Weight cycling

Question number two.

I have heard that after years of yo-yo dieting your body can regain fat quicker each time.

Is it harder to lose because of fat memory or something else? I have yo-yoed for years and I feel like I can't lose weight as quickly as the same calories as previous years.

That's a very nuanced question.

So it's very difficult to say yes or no.

So let's break it down.

I've heard that after years of yo-yo dieting, your body can regain fat quicker each time.

Is that possible? The answer is like, yeah, that is possible, but there's so many moving pieces that can cause or contribute or have some correlation.

Wildly, you know? Up and down, up and down, probably the same 20, 25 pounds, even 30, you know?

You were yo-yo dieting?

Oh, yeah, for sure.

So what would happen? Like, you'd get really, really strict and then you would binge?

Well, I mean, I don't know, this has been enlightening for probably many people to go like, "Hey, that's me when I was younger." Um, anything else you wanna share about your journey? I mean, this is, this is good for...

I know so many patients are gonna appreciate this 'cause they've gone through the same weight cycling and exercising until they wanna pass out [laughs] type of thing without much, uh, of an effect on their weight.

Anything else you wanna share?

I mean, I think it's just important to recognize that, like, we all hold a lot of bias and stigma towards ourselves as people who struggled with weight, and I used to torture myself in like, "What's wrong with me? I'm smart.