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last week of DODO
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too complicated
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DODO fast 2 and 3
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New regime: Fast #1 of the DODO challenge
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2nd Fastiversary
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Taking a step down. The theory of the 'set point'.
by Sallyo on 16 Jun 2013, 22:43
I like the idea of the set point. It explains the plateau phenomonom. Your body has a set point weight and hovers around that weight. When you lose a lot of weight fast, too far below what your body recognises as normal, you put weight back on, and can't lose any more, and you experience the 'famine reaction'. You just have to jolly it along, not starve yourself, reassure your body that there isn't a famine, that you will not starve and after a while, your body establishes another set point, lower than the one you were before.
So now I have a new set point weight I can expect to hover around that weight until my body adjusts to it, and then I will start to lose weight again and establish another set point, lower than the one I'm on at the moment. This is all part of the Don't Go Hungry Diet theory. Permanent weight loss happens in steps, not in a line. I've just managed another step down.
I really hope I have explained this so that others can understand because it is such a reassuring thing. Lots of us experience plateaus and it's not because we are doing anything wrong. It's just the natural way our bodies lose weight.