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Yo-Yo Dieting & Weight Gain

Weight Loss: Why Yo-Yo Dieting Can Contribute to Weight Gain Rather Than Weight Loss

Let's talk about Yo-Yo Dieting. We're on a diet - then we're off and then we're back on a diet again - and then off again. We lose weight, we gain it back, then we lose it again. The trouble is that when we regain the weight, we gain additional pounds.

If you're having difficulty sticking to a diet plan and find that you're stranded in the middle of the Diet Yo-Yo Village, pause to take stock of the diet plans that you've tried.

Questions to ask include:

- Why did I drop this diet?

- What didn't I like about that diet?

Go a step further and take what you've learned, and attempt another diet - but this time, no more visits to the Diet Yo-Yo Village, okay?

Yo-Yo Dieting Pitfalls

Diets that go Yo-Yo are generally boring and the dieter loses interest in weight loss. It's like this:

"The beautiful bird was as curious of me as I was of him. Unfortunately, his curiosity quickly wore off and he sprinted into the sky - off to find more adventure."

At times we come to a place in the Old Diet Trail and discover something blocking our path. Sometimes the culprit is a chocolate cupcake containing a creamy filling; other times it might be several slices of extra cheese pizza. Other times it might be an entire cheesecake - one with strawberries, even.

This situation will ring a bell with many dieters. Once an individual decides to take the plunge to lose weight and drop those extra pounds, they are off running - with their necks extended, galloping at a full trot.

Suddenly, a favorite food from a former life makes an untimely appearance - just as the dieter is preparing to consume a bland lunch of canned tuna, 5 saltines and a grapefruit....and unfortunately, the Cupcake Temptation is just enough to make many dieters decide that they've had enough of dieting.

"Give me the cupcake, already! But please, not  those unwanted pounds."

So many times, dieters simply toss their diet to the wind as they say, " This diet no longer interests me." In order to avoid Yo-Yo Dieting, reacting quickly to correct the flaws in the diet plan is vital to Weight Loss Success.