Is Yo-Yo Dieting Harmful?

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Weight cycling is the repeated loss and regain of body weight. When weight cycling is the result of dieting, it's called "yo-yo" dieting. Weight cycling can range from small weight losses and weight gains (5-10 lbs. per cycle) to large changes in weight (50 lbs. or more per cycle).
Some experts believe that weight cycling may be harmful to your health and that staying at one weight is better than weight cycling, even for those people who are obese. However, there is no convincing evidence to support these claims, and most obesity researchers believe that obese individuals should continue trying to control their body weight despite some weight cycling.
So far studies have not definitively shown that weight cycling and yo-yo dieting are harmful. However, further research on the effects of weight cycling is needed.
In the meantime, a fear of weight cycling should not stop an obese person from achieving a modest weight loss. Although health problems associated with weight cycling have not been proven, the health-related problems of obesity are well known.
If you are not obese and have no risk factors for obesity-related illness, focus on preventing further weight gain by increasing your exercise and eating healthy foods, rather than trying to lose weight. If you do need to lose weight, you should be ready to commit to lifelong changes in your eating behaviors, diet, and physical activity.
Is Regained Weight Harder to Lose?
Not necessarily. People who repeatedly lose and gain weight through weight cycling and yo-yo dieting should not experience more difficulty losing weight each time they diet. But, in my experience if you regain the weight, it goes back on quicker and that can be depressing and makes most people want to quit. In my opinion that's the biggest reason for a person to quit trying.
If I Weight Cycle or Yo-Yo Diet, Will It Make Me Fatter?
Weight cycling and yo-yo dieting don't appear to increase the amount of fat tissue in people who lose and regain weight. Researchers have found that after a weight cycle, people have the same amount of fat and lean tissue as they did prior to weight cycling. That said, in my personal experience, when I loss weight some of that is muscle and some is fat, but when you regain, unless your a workout fanatic the new weight will be mostly fat. which increase the muscle to fat ratio. The best research for you is you paying attention to your own body.
Some people are concerned that weight cycling can cause more fat to collect in the abdominal (stomach) area. People who tend to carry their excess fat in the abdominal area, instead of in the hips and buttocks, are more likely to develop the health problems associated with obesity. However, studies have not found that after a weight cycle people have more abdominal fat than they did before weight cycling.
I agree, and everyone will yo-yo to some extent so don't worry about it. It's when you loss 25% or more of your body weight and then quickly put it back, say over the winter, I think that can put a strain on your heart and if you do that repeatedly, than that could be dangerous. 
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