The holidays are nearly over. Its time to assess the damage caused by delicious treats, fun cocktail parties and festive dinners that made us feel so good but now give us a sense of regret. Its time to repent, shed quickly the extra pounds we gained and return to the path of nutritional righteousness. Or is it?
In fact, no. I dont recommend dieting after the holidays. Going on a diet right after putting on more weight may be the worst thing you can do. Why?
Numerous studies have shown that starving yourself after periods of overindulging can be highly counterproductive. One study from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) found that people who diet not only regain the weight they lost but actually tend to add more.
We found that the average percentage of people who gained back more weight than they lost on diets was 41 percent, says Dr. Traci Mann, a professor at the University of Minnesota who specializes in psychology of eating disorders, in an interview with WebMD. She believes these numbers are conservative and the statistics may be even bleaker because the studys data are based on self-reporting, which notoriously skews the results.
One of the reasons why diets dont work, especially after a time of overeating, is that its hard for most people to change even recently acquired habits. If you cant continue with something that provides you with so much gratification, it feels like cruel deprivation. It can be difficult to overcome that sudden void.
And even if you initially succeed at losing some weight, the returns inevitably diminish over time, says Dr. Mann. When you keep to a reduced-calorie diet, your body makes metabolic adjustments that make it harder and harder for you to lose weight. A fat reducing overview can help you establish a clear describe of what you need to focus on to achieve your fat reducing goal if you're a rookie; or serve as a reminder for the ones who are at an intermediate or more improve level of their weight loss strategy. Applying are seven steps that can serve as instructions for your personal weight loss program. The first thing that one must understand is that losing weight and losing fat is not the same thing. Many weight loss plans have tricked people into considering that it is the same, but most diets and weight loss programs only work by resulting in a person's body to eliminate more muscle flesh and water than actual body fat, more help please visit The Fat Loss Factor. Your body becomes very efficient, and you have to eat less and less to continue to lose weight. If you had the will to go on a diet, the fact that it steadily becomes less and less effective makes it even harder to stick to it, she says.
People often underestimate how difficult it is to change their lifestyle, says Dr. Robert M. van Dam, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School who specializes in obesity studies. People think diets are something you do for a little while before going back to your old lifestyle. But if you do a crash diet, you will only regain the weight, he warns.
So what is the right way to get us out of the holiday spirit and let us down gently?
People who want to achieve and maintain a healthy weight should start working at lifestyle changes they can maintain, even if it means not losing weight but just staying at the same weight, says Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom, a professor for psychiatry and epidemiology and director the Weight Management Center at the University of Pittsburgh. In other words, instead of jumping on another fad diet that promises quick results, it is better to gradually ease back into your regular routine and go from there if additional weight loss measures are needed.
This is not just a physical exercise but a mental one as well. If the holidays caused you to engage in some bouts of emotional eating meaning you ate for reasons other than hunger you must find ways to cope with those issues as well. Just because the season is over doesnt mean those needs go away.
Lifestyle changes that produce lasting results include a number of different elements, says Dr. Fernstrom, including moderation of food intake, increasing physical activity, managing stress and, if necessary, getting counseling and treatment for depression and other illnesses that may get in the way.
If you enjoyed this article, you may also enjoy reading "How Damaging Is Yo-Yo Dieting?."
Timi Gustafson R.D. is a registered dietitian, newspaper columnist, blogger and author of the book The Healthy Diner How to Eat Right and Still Have Fun, which is available on her blog, Food and Health with Timi Gustafson R.D., and at amazon.com. You can follow Timi on Twitter and on Facebook.
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