How many times have you heard of someone losing a bunch of weight on a very restrictive diet only to gain it all back plus a few extra pounds? It happens all the time. Some people continue this vicious cycle many times throughout their life. What the heck is the deal?

Well, the deal is this! We all spend our lifetime training our bodies to be accustomed to eating certain foods and in certain quantities. This training is very difficult to break, and simply going on a diet for a couple months isn’t likely to do the trick, at all…

When you go on a super restrictive diet you body goes into shock. Everything that it’s been trained to consume has just radically changed. As a result of this radical change, your body gets very hungry and your brain constantly desires all the foods you can’t have. Yet, you carry on and lose a bunch of weight.

Now, what happens when you go off this diet? The brain continues to demand all the foods that it’s been fed its entire life - and in the quantities it’s been fed its entire life as well. Sooner or later, the body usually gives in and the weight starts to creep up. Eventually the weight reaches where it was prior to going on the diet.

Not only does the weight creep up to where it used to be prior to the diet, but a few additional pounds are gained as well. This is the brain’s insurance to make sure the body has enough fat storage to last another drought (restrictive diet), if it should ever come again.

Diets that are not restrictive and concentrate on the healthy foods have the long lasting weight loss benefits. For example, a diet like Fatloss4Idiots doesn’t restrict your food consumption (no calorie or carb counting) and focuses on quality healthy food.