Hi,

I was reading an article on myths about weight loss and one of them was talking about your weight set point. 

It seems most people believe that they have a weight that they really can’t change because of that set point. 

This belief structure states that if you lose some weight then your set point adjusts so that you gain the weight back.  Same is true if you gain some weight, then your set point will increase your metabolism until you lose the weight. 

While there is some truth to the set point, it has been misinterpreted. 

So here is the scoop.  If you do lose some weight you metabolism will indeed adjust.  It will decrease.

But, it will not decrease so much as to make you gain weight back.  If you lose 5 pounds your set point will adjust downward to maintain that new set point. 

Now it does take some time for this to happen, because your set point does not react immediately.  How soon it reacts depends on your individual metabolism, you age, you activity level, your stress levels, how much sleep you get and much more. 

So why do people lose weight only to gain it back again?

Well most people want to lose more than 5 pounds.  And as they lose more weight the metabolism keeps slowing down. 

As the metabolism slows, the body slows and as you eat less and less your body slows more.  This equates to having no energy. 

And there comes a point where your body can’t slow down any more or you would die. 

This slowing down is very difficult to deal with for most people.  As the weight loss slows to a trickle most get very frustrated. 

Add that to the irritablility factor of having no energy and eating no fun foods and you can see why it is easy to go off of your diet. 

And what happens when you go off?  Well the weight gain comes back with a vengence. 

That is because you start eating more right when your metabolism is at its lowest point.   And remember it takes a while for your metabolism to catch up. 

So you can gain a lot of weight quickly, just because you are eating faster than your metabolism can catch up. 

As you can see, it is not so much your set point playing havoc with you, it is you playing havoc with your set point. 

One of the easiest ways to counter the ups and downs of dieting is to not try to lose weight so quickly.  Slow and simple is much more beneficial in the long run. 

I go into great detail along with a simple 6 step weight loss plan in:  Stop Dieting, Start Losing Weight and Keep it Off Permanently.

By following the simple plan in the ebook you won’t even have to worry about your weight set point anymore.

Thanks,

Mike Val

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