Okay, so you have reached your goal weight and feel absolutely great about hitting the target, and love the new lighter version of yourself. Now, if you show slack and be complacent, chances are high that you might regain all the lost weight back. Certain studies have found that 80% of the people who have lost a considerable amount of weight, tend to regain all of that back within two years. It’s a fact that your body doesn’t like to lose its fat storage and will do everything to gain back those layers that have been shredded through weight loss. Now, here’s another interesting fact – a fat cell is never burnt up – it just shrinks in size when the fat content is pushed away from it, and once there’s enough surplus calories available in the body, it balloons up to accommodate fat, sometimes up to 20x of its original size. Also, once full expansion is reached, the fat cell divides to create new fat cells. And more the number of fat cells, the higher is the chance of putting all the weight back again, because they can all expand to accommodate more and more fat molecules. If you think losing weight is tough, maintaining a healthy weight is tougher. So, if you are someone who is seeing an upward swing on the scale, here are some reasons why you are regaining weight after losing it.
1. A Complacent Attitude: A majority of people who reach their goal weight after putting in a lot of effort and hard work, actually become complacent after hitt...