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Originally Posted by PhotoChick
Yeah. An article that I read recently had what I thought was an interesting explnation for that. It said that in addition to the regular screwing around with your metabolism that yo-yo dieting does, every time you lose weight you lose both fat and lean muscle mass (even when you exercise, unless you're doing hard core strength training).
I was talking to a friend chiropractor about my niece's recent liposuction, saying I would be afraid of it coming out all lumpy, and having scars, and why would anyone want to do that? And he told me something I'd not heard before.
When you gain weight, your fat cells don't just get bigger, your existing fat cells plump up with fat, and you create new fat cells. When you lose weight, you don't ever lose those extra unwanted fat cells, they just shrink down. So losing it becomes harder with each new diet and gaining it back becomes easier, because you are dealing with more fat cells. Those cells want to store fat, and if you eat the wrong things, they will.
He said that's why some people do the lipo...because then the excess cells are really gone and gaining weight is slower because you have to create all new fat cells.
I don't know if this is true, but he claims he learned this in his medical training. If it is true, it kind of puts a new perspective on the dangers of letting your body become obese. As if there aren't already enough challenges with that.