Written By: Bhavyajyoti Chilukoti | Updated : February 1, 2017 11:25 AM IST
When you have to lose weight, you go to any extent to shed those extra kilos. This includes hitting the gym to the T and even staying away from your favourite food and following a strict diet control. However, once you attain the desired weight loss, then slowly all your dedication and determination to maintain your weight goes for a toss. And then you tend to gain all the weight that you lost once only to start your weight loss plan from scratch.
Not many are aware of the side effects that losing weight and gaining weight again and again, known as yo-yo dieting, has on the health, the most common one being obesity. According to a 2016 study published in the journal Evolution, Medicine and Public Health [1], recurring attempts to diet not only signals the body that the food supply in insufficient but also leads to fat storage. Here is an expert-recommended Indian diet plan for weight loss.
Yes, when asked about the same, Dr Ramen Goel, Senior Bariatric Surgeon & Director - Center of Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery, Wockhardt Hospitals, explained that every time you lose weight and gain weight again, your goes through a series of changes not only physically but also mentally. Not just this, when you lose weight, it is more of muscle and fat loss. However, the same does not apply when you gain weight as when you gain weight it is only fat. This means that when you gain weight again, it become less muscular and more of fat, which in the long run, can put you at risk of obesity. Also, if you try to shed weight in an unhealthy way (more weight within less time), then you might end up losing muscle mass than fat. Moreover, the fat percentage in the body increases if you lose and gain weight again and again, which also puts you at risk of hypertension and cardiovascular disease due to excessive fat in the body. Here are 6 healthy habits for weight loss.
Reference:
1. Higginson AD, McNamara JM. An adaptive response to uncertainty can lead to weight gain during dieting attempts. Evol Med Public Health. 2016 Dec 5;2016(1):369-380. PubMed PMID: 27920041; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5139007.
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