The “Yo-Yo” Effect

One of the most frustrating aspects of dieting is to later regain all the weight he lost. Struggle to lose those extra pounds and when it finally gets in a matter of weeks or months, recovering all the lost weight. This process of loss and weight gain is known as the “yo-yo effect” and can be highly discouraging.

The reason behind the “yo-yo effect” is that when there is a weight loss, this is by losing fat and muscle mass. Fat loss is positive but the loss of muscle mass is harmful. Unlike fat cells, muscle cells are highly efficient units in processing fat, metabolizing and transforming it into energy. On the other hand, fat cells tend to stay and grow in size.
Imagine the following scenario: meets and adheres strictly to your diet for a few months and you actually lose weight fast. The suit is based much better because it reduced the volume of your body. You feel great for losing weight – and volume – so slowly returns to its usual diet. That’s when the situation is complicated since it lost a significant amount of muscle mass. With less muscle to metabolize calories, they start to accumulate. Instead of being processed into energy, fat gets stored in fat tissue.
The important thing when it comes to losing weight is to ensure that lose body fat and not muscle mass.
The best way to avoid all these difficulties as with everything in health is prevention. Prevention of obesity is very simple and the earlier the implementation, lower costs and more quickly reaches the improvement of quality of life.
The prevention comes by applying regular physical exercise and changes in eating habits, i.e. by adopting a healthy lifestyle.