why do 95%of people put weight back on, ugh

I dont want to be one of them. I have gained 10 back, working hard to get it off. Are they undisciplined or life stresses getting to them. What do you think, kind of depressing but I dont think it has to be this way if we are vigilant.

What's your reason for gaining 10lb back?

Mostly because they fail to realize healthy eating at least 90% of the time is really a complete lifestyle change, not a temporary diet. Making the change and losing can be difficult, but learning how to maintain can also be a challenge. Also, I believe many people focus WAY TOO MUCH on HOW MUCH they eat vs WHAT they eat, which, IMO the latter is so much more important in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle long term. It doesn't matter if I'm eating under my calorie goal if I'm eating nothing but processed crap. I won't be any healthier than I was before, even though I might weigh less. Focus on quality more than quantity and making the lifestyle change will be much easier, IMO.

i always tried to do it too fast. I never made any real changes that could be incorporated into my daily life. I ended up feeling deprived and reverting back to bad habits once i met a certain weight goal. I've never really had a problem losing the weight. It's always been keeping it off. I only ever made real progress when i came to the conclusion that i would always have to log my food to keep myself in check and keep from feeling deprived. Being honest about what i eat has taught me more about myself and why i do the things that i do. It has also taught me satiety and moderation. Becoming overweight wasn't something that happened overnight. It was something that happened over a 10 year period. I can't expect the reversal of this process to be instantaneous.

How much of the struggle comes from the increase in number of fat cells (hyperplasia)? Does having an excess of fat cells caused by obesity put me in a position where I will always have cells ready and "hungry" to store fat?

Nope.

The ones who put it back on are on diets. The ones who keep it off have made a llifestyle change.

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With all things considered, I think it is extremely important for people to simply ACCEPT that it is 100% NORMAL for your weight to fluctuate within a ten pound range throughout your life.

If you sort out your lifestyle, you should never have to weigh yourself more than once per month.

Be consistent. Indulge sometimes, but get back on track. Balance.

Because long term diet and exercise don't work for people who have a significant amount of weight to lose. Think between 3-5%. Many people have a broken metabolism from lifelong yo-yo dieting.

It isn't b/c they are lazy or eating their *kitten* off. It's a matter of body mechanics and metabolism. You only have SO much control over what your body does. You can attempt to make it bend to your will but only so far. Once that point is reached you either have to accept where you are OR find another solution.

I hate that when diet and exercise fail us - WE are seen as the failure and not our bodies. Are there some people that don't eat well or exercise that are overweight? Yep there are. But the people who really struggle and try are all lumped into that category of lazy and didn't try hard enough. And the ones who say you didn't change your lifestyle - yeah you haven't walked in her shoes. You don't know what she has or hasn't done.

Would it be acceptable to tell someone who had cancer that they didn't "try hard enough" to cure it, especially when the success rate of a particular treatment is 3-5%? Who in their right mind would sign up for that if they knew the true reality of the success rate?

No one.

This isn't all to say "give up" or stop trying. This is more to say stop blaming yourself if you really HAVE tried. It's to give you a reason behind why your body will not bend to your will.

Because long term diet and exercise don't work for people who have a significant amount of weight to lose. Think between 3-5%. Many people have a broken metabolism frm lifelong yo-yo dieting.

It isn't b/c they are lazy or eating their *kitten* off. It's a matter of body mechanics and metabolism. You only have SO much control over what your body does. You can attempt to make it bend to your will but only so far. Once that point is reached you either have to accept where you are OR find another solution.

I hate that when diet and exercise fail us - WE are seen as the failure and not our bodies. Are there some people that don't eat well or exercise that are overweight? Yep there are. But the people who really struggle and try are all lumped into that category of lazy and didn't try hard enough. And the ones who say you didn't change your lifestyle - yeah you haven't walked in her shoes. You don't know what she has or hasn't done.

Would it be acceptable to tell someone who had cancer that they didn't "try hard enough" to cure it, especially when the success rate of a particular treatment is 3-5%? Who in their right mind would sign up for that if they knew the true reality of the success rate?

No one.

This isn't all to say "give up" or stop trying. This is more to say stop blaming yourself if you really HAVE tried. It's to give you a reason behind why your body will not bend to your will.

This is simply not true for the vast majority of people. People put weight back on because they revert to their old habits, not because they're doing all the right things and they balloon up anyway.