A surprising new discovery; why dieting could cause you to gain weight
Discover why dieting, may be causing you to eventually pile on the pounds!
Would you try anything at any cost to shrink your body size? Perhaps you have been driven out of desperation to lose weight, to try diet, after diet, after diet. If you feel this way, you are certainly not alone. It’s estimated that around six out of ten women are on a diet most of the time.
But how would you feel if I told you that the action you are taking to achieve you’re your ultimate goal of weight loss, might actually be causing you to gain weight?
I have written a number of articles about why diets fail in the long term, but recent research has thrown up a new theory about how dieting affects our physiology.
Researchers have discovered that calorie restrictive diets cause a surprising phenomenon within our fat cell’s mitochondria (These are the mini organs inside our cells, that act like Duracell batteries providing energy to every cell in our body). It seems that this form of dieting can result in the fat cell’s mitochondria becoming out of tune, resulting in a reduced activity level and causing more fat to accumulate within the fat cells.
This may be the reason why fat tissue rapidly builds up again after weight loss- also known as ‘rebound’ weight gain. Most people eventually experience this after dieting, but end up feeling that somehow they have failed.
But please know this -there is an alternative to the misery of feeling like a failure and dieting all your life. I work with my clients both in a one-to-one capacity and within small groups to support them to transform their relationship with food, their body and their life. Get in touch HERE if you would like to have a chat to find out how I can help you.
Until next time,
Marcelle x
P.S Are you ready to cut through the diet culture crap and ditch dieting for good?
Are you longing to find food and body freedom?
Would you love to make peace with your body and build a happy relationship with food?
Come and join us in the FOOD FREEDOM COLLECTIVE, Facebook community- a safe place where you can question, share, learn + feel supported without judgement, comparison and shame. In the group my aim is to help you cut through the confusion and anxiety you feel around food and eating along with sharing motivation and steps you can take to get off the diet rollercoaster for good. And what’s more it’s free to join!
If you would love to leave your years of dieting behind you and live your life to the fullest then come and join us now!
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