Metabolic SetpointThe reason why strict diets often fail is due to regulation of your body’s natural ‘metabolic setpoint’. This setpoint automatically controls what is considered to be your 'normal' weight. Any dramatic changes to your weight threatens this metabolic setpoint.
Similarly, when your weight drops quickly, your body’s calorie burning furnaces slow down to conserve calories. In this way your body works toward maintaining a particular weight 'setpoint'. Your body is trying hard to keep what it considers your normal weight within a narrow margin. The metabolic setpoint is individually set and can be hard to shift, your body likes stability. It fights hard to maintain what it has accepted as your normal weight. Your Metabolism Defends Your Metabolic Setpoint Your metabolism defends your setpoint by slowing down or speeding up when your weight approaches the outer limits of your metabolic setpoint range. This can be one of the reasons you have hit a plateau before on a strict weight loss diet. When you lose weight too quickly on a fad diet your metabolism slows down. You will not lose weight if you do not increase your metabolism before lowering your calorie intake. Your metabolism is a powerful factor that controls your ability to lose weight. This is the reason why some individuals apparently eat even more than we do, but they maintain a lower weight, or conversely, the person who swears they do not eat that much, but gains weight or stays overweight. The metabolic setpoint is an inbuilt survival mechanism. Your metabolic setpoint ensures there is adequate body fat in the event food becomes scarce. In modern times your body no longer distinguishes between a famine or crash diet. A slow, steady approach to weight loss helps to minimise resistance to changes to your metabolic setpoint.
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