Have you have been on a diet to lose weight and regained everything when the diet stopped? Well believe me,you are not alone. The one thing you have to remember is that its not your fault.
The typical scenario that comes to mind is a good Friend of mine who started a diet with the intention of losing 40 lbs. to a ideal body weight of 130. At the time she consumed about 2500 calories a day and decided to go on a 1200 calorie diet to accomplish the task. It took a few months to achieve her goal but she found it to be difficult to stay on this kind of restricted eating program and resumed a more sensible eating pattern. Well. I don't have to tell you but she gained all this weight back plus some. At this point many people fall into yo-yo dieting by following one diet after another.
When people lose weight with a diet they are mislead to believe that their weight loss is body fat but studies show that most of the weight loss during a diet can actually be muscle and their BMR (the amount of calories you burn each day for your normal activities) drops, making it harder and harder to keep the weight off.
Its a fact that a pound of muscle burns 21 times more calories than a pound of fat cells and this is the answer to the quest for permanent fat loss.
To really lose weight and keep it off, start a program of strength training to boost your Basal Metabolic Rate and build some muscle.
I would recommend two to three sets per major muscle group with 8-12 repetitions per set. Compared to dieting strength training is easy,fast and will keep the weight off.
Three days a week for about 45 minutes of strength training and cardio work at the gym or at home coupled with a healthy eating plan will give you the body you are after
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