Body Resistant, misconception or fact?

AnnPT77

SiiaMarl wrote: »

wunderkindking wrote: »

^ also every bit of the above post.

At some point I think it's good for everyone to reach a point where they allow weight loss to fade into the background of their lives and become a side-effect of their lives, not the focus of it.

Keep an eye on your weight and make sure it's trending toward where you want it to be, but otherwise... just build habits and let those habits carry you while you live your life.

The habit building is hard, but don't make it harder than it has to be and do it with an eye toward a day it becomes easy. Not a day you hit goal weight and it continues to be a struggle to maintain.

Relax. Breathe. Your weight will eventfully reflect the habits and life you live.

True! but I guess its hard for me cuz i don't want to take any risk, I have been overweight since I was young and I have been doing diets rather than living my childhood life, I'm 28 now and I don't wanna waste more time that's why I need to focus.

but believe me Im trying to loosen up

You're taking risks. They're just different risks. If you cut your calories to super-low levels, you're risking health. Ditto if you lose weight faster than your current fat levels will support. If you can't think beyond where you are now, and consider the habits you'll need to keep your weight in a healthy range permanently without major stress, you're risking regain (which usually comes with extra pounds as friends). (I'm not saying you absolutely must implement that plan right now, but it's time to think about it, and consider how and when to experiment & find the habits you'll need in maintenance - not so much calorie level as eating style, exercise habits.) You're risking another round of yo-yo dieting, repetitions of which have bad cumulative consequences.

If other people are convincing you you're doing it wrong . . . stop listening to them. Really.

You have people here in this thread giving you advice who've lost weight, and more importantly stayed at a sensible weight thereafter for multiple years. They (we) might know something, ya never know. 🤷‍♀️

FitnessCurmudgeon

SiiaMarl wrote: »

there is a saying that if you lose weight then gain it back multiple times in your life your body will resist and it will be slow and hard to lose weight.. is it true? because im struggling with it.

I know people have different bodies and lose weight in totally different patterns but I see many people lose like 8 kg in 2 months then I thought to myself maybe they spend a lot of time in gym but when I see their routine (diet +exercise) is similar to mine and some of them do not even go to gym( im not talking about morbidly obese people). some people are not even that fat to begin with, I know a girl is is 160 cm and 62 kg in 2 months and half she lost 9 kg. for me when I was 20 kg heaver I spent 6 month to lose 10 kg. with diet and 30 minutes treadmill, 30 minute weight training and various workouts.



since last August I have been losing 1 kg a month despite my activities and diet

It is not true that cyclical weight loss somehow “damages metabolism” and affects future weight loss. It is true that some people respond more easily and quickly to weight loss routines than others. The key is really being as accurate and consistent as possible with calorie intake. The #1 reason by far when people struggle to lose weight is that they underestimate their calorie intake.

PAV8888

Have you ever either participated in or watched sports that involve difficult manouvers in the air... and then landing?

Have you ever seen an athlete execute less complicated maneuvers in the air but stick the landing(s) the other competitors flub... and then walk away the winner?

Your landing matters.

Successfully losing a lot of weight is what buys you a run of the mill lottery ticket with a fairly low chance of winning the jackpot of five years of maintenance. Successful maintenance for 5 years then buys you a gold ticket that (finally) had a more than 50% chance of continuing to maintain.

That's the *kitten* news; but no need to despair!

All dismal weight loss and maintenance stats and observations involve a majority of people who are not on MFP and who are not reading this pearl of wisdom!

Forewarned is forearmed! So now it's time for some forethought! 🤣

As with anything else we do (or don't do) in regards to our body and health, weight loss also has some side effects that we can choose to mitigate or we can just ignore and hope they just don't manifest.

You mentioned several diets in your first 28 years.

I gave up trying to diet when I was I think a little bit younger than you.

Exercising till I puked would not work. Eating nothing but cabbage soup would not work. Doing Atkins would not work long term... Since nothing would work and I was destined to be obese i might as well enjoy that state since it's the only one open to me, right?

Guess who got to spend 20-22 years as obese?

Start being the person who will maintain your weight loss. Start eating like that person, moving like that person, living like that person.

You are not spending another three months, or six months or a year losing to the final weight and shape you want to... and then you're done!

Off to a no more weight management worries holiday we go!

and nope!

If you want to maintain this loss you're looking at at least the same amount of time as you've already spent loosing in terms of ongoing weight management consciousness.

And as mentioned by others above, and based at your recent loss results, you're looking at either eating an extra 500 calories or so while maintaining the same level of activity and exercise, or doing about 500 Cal worth of less activity and exercise, or a combination of both.

500 Cal extra is not nothing; but it doesn't buy you cheesecake and drinks and all you can eat sushi and Thai all at the same time and as often as you want! And at a guess you would be better off having a tub of yogurt and a couple of apples instead, unless it was a very occasional occasion!

Look nobody can plan your future for you and even when we make plans the universe oftens laughs. And we have to adapt and change.

But don't leave future planning as a complete afterthought.

And pushing high deficits in an attempt to speed up weight loss at the tail end of a period of large loss is, in my opinion, failing to plan for maintenance.

Both in terms of hormones and strategy you may want to either taper off into maintenance or have an iron clad plan for your first six months/year/three years of maintenance that you will apply with as much (or more) effort as you did during weight loss.

SnifterPug

Maybe it's true, maybe it's not. But what good will that knowledge do you? Whatever anyone's past weight history may be, they have to take themselves as they find themselves now, and find a path forwards that works for them.

Good luck.

paperpudding

You are currently 163 cm tall and you weigh 67 kg.

That is a BMI of 25.2 - only very just into overweight.

You will not be losing at a rate of 2- 3 kg/month - you should be aiming for 1/2 lb/week or 1/4 kg - 1 kg a MONTH


also a goal of 50kg would give you a BMI of 18.8 - right at very lower end of normal. Possibly not a realistic or healthy aim for you.