95% of the people who diet regain their weight

[healother]

What do you folks think of this statistic? I dont have the source, but I'm sure you've all heard it many times before.

If someone loses fat and regains the weight in muscle thats one thing, but i dont think thats the case with most these people.

So does EF just have more willpower than 99% of the other people who go on diets?

 

[bigmann245]

i do it all the time. not on purpose i seam to go in spurts with weight loss and gain. sometimes i have a lot of time on my hands then other times i cant even sleep my day is so full. i know excuses excuses but its true.

 

[healother]

i do it all the time. not on purpose i seam to go in spurts with weight loss and gain. sometimes i have a lot of time on my hands then other times i cant even sleep my day is so full. i know excuses excuses but its true.

you see I'm thinking that most people would just love to lose it and keep it off.
But you never see that, lol!

ofcourse the excuse of most EF dudes is "well I needed to gain some muscle so i let myself go up to 18% bodyfat."

I know if I had the stamina to keep like 6% bodyfat for life I would. I wouldnt care if I only weighed 150 lbs. at 5'8" thats fine.

 

[NickyE3]

i beleive it
genetics suck

 

[Lao Tzu]

Yeah it sucks. The human body and all multi celled and single celled life has evolved various ways to deal with famine (dieting is just controlled famine, which the body thinks is temporary). Fighting 3 billion years of evolution is hard. I'm sure in the next 2 decades we'll have anti-obesity drugs that actually work and are safe, but not right now.

This is also why abstinance programs tend to fail, humans aren't designed to get off on starving themselves and not having sex. If we did we'd have all died off a long time ago.

As for EF, I would say that there is alot more knowledge of drugs and nutrition, and that probably plays a role in higher success rates. Ask someone on the street what Clen/T3 are and they'll have no idea.

 

[rocky_road]

EF'ers and other people who are sucessful in dieting achieve it because the embrace fitness and evolve their diet into their lifestyle, rather than assuming their former way of life. I agree that almost no one can permanently stay lean after a diet without changing ones lifestyle.

 

[gjohnson5]

The problem is that deits don't work. You changes need to be life changes. Exersizing (for life) needs to be added to that. If the trend continues (for life) then the weight will stay off for life. Stop those habits and yes, they will regain the weight

 

[healother]

but when EFers do contest style diets to get ripped for the summer or for a show or something, it seems that most dont maintain that though. I really see anyone on here drop down to 6-8% bodyfat and keep it there for the rest of their life.

maybe they just get tired of the low carb and veggies? i dunno.

 

[Bikini Mod]

The problem is that deits don't work. You changes need to be life changes. Exersizing (for life) needs to be added to that. If the trend continues (for life) then the weight will stay off for life. Stop those habits and yes, they will regain the weight

Agreed.

FAT loss.

HEALTH gain.

Aesthetics should merely be a positive "side effect".

 

[Smurfy]

What do you folks think of this statistic? I dont have the source, but I'm sure you've all heard it many times before.

If someone loses fat and regains the weight in muscle thats one thing, but i dont think thats the case with most these people.

So does EF just have more willpower than 99% of the other people who go on diets?

those stats are 100% true for me