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Top 10 Most Common Reasons You Regain The Weight You’ve Lost

When you are on a weight loss journey, the effects can sometimes feel like you are riding a yo-yo — up towards progress and back down to where you started. Not only is it hard on the body, but this can also be difficult for your mental health and finances. The back and forth nature of weight loss is common though, and many people on this journey experience this — so much so that there is a term for it: weight cycling. Studies show that almost 75% of people striving for weight loss experience the weight coming back at some point. In 2016, research revealed that even on shows like the Biggest Loser, 13 out of 14 studied participants regained weight after their time on the competitive weight-loss show — with four contestants ultimately walking away from the show has gained more weight than when they started. With this concept of weight cycling even plaguing those being guided by trained professionals like the Biggest Loser contestants, it is pretty obvious that there is a great deal of underlying reasoning as to why this issue is so prevalent. To learn more about these secret pitfalls, check out these top 10 most common reasons you regain the weight you’ve lost.

Your eating habits are the same as before you lost weight.

We all have a tendency to slack off after we’ve lost the weight we were trying to lose. And maybe a celebratory meal here or there won’t have a huge impact, but many of us go straight for the jugular. This is particularly troublesome because if you started eating less to lose weight, your metabolism probably slowed down simultaneously, through a process called metabolic adaptation. So once you return to your old eating habits, you are eating more with an even slower metabolism than when you originally started.

Once you return to your old eating habits, you are eating more with an even slower metabolism than when you originally started.