Question:

Hi. I’m wondering how you’re supposed to maintain your weight after you’ve reached your target goal on a Very Low Calorie Diet. I’m not part of a programme, this is entirely makeshift for me, so I would appreciate any advice which might be forthcoming. Would I be right in thinking that it is simply a case of maintaining *good habits*, such as a (slightly increased) low-calorie diet which you gently ease into, and keeping up with regular exercise? My obvious concern is that a VLCD somehow screws with your body, making it inevitable that the weight will come back on. But surely if it’s simply a case of numbers (calories in vs calories out), a lifestyle transition is ‘all’ it requires? Would I be right in assuming that most weight regain cases are due to people heading straight back to the junk food and abandoning the exercise? My priority in exercise is to do serious resistance training while on the VLCD. Ideally, if I can build even a few pounds of muscle then I’ll be more liable to keep the weight off when I do transfer to a more reasonably calorific diet. Any advice/stories/pointers/criticism is welcome :)

Response:

This is a good question.  The percentage of dieters who regain is around 95%.

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