. Seriously in about 2 weeks I gained it all back! SO FRUSTRATING how sooo much hardwork can be lost so quickly!

I'm back on track now, but it's depressing thinking it's going to take another 2 months just to get back where I started! ANyone know if it will come off quicker this time? lol
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Old 06-06-2006, 12:06 AM   #2  
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I've lost and regained the same 20-30 lbs about 5 times... and it's never any easier... Sorry! Good luck!

ETA: that's NOT happening this time
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yeah...i kind of expected that. haha
I just wish it was as hard to gain the weight as it is to lose it. lol
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I think we all wish that!
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It's generally harder to lose weight since sometimes a person will lose muscle along with fat when you lose weight - this sets you up for quicker regain/difficulty losing weight in the future.

Muscle is metabolically active - it takes calories every day to maintain muscle. Fat is metabolically inactive, it takes no calories to maintain fat.

Imagine weigh 200 lbs and you lose 20 lbs. That's great! You lose 15 lbs of fat and 5 lbs of muscle. You quit dieting and regain the weight. The scale says 200 again, but you replaced 5 lbs of muscle with 5 lbs of fat. Fat takes 30 calories a day to maintain, that would be 150 calories a day. If you used to maintain on 2500 calories a day, you would now maintain on 2350 calories a day. If you go back to eating 2500 calories a day, you will have a surplus of 150 calories a day that will lead to addtional weight gain.

I'm a firm believer in this theory because it matches my life's experience with dieting. I always lost weight, stopped "dieting," regained the weight I lost and gained MORE WEIGHT on top of it. Every time, going from 140 lbs to 200 lbs. Dieting made me fat.
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