Losing weight has become synonymous with being healthy, and decades of diet and fitness trends as well as weight loss programs support this idea. The general idea a lot of programs and websites tell you is you only need to increase your metabolism to lose weight. It sounds about right until you realize we have a lot of people who go on all these crazy weight loss programs, lose a ton of weight, only to have it all come back a few years later.
Does our metabolism tank after losing weight, or is it just a myth?
In this episode, I share the findings of a recently published study about the effects of weight loss on our metabolism. I discuss the reasons why drastic weight loss leads not just to weight rebounds, but also hormonal repercussions. I describe the case of another study involving participants of a popular weight loss show and its mind-blowing findings. I also provide some tips on how you can lose and maintain weight without any metabolic consequences.
“How you choose your behaviors is going to impact how your metabolism changes.” – Mike Roussell
This week on the Dr. Mike Show:
- Our resting metabolic rate and how it affects energy expenditure.
- How weight loss changes our metabolic rate.
- Adaptive Thermogenesis and why it makes weight loss efforts difficult.
- What a 2016 Biggest Loser study tells us about the effects of drastic weight loss on our body composition.
- How you can prevent your metabolism from slowing down after weight loss.
- The importance of knowing the type of study done to understand the research.
- Why body composition should not be glossed over when it comes to weight loss studies.
Resources Mentioned:
- EP008 – MetaShred Diet Deep Dive Part 1: Goals and Diet Philosophy
- Study: No consistent evidence of a disproportionately low resting energy expenditure in long-term successful weight-loss maintainers
- Study: Persistent metabolic adaptation 6 years after The Biggest Loser competition
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