Why Yo-Yo Dieting is SO Bad For You

We always hear that it's terrible for us to yo-yo diet, but if someone asked you to tell them ten reasons why, could you? Here's ten, plus some:

1. You don't learn anything from dieting. All you learn is how to imprison yourself for three to six months. Nutrition is a lifestyle that needs to be taught so one can apply it for a lifetime.
2. You create more lipogenic enzymes (fat storing) each time you diet.
   
3. You decrease the number of liplytic enzymes (fat burning) each time you diet.
   
4. You create an increase in the size of fat cells.
   
5. You decrease lean body mass and basal (resting) metabolic rate.
   
6. Each diet makes it harder to restore normal basal or resting metabolic rate.
7. You create insulin and blood sugar handling problems, which almost always creates fat storage and hypoglycemic symptoms = cravings.
   
8. Any time insulin goes up, estrogen goes up, which creates estrogen dominance (not enough progesterone to oppose estrogen).
   
9. With dieting, which is a stress, the body converts more hormonal precursors (chlesterol and pregnenolone) to cortisol, than to progesterone. This leads to estrogen dominance, which leads to excess weight around the midsection and gluteal cleft area. Estrogen is stored and produces in fat cells. The more you have or the more dominant you are with estrogen, the harder it is to lose fat.
   
10. With dieting, which is a stress on the body, more cortisol is released. When cortisol goes up, insulin goes up to protect the body. Both of these convert glucose into fat = fat storing hormones.
    
11. With dieting, most people decrease the amount of protein intake. The liver needs protein in order to detoxify estrogen. Estrogen inhibits T4 to T3 conversion, which slows down the thyroid and metabolism.
    
12. Most people decrease the amount of god fat when dieting. you can't get fat from eating fat. Fat requires bile to be broken down, not insulin (which is a fat storing hormone.) It actually takes fat to lose fat!
    

Okay, so I know that there are a lot of "big" words in there :) But I'm sure you get the gist of it. DON'T GO ON A DIET! It will only last so long, and will do more damage than good in the long run. Learn how to eat healthy and you'll get the lasting results you've always wanted. That's what I'm here to help you with.

(This information is from Low Calorie Diet and Weight Loss article from a trainer, Joshua Rubin)