I'm quite curious about the science of weight loss as well as weight gain and so I tend to analyze myself a bit. I know a lot of people, especially people of 100 lbs or more, have said that they would go on diets, lose weight, then gain the weight back plus more in kind of an endless cycle.
I have thought about myself and I don't think that phenomenon has occurred with me. Even though I was a chubby child, I can think of 2 distinct times in my life when I have gained weight, although I have dieted almost all my life.
I gained most of my weight at the onset of puberty, I entered high school weighing 300 lbs. I lost weight and then I would go right back to my 300 lbs when I stopped exercising/dieting. Then the last couple years of college and the first few years after college, I gained 60 lbs, so I weighed 360 (well 364). I started exercising and dieting and I lost 30 lbs so I weighed 330 and plateaued (for 9 months) Then when I stopped dieting/exercising, I gained weight, but I went back to 350, not 360. I then dieted/exercised a few times and every time I'd hit the 330 mark and plateau. Everytime I gained weight, I went back to 350. I finally went past that plateau point for me during my recent weight loss efforts, which actually made me cry
Anyway, I was trying to share my experience because I don't believe I exhibit the normal "yo yo" effect that we hear so much about. I was wondering how many people have exhibited the yo yo effect in their efforts to lose weight or not.
I hope this makes sense.