Potapko
Contributor
I think some of you are not reading carefully (or at all). What the science suggests is that the bodies of people who have been significantly overweight will not only resist losing that weight, but strive to regain it, once lost. It's not an excuse--after all, nobody questions who got them fat--it's an explanation. So, to sum up, if you fatten yourself--and yes, that is all your fault--it will be a lot harder to maintain a healthy weight than if you had never gotten fat. The message is, don't ever get fat.
The other message is, when you see a fat person, don't assume they are lazy or undisciplined. They may be eating a low calorie diet, and they may be exercising twice as much as you, and still be fat. What you can assume is that at some time they overate, or didn't exercise enough, or probably some combination of the two, and they got fat. Shame on them.
The body adjusts to the level of consumption. I have yet to see empirical data that supports this excuse. eh, sorry, reason. A person which loses a lot of weight and keeps it off for a period of time will normally not have a problem maintaining that level if they eat normally.
Changing one's body type is a process. Today, if I go to the US, I can get away with eating much more than normal for up to a month. Sorry, but I haven't found anything here that can compete with our restaurants in the states
When I return to Europe I find that I gained no weight at all or in a week I am back to my "normal" weight.
Same was true when I had a "fat" body type. I could diet for weeks and barely drop anything, then I quit and immediately put the pounds back on. People who lose weight and keep it off for six months or a year have a much lower risk of gaining it back. It seems. ymmv