Mmm, I can eat cheesecake again but only in moderation according to a report by the University of California – Los Angeles. Researchers also found that dieters are more likely to regain more weight after diets.
“You can initially lose 5 to 10 percent of your weight on any number of diets, but then the weight comes back,” said Traci Mann, UCLA associate professor of psychology and lead author of the study. “We found that the majority of people regained all the weight, plus more. Sustained weight loss was found only in a small minority of participants, while complete weight regain was found in the majority. Diets do not lead to sustained weight loss or health benefits for the majority of people.”
No wonder I’m always come back to the same weight!
“What happens to people on diets in the long run?” Mann asked. “Would they have been better off to not go on a diet at all? We decided to dig up and analyze every study that followed people on diets for two to five years. We concluded most of them would have been better off not going on the diet at all. Their weight would be pretty much the same, and their bodies would not suffer the wear and tear from losing weight and gaining it all back.”
That’s it! I’m giving up on diets. I think I’m going to stop obsessing about my weight’s ups and downs and eat what I like, but less of it.
[Dieting does not work, researchers report]
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