Most of the contestants quickly go back to their pre-show obesity, despite having every possible incentive to remain "thin."
http://www.macon.com/news/nation-world/national/article75142817.html
So now we can confirm what most of us have seen in our own lives forever. Fat people quickly lose a bunch of weight. Then they un-lose it, often re-gaining more than they lost. I've seen the same thing played out at least a dozen times among my friends and family, and the ones who "keep it off" are very, very rare.
It is NOT due to a lack of willpower or decadence; it is due to a chemical imbalance that has the effect of dramatically reducing the person's resting metabolic rate, resulting in continuing weight gain, even if the person maintains a reasonable diet. The body wants to get back to its "normal" weight.
Life is not fair, is it?
The only logical conclusion is that rapid weight loss is, while gratifying in the short term, not a good strategy for long-term health. For people with a lot of weight to lose, the only realistic strategy is to lose weight slowly, over a long period to time (maybe years), so that diet is permanently altered and the body will not "fight" to get back to what it perceives as the "normal" weight.
When will Big Pharma come up with a simple, harmless drug that makes us feel "full" more quickly, so that we can eat less and lose the weight we need to lose?
Nothing is too difficult for the person who doesn't have to do it.
http://www.macon.com/news/nation-world/national/article75142817.html
So now we can confirm what most of us have seen in our own lives forever. Fat people quickly lose a bunch of weight. Then they un-lose it, often re-gaining more than they lost. I've seen the same thing played out at least a dozen times among my friends and family, and the ones who "keep it off" are very, very rare.
It is NOT due to a lack of willpower or decadence; it is due to a chemical imbalance that has the effect of dramatically reducing the person's resting metabolic rate, resulting in continuing weight gain, even if the person maintains a reasonable diet. The body wants to get back to its "normal" weight.
Life is not fair, is it?
The only logical conclusion is that rapid weight loss is, while gratifying in the short term, not a good strategy for long-term health. For people with a lot of weight to lose, the only realistic strategy is to lose weight slowly, over a long period to time (maybe years), so that diet is permanently altered and the body will not "fight" to get back to what it perceives as the "normal" weight.
When will Big Pharma come up with a simple, harmless drug that makes us feel "full" more quickly, so that we can eat less and lose the weight we need to lose?
Nothing is too difficult for the person who doesn't have to do it.
