If you think that your body is refusing to shed extra weight even after sticking to a strict diet program and intensive exercise routine, it’s most possible that the “set point theory” has swung into action, and your body is fighting to maintain a certain weight, defusing your weight loss efforts to get to a lighter version of yourself. Come to think of it, the human body runs multiple complicated metabolic and chemical processes, to keep you alive, to keep the heart beating and to maintain the core temperature, and for all these processes, an optimum amount of calories are needed. It is believed that like different bodily functions, weight is also physiologically regulated. Studies say, every person has a set point weight, and the body will settle at a specific weight, and will resist any effort to change that number. This set point weight is predetermined by genetics they say, but can get affected by environmental factors, dietary habits, and lifestyle. Your body would also try to push you back to the previous weight by making hormonal changes that increase your appetite and lower the metabolism. In fact, unhealthy eating habits and sedentary lifestyle can push your reset point to a higher number. For example, if your predetermined set point weight is 58 kg, wrong dietary choices and unhealthy lifestyle habits can push it to 75 and higher! Simplifying this concept, if your set point is 75 kg, but you manage to lose a lot of weight through crash dieting, ...