The underlying cause of the "yo yo" diet effect.
If you are like me, you probably have lost weight many times. When you sacrifice a lot and yet can't seem to lose the weight in areas like the inner thighs, buttocks, and abdomen, your efforts feel daunting and hopeless. Then, to add insult to your injury, you gain it all back again anyway. Most likely you added significant interest to your re-weight gain leaving you heavier than when you started. This is what is described as, "The "yo yo" diet effect."
Those that have never had a weight problem cannot fully comprehend the frustration and emotional roller coaster one experiences to lose weight! To be told callously by "healthy" people to just cut back on the sweets is not remotely helpful.
If this story sounds familiar to you, then this article will help you understand the secret to stopping the ""yo yo" effect."
What may surprise you is the "yo yo" diet effect is really a sign of your body being too toxic to handle the weight loss. This will be explained a little later in this article.
What is obesity?
According to the Centers for disease control being overweight or obese is determined by using weight and height to calculate a number called the "body mass index" (BMI). BMI is used because, for most people, it correlates with their amount of body fat.
- An adult who has a BMI between 25 and 29.9 is considered overweight.
- An adult who has a BMI of 30 or higher is considered obese.
Is obesity the precursor to many diseases?
Have you ever heard that obesity is the pre-cursor to just about every major disease such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes just to name a few?
Most resources will tell you that this is true, however this is a common misleading statement. Once we examine this further, you will see that obesity, is not a precursor. It is a disease resulting from the same cause found in the other diseases previously mentioned. This underlying cause of disease we describe as toxins is also what causes the "yo yo" diet effect when attempting to lose weight.
To better understand how toxicity causes the "yo yo" diet effect we need to briefly go over the role of the fat cell in your body.
The fat cell function is the secret!
Fat is a protector cell. You don't have fat, you die. Fat cells cushion the body to prevent damage, insulate the nerves to prevent shorting out, and creates a reserve food stores to prevent starvation. Fat cells also play a role in the immune function. It is in this immune function we find the cause to the "yo yo" diet effect.
The immune system's role is to protect the body from terrorist, both foreign and domestic. These terrorists can be viruses, bacteria, and yes you guessed it - toxins.
Under normal bodily functions, we eliminate the toxins by sweating, defecating, urinating, sneezing, coughing, and vomiting. Our body's first response will be to attack the toxin and attempt to eliminate the toxin from our body.
What happens when our body becomes inefficient in removing the toxins?
The next protective measure if elimination of the toxin is not possible is to store the toxin. The body uses the fat cell to lock up the toxic bad guys.
What is a toxin?
Many times we think of toxins as sludge from a nuclear plant. We are bombarded by toxins from the environment we live in, however we also produce toxins from normal metabolic functions.
According to dictionary.com a toxin is a poisonous substance, especially one produced by a living organism. Toxins can be products or by products of ordinary metabolism. One example is lactic acid which must be broken down or excreted before building up to dangerous levels.
The "yo yo" diet journey - from your body's point of view
As toxins become more plentiful, the body needs to build more prisons for the bad guys. It does this by making more fat cells. The metabolism will be slowed as to conserve energy consumption so that the fat can be produced.
Eventually, you decide its time to lose weight. Just like many people do, You starve yourself to force the body to utilize the fat for food to survive. First the face and breast areas start to thin. You get exited as people start to notice your weight loss efforts. Then your muscles start to weaken, you get dehydrated since your avoiding that water weight, and you start to feel tired and possibly sick.
You think to yourself, "just a little more starvation and my thighs will fall off!" It's just not working, your face looks anorexic, but your thighs still look big! Frustrated, you find yourself ready to quit.
Hey you lost 15 pounds, that's pretty good isn't it? You decide to take a break from this diet. Just a few weeks go by and before you know it, you gained 25 pounds back! During this dreaded "YO YO" experience, you ask your self "what in the world just happened?"
As if your body could speak, you here this reply to your question:
While your intentions to get me healthy were good, you lost 15 pounds of my water, muscle and my precious fat. You put me in a serious compromised position. I even tried to use muscle for energy so I didn't have to release the toxins - this is why you were feeling week. Eventually, I had no choice but to release the toxins to use the fat. Now I have more toxins roaming the streets. The immune system had to work harder now to fight the toxins, this is why you were feeling sick
I vowed to prevent this from ever happening again. The first chance I had, I immediately slowed my metabolism so I can get my fat back! And I even made more fat as a precautionary measure. You can thank me later.
Detoxifying is the key
In order to lose the weight and avoid the "yo yo" diet effect, it is essential to do the following:
1) Detoxifying the body so that it can efficiently start eliminating toxins as they present themselves. To help the body, one must avoid the higher toxic foods and consume lower toxin producing foods. Fasting and assisted fasting for a short period of time gives the body a chance to get a jump-start. Eat high water content foods. Consume herbs, and foods known for their detoxifying properties. Some of these products have a synergistic effect, while others can inhibit each other. For this reason it is important to do your research on the products you consume. Avoid fake and fast foods - these are usually high toxin foods. A lot of snack and quick to eat foods fall in this category.
2) Detoxifying the fat cells, so that the body will naturally be willing to utilize the fat for food. Once toxins are emptied from the fat cell, the body is more than happy to finally use the fat for food. (Yes, this means those hard to lose areas too!!!)
Once you look at and treat obesity from a toxic point of view, you will find weight loss to be less of a struggle, the cravings minimized, and best of all the loss of weight without the dreaded "yo yo".
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Other resources include the Center for disease control (CDC) and Dictionary.com
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