So, that's the reason why I don't like that, because you're actually creating a yo -
yo diet effect.
Not exact matches
The truth of the matter is that most of these
diets trigger a
yo -
yo effect, and when you stop dieting, the weight bounces back.
In fact, most of the research out there actually suggests that dieting just creates weight cycling, which in a nutshell is the
yo -
yo effect so many people are familiar with; you
diet, your cravings feel out of control, you end up overeating and feel the heavy waves of guilt, and then find yourself on another
diet soon thereafter.
Imagine this particular dreadful scenario: You have managed to stay consistent at your chosen
diet, finally got the results and after some time the
yo -
yo effect happens and you have the weight back, and surprisingly you even got bigger?
After about 15 years of being obese and trying every
diet and exercise known to man I had the
yo -
yo effect perfected, so in one last ditched attempt I opted to have gastric sleeve surgery in 2012, this combined with exercise and
diet led to me losing 145 lb and all my friends and family saying that I am now too thin.
When your
diet includes bouts of starvation, missing meals, or very low calories — you are setting yourself up for the
yo -
yo effect.
These studies show that not only is EFT effective for weight loss, but unlike
yo yo diets, the
effect is permanent, and that the skills participants learn result in ongoing weight loss long after the program has ended.
After the
diet program is over, a person usually experiences
yo -
yo effect meaning he / she gains, even more, weight, unless you adopt some healthy changes in your nutrition pattern that will prevent that.
Now, since
diets like this usually come with the infamous «
yo -
yo»
effect, various users try to utilize it in different ways.
As you pointed out earlier, in a weight loss
diet, crash
diets that cause the
Yo Yo effect you will loose water, muscle and then fat in that order....
These consequences are connected to weight cycling, that
yo -
yo effect from going on a
diet and losing weight, then regaining the weight, then dieting again.
This
yo -
yo effect is believed by some allergy specialists to be the reason why people who stop eating the foods to which they are allergic (go on elimination or avoidance
diets) first go through several days when they feel worse before they start feeling much better.
A lot of people made money on the way up, then lost it all on the way down — just like the
yo -
yo effect you get with fad
diets.