The New York Times carried the story recently about the people on the popular show “the biggest loser”.
If focuses on how they are regaining the lost weight.
One of the researchers who worked on the study we just looked at was Dr. Hall.
Dr. Hall studied the biggest losers for six years after one of the seasons.
He found this striking observation as they report in the article:
WHEN THE SHOW BEGAN, THE CONTESTANTS, THOUGH HUGELY OVERWEIGHT, HAD NORMAL METABOLISMS FOR THEIR SIZE, MEANING THEY WERE BURNING A NORMAL NUMBER OF CALORIES FOR PEOPLE OF THEIR WEIGHT.
WHEN IT ENDED, THEIR METABOLISMS HAD SLOWED RADICALLY AND THEIR BODIES WERE NOT BURNING ENOUGH CALORIES TO MAINTAIN THEIR THINNER SIZES.
And the news for people on calorie reduction diets is even worse than that.
AS THE YEARS WENT BY AND THE NUMBERS ON THE SCALE CLIMBED, THE CONTESTANTS’ METABOLISMS DID NOT RECOVER.
THEY BECAME EVEN SLOWER, AND THE POUNDS KEPT PILING ON.
IT WAS AS IF THEIR BODIES WERE INTENSIFYING THEIR EFFORT TO PULL THE CONTESTANTS BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL WEIGHT.
One of the contestants, Danny Cahill, gained 100 pounds after the show.
He was now at almost 300 pounds and struggling.
He was eating 800 calories a day LESS than a normal man his size just to avoid gaining even MORE weight.
As the article says,
The body fights weight loss years after you finish the diet.
Everyone quoted in the story, former Biggest Loser contestants, said they felt “cheated”.
“ALL MY FRIENDS WERE DRINKING BEER AND NOT GAINING MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF WEIGHT,” MR. CAHILL SAID. “THE MOMENT I STARTED DRINKING BEER, THERE GOES ANOTHER 20 POUNDS. I SAID, ‘THIS IS NOT RIGHT. SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH MY BODY.’”
SEAN ALGAIER, 36, A PASTOR FROM CHARLOTTE, N.C., FEELS CHEATED. HE WENT FROM 444 POUNDS TO 289 AS A CONTESTANT ON THE SHOW. NOW HIS WEIGHT IS UP TO 450 AGAIN, AND HE IS BURNING 458 FEWER CALORIES A DAY THAN WOULD BE EXPECTED FOR A MAN HIS SIZE.
So now that we understand the problem, what is the solution to losing weight?
As a man, the only way to lose weight in a lasting way is to raise your metabolism. Raising your metabolism creates much faster use of energy and fat. That energy and fat burns off and you lose pounds of fat.
Plus, even more important, higher metabolism creates higher testosterone, better erections and more of a masculine confident feeling with great mood and surging energy.
Conventional diets kill metabolism and set a man up for lower testosterone, lower libido and sexual problems.
Eating more but avoiding certain metabolism-killing foods can often increase a man’s metabolism so he loses fat without lowering his metabolism.
Tip: Lowering estrogen may be the “greatest advantage” for a man who wants to lose fat and build more muscle.