Weight Loss Cycling
Can Repeated Weight Losses & Gains Hurt Your Long-Term Chances at a Healthy Weight?
What Is Weight Loss Cycling?
Weight loss cycling is the repeated loss and regain of body weight. When weight loss cycling is the result of
dieting, it is often called "yo-yo" dieting. A weight cycle can range
from small weight losses and gains (5-10 lbs. per cycle) to large changes in
weight (50 lbs. or more per cycle).
Some research links weight loss cycling with certain health
risks. To avoid potential risks, most experts recommend that obese adults adopt
healthy eating and regular physical activity habits to achieve and maintain a
healthier weight for life. Non-obese adults should try to maintain their weight
through healthy eating and regular physical activity.
If I regain lost weight, won't losing it again be even
harder?
A person who repeatedly loses and gains weight should not have more trouble trying to reach
and maintain a healthy weight than a person attempting to lose weight for the
first time. Most studies show that weight loss cycling does not affect one's
metabolic rate�the rate at which the body burns fuel (food) for energy. Based
on these findings, weight loss cycling should not affect the success of future
weight-loss efforts. Metabolism does, however, slow down as a person ages. In
addition, older people are often less physically active than when they were
younger. Regardless of your age, making regular physical activity as well as
healthy eating habits a part of your life will aid weight loss and improve health
overall.
Next: After Effects of Weight Loss Cycling
Adapted from: Weight Cycling
(http://win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/cycling.htm)
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