Yo-yo dieting

[Randy]

Yo-yo dieting refers to going on and off diets, losing and gaining weight.

Why do people yo-yo like this?

 

[Vaeve]

Lmao @ the name. I'm guessing you mean they go on a diet, take a break, then go again. As long as they're cumulatively decreasing their weight, the mentality is you first control yourself, then have a treat for sometime, then control yourself, and repeat the loop because it's much easier to be comfortable with dieting that way.
I'm guessing in those "off diet" periods, they also eat only junk or very tasty food, as this is solely for treating.

 

[duskpire]

Lmao @ the name. I'm guessing you mean they go on a diet, take a break, then go again. As long as they're cumulatively decreasing their weight, the mentality is you first control yourself, then have a treat for sometime, then control yourself, and repeat the loop because it's much easier to be comfortable with dieting that way.
I'm guessing in those "off diet" periods, they also eat only junk or very tasty food, as this is solely for treating.

A great example of yo yo dieting is Oprah. She'd lose a fuck ton of weight and get real skinny and then a few months later she'd be back to being 300 lbs on national television 😀

 

[Vaeve]

A great example of yo yo dieting is Oprah. She lose a fuck ton of weight and get real skinny and then a few months later she'd be back to being 300 lbs on national television 😀

Wait so it isn't break dieting like I thought. That's just weird then. It's like if people don't know whether to call you fit or overweight, cause you keep switching back. Can't make fun and can't compliment. Did she comment on this phenomenon of hers?

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Its because the diet people choose to do is either unsustainable (cannot do it long term) or people fail to realize that changing eating habits isn't a temporary thing, its a lifelong commitment.

 

[Vaeve]

Its because the diet people choose to do is either unsustainable (cannot do it long term) or people fail to realize that changing eating habits isn't a temporary thing, its a lifelong commitment.

I believe once you get thinner after being fat for a while, you don't go down that route again for quite a long time. Maybe you can be careless again later on, but only after considerable time has passed - I think /most/ people who've lost weight/went from fat to thin can commit fairly easily.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

I believe once you get thinner after being fat for a while, you don't go down that route again for quite a long time. Maybe you can be careless again later on, but only after considerable time has passed - I think /most/ people who've lost weight/went from fat to thin can commit fairly easily.

You'd think that but I've seen the opposite so many times with people I know personally.

 

[rkoviper]

I diet until i reach my goal then i maintain it for as long as i please.

 

[duskpire]

You'd think that but I've seen the opposite so many times with people I know personally.

Wax on, wax off....

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

I diet until i reach my goal then i maintain it for as long as i please.

....then what happens?