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Yo-yo dieting, also known as weight cycling, is a repeated loss and gain of body weight due to excessive dieting. The term "yo-yo dieting" was coined by Kelly D. Brownell, Ph.D., at Yale University, in reference to the cyclical up-down motion of a yo-yo. In this process, the dieter is initially successful in the pursuit of weight loss but is unsuccessful in maintaining the loss long-term and begins to gain...


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How do I break the cycle of yo-yo dieting?
I've lost the same 50 pounds about seven times. I'm a pro at losing...

Don't stop dieting once you've lost it..... Whatever allows you to lose that weight in the first place should be equally effective at keeping it off... BUT ... it could...

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    Everyone here has probably yo-yoed a time or two (or ten). If we didn't have a tendency to overeat of diet schemes, you do manage to lose a bunch of weight. Now you transition into a new mode...

    Mar 09, 2008

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    About 11 months ago I started dieting and in 9 months I lost over 120 pounds believe it or not. My , burritos, ice cream and other foods I've deprived myself of while dieting, and I...

    Sep 01, 2008

  • Jennifer Nicole Lee - Oprah's History Of Yo-Yo Dieting And... - 7 replies

    For the most part, this seems like a well-rounded critique of Green's diet and fitness... of any kind even on a cutting diet as long as they fall into your daily alloted amount...

    Mar 05, 2008

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How is it possible to have permanent weight loss if dieting slows down metabolism?
well, i know that eating less will have the body adjust to the new calorie...

The trick of losing weight is to fool your metabolism into thinking it is getting fed normally. If you try to lose weight by starving yourself, then your metabolism kicks...

Asked by taltalon - 1 month ago

How come it s so hard to loose weight? It s...
Every time me or any one I know start s a diet it...

I think that the key to weight loss is not so much as dieting but taking control over what and how much you eat. I eat at least six times...

Asked by Faber - 5 months ago

what should a five foot tall femaile weigh? I've had a baby and I think...
Before I had my baby I was right at 110 and now i'm at 150....

Losing the weight after pregnancy isn't easy... I don't think it is necessary for you to go back to your pre-pregnancy weight, but 150 pounds for a five feet tall...

Asked by laiken - 3 months ago

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