Fat distribution after loss and regain

hotschoollunches

I thought my thighs were more flabulous after regaining 10 pounds. Maybe I am right:

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Int J Obes (Lond). 2013 Oct;37(10):1371-7. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2013.1. Epub 2013 Feb 5.

Effect of weight loss and regain on adipose tissue distribution, composition of lean mass and resting energy expenditure in young overweight and obese adults.

Bosy-Westphal A, Schautz B, Lagerpusch M, Pourhassan M, Braun W, Goele K, Heller M, Glüer CC, Müller MJ.

Source
Institute of Human Nutrition and Food Science, Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany.

Abstract
Background:Although weight cycling is frequent in obese patients, the adverse consequences on body composition and an increased propensity to weight gain remain controversial.Objective:We investigated the effect of intentional weight loss and spontaneous regain on fat distribution, the composition of lean mass and resting energy expenditure (REE).Design:Weight regainers (30% of loss, n=27) and weight-stable subjects (within <±20% of weight change, n=20) were selected from 103 overweight and obese subjects (body mass index 28-43 kg m(-2), 24-45 years) who passed a 13-week low-calorie diet intervention. REE and body composition (by densitometry and whole-body magnetic resonance imaging) were examined at baseline, after weight loss and at 6 months of follow-up.Results:Mean weight loss was -12.3±3.3 kg in weight-stable subjects and -9.0±4.3 kg in weight regainers (P<0.01). Weight regain was incomplete, accounting for 83 and 42% of weight loss in women and men. Regain in total fat and different adipose tissue depots was in proportion to weight regain except for a higher regain in adipose tissue of the extremities in women and a lower regain in extremity and visceral adipose tissue in men. In both genders, regain in skeletal muscle of the trunk lagged behind skeletal muscle regain at the extremities. In contrast to weight-stable subjects, weight regainers showed a reduced REE adjusted for changes in organ and tissue masses after weight loss (P<0.001).Conclusion:Weight regain did not adversely affect body fat distribution. Weight loss-associated adaptations in REE may impair weight loss and contribute to weight regain.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23381557

astronomicals

Weight loss...may impair weight loss and contribute to weight regain.


lol...gotta love lines like that

hotschoollunches

Weight loss...may impair weight loss and contribute to weight regain.


lol...gotta love lines like that

I think that was about how weight loss might adversely affect your resting energy expenditure, by reducing it. So that someone who never lost weight can eat more than the formerly overweight person without gaining. (" In contrast to weight-stable subjects, weight regainers showed a reduced REE adjusted for changes in organ and tissue masses after weight loss (P<0.001)."

My problem with what they're saying is this inconsistency:

"Regain in total fat and different adipose tissue depots was in proportion to weight regain except for a higher regain in adipose tissue of the extremities in women and a lower regain in extremity and visceral adipose tissue in men" and "Weight regain did not adversely affect body fat distribution". More fat tissue goes to women's limbs. Without knowing more about it, I am guessing it goes to the gams. I would call that an adverse effect.

barttles

It's amazing how that happens. But it is all too true. Thankfully, I've finally got myself under control to where that won't happen to me again. It is working quite well

Nicgianni1

So, if I do not lose weight, I lose weight. It is ironic how it all works