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Taking a step down. The theory of the 'set point'.

by Sallyo on 16 Jun 2013, 22:43

Yes! Down again, back to my lowest weight so far:74.6kg. I was afraid it would be up today as we had dinner guests last night and a big meal. Last time I weighed 74.6, 3weeks ago, it was after we'd had a light meal the night before and my sister, a sceptic, had suggested that the reason I had a lower than normal weight was because I hadn't eaten a big meal the night before. I now know that this isn't right. My body has a new set point weight. It is between 74.5 and 75 kg. I have weighed in this range for the last month. It has moved down from being between 75 and 76kg.

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.
Last edited by Sallyo on 18 Jun 2013, 08:04, edited 1 time in total.

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