Understanding your metabolic setpoint

Eating less and exercising more is an old age adage when it comes to weight loss. Unfortunately it doesn’t work for everybody. This article covers why.

Ever wondered why the old adage of eating less and moving more doesn't work for some people?
Or why the hardest part of losing weight is keeping it off?
Resulting in many of us falling into what seems like a never ending cycle of yo-yo dieting.
Turns out it may have more to do with genetics than you think.
Doctors believe that the human body has a metabolic set point weight that it returns to.
So If you lose weight after dieting, your body may work to put it back on and return you to your metabolic set point.
I recently sat down with with the team in between operations to dive into this in a bit more detail

In a nutshell, the inability to maintain weight loss after dieting is scientifically proven to not be your fault.
When you're overweight, your metabolic set point rises with your weight - setting a new fixed point each time.
When dieting, you lose weight below your body's new set point but it doesn't reset it.
The moment you stop dieting your body pulls you back to your metabolic set point.
Weight loss surgery resets your metabolic set point helping you achieve lasting weight loss success.