So many people diet to get to a certain weight and once they reach it, they think they can go back to eating the way they used to before. It’s such a real phenomenon that there’s a name for it: “Yoyo Dieting.” This type of dieting is very bad for you, and actually most people gain back even more weight than they lost, going up to a higher weight. I did this a few times, and I know many others who have as well. It’s because our education in diet and healthy lifestyles has been flawed for so many years.

If you add 2 + 2, you will always get 4. If you want to get to 3, you have to replace one of the 2’s. The same applies to our weight and health. If you eat with abandon, your weight will soar. If you cut back and eat better quality foods, you will lose weight. If you get to a weight goal and return to eating anything and everything, your weight will go back up.Seems kind of logical, yet so many people somehow don’t understand this.

Making a change to lose weight is good, but it will be meaningless unless you make the change in your lifestyle long-term and adopt a healthier lifestyle. Madness is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Losing weight through diet and then going back to pre-diet eating habits is madness.