Do you have multiple weight set zones?

I have had that thought so many times!
It seems true for me as well.
And I definitely prefer 135's look and feel to my current 160's stay.
I want to break free!

The highest I've been is 94kg and lowest 80kg (maybe 79.5 for like a day) but generally have stuck to 90kg for the last 15 years. I have worked hard to get down to 80kg but dont succeed in moving past it. None of my range is a healthy weight for my height. I have maintained around 85kg for 6 months at a time. I've heard about 'set point' for weight and that yes it is possible to move but you need to remain at new weight for around 18mths before it becomes your new set point.

I do believe that I have changed my range over a period of time, I think its closer to 85kg now although I am currently higher than this, partly a restricted ability to exercise due to injury and partly comfort eating due to frustration over it plus a side of working out medication dosage which has recently been addressed. My energy is back up, I am able to move more freely without being crippled the next day and my weight is again tracking downwards.

For me getting back to seeing a 7 infront of my weight will be a huge mental barrier broken down.I am confident 2017 will see that 7 come for me.

steffijo01 wrote: »

That is really interesting that you mentioned staying at a certain weight for 18 months in order for it to become a new set point. I do kind of agree with that. I stayed at my lower 60-62 kg set point for about 18 months but then life circimstances rose it very quickly to my current weight of 67 kg. Which I have been at for about a year.

It has a lot to do with our surroundings too I think. When I lived in Minnesota I was almost always between 155-169 pounds. But since I have been living in Korea I am between 133-148 pounds (62-68 kg). Diet, lifestyle etc. have a lot to do with where our weight settles at.

Thunder1982 I hope you reach the place that you want to be at and can maintain for a good two years or more without too much struggle!

The 18months came from the fact that empty cells would hang around for approx 12months before the body would know they were no longer required since it actually takes energy to create new cells. Thus why rebounding back to your previous weight seems so easy, if you maintained the lower weight and expelled your excess cells the body would resist more before creating new fat cells (I assume from other readings this resistance would come from hormones that control hunger and thus would help by controlling hunger to keep you at current level of cells).

I cant get into the course material anymore

Sued0nim wrote: »

You know it's your lifestyle settling rather than your body though don't you

The amount you generally move, the amount you generally eat = your comfort zone so = your set weight

When you diet down but look short term and don't plan for lifelong changes ..e.g. When you have a goal weight and only a goal weight in mind, you have a tendency to revert to a "normal" once you feel you're at target

Only your "normal" is what made you fat in the first place

So if that hasn't changed why would you expect any different result than to put on weight / settle at a particular weight ?

There is a certain amount of discomfort in changing, there is certainly a lot of long term commitment

Please note all usages of "you" mean you in general and not specifically calling out one poster

This. I have a set maintenance range, that I consciously decided was going to be my weight range. Then I do the steps necessary to stay in that zone. I'm in control of this process, period. And for what it's worth-this range is lower than any weight I'd been at previously, and I've had no issue staying there for several years now (a bmi range of 21-22). I don't believe in body's having a 'set' point at all, my weight is where it's at because I made the changes necessary to get it there/stay there.