Set point theory

Well, that's, we just reviewed, that's, it's got to be more complex than that when we have such poor outcomes for only looking at those two specific areas.

On the right-hand side of the screen, this is the way that we think about this new construct, the weight set point.

So the weight set point is really referring to just the hypothalamus really being in charge here.

That there is a ton of signaling from the body and within the hypothalamus itself, how the hypothalamus appetite and hunger center is functioning, that are really in charge.

So we may want our bodies to be at a certain number.

So I was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, here in the U.S. And what I typically saw is individuals that put forth a lot of lifestyle, I guess, efforts, let's say lifestyle efforts, meaning modifying their diet, looking at physical activity.

And despite all that they tried, they would still defend a higher set point for weight, meaning curing excess adipose tissue, which is fat mass, despite really everything they're doing.

And this was, you know, frustrating to me.

But if we go back to the late 90s and early 2000s when I started, and one correction, I have over 300 peer-reviewed articles now.

This was the, if people remember, the Billy Blanks Taibo era.

All of those things that, you know, I used to do in my dorm room before heading out to my classes.

And as someone who has defended a lower set point for weight, those things worked for me in helping me to maintain my weight.

You know, at the time I was like, well, you know, can't people just work harder? Can't they just do something better? And so very much in the lifestyle camp of like, OK, if only people tried harder, did harder, worked harder, then they could be, you know, where I am.