In almost every post lately what I’m writing about seems to effect either leptin or ghrelin. So this post is mostly for reference. The reason they come up so often is they are the two key hormones regulating hunger. Ghrelin signals to our brain to increase appetite, while leptin is a major appetite suppressor and...
We often hear the rhetoric “all diets fail”. Firstly, lots of diets are successful. Most people who have tried to lose weight have achieved at least some. Where the diet’s fail line comes from is that so many put the weight back on. Firstly that’s ok. This isn’t about shaming anyone for their size. Maybe...
There are a few reasons to consider diet breaks. One is simply because you need to stop dieting! Maybe for a few weeks, or a few months+ for some. The second is as a strategy to break up a dieting phase. Long term dieting has many negative effects. These include physiological, such as metabolic adaptation...
Also known as adaptive thermogenesis. This is when you lose weight & your metabolism drops to a lower rate than expected. It’s normal when dieting for your metabolism to slow down. So don’t worry when it does. However it is something to take into consideration, & why people can think they’ve hit a plateau.When you...
