Hunger Hormone Surges Associated With Diet Failures

Atlanta, Georgia, June 22, 2016 (Newswire.com) - Personalizing rest periods and adjusting exercise schedules "on the fly" results in more permanent weight loss by stabilizing hunger hormone surges, according to a recent article published in the International Journal of Sports and Exercise Medicine.

Lead author Dr. J. David Prologo, MD, explains that a great deal of modern day diet failures are because people try to follow static schedules generated by fit authors. In reality, overweight people cannot follow the same schedules as those who use them to maintain. An overweight person experiences stress and hunger hormone surges during the early phases of new diets, and is not likely to withstand the assault - most reacting by quitting their diets.

To think that an overweight person has the capacity to change their weight through calorie burning from day 1 is like trying to empty a pool with a Red Solo Cup.

J. David Prologo, MD

Instead, the article explains, people are advised to listen to the feedback from their bodies. When fatigue, soreness, and “the gloom” hit 4 or 5 days into the diet or fitness program, dieters should step back and rest for as long as it takes.

“It is so important to attend to the bodies recovery. The overweight person trying to transform needs time to adjust their capacity. To think that an overweight person has the capacity to change their weight through calorie burning from day 1 is like trying to empty a pool with a Red Solo Cup," explains Dr. Prologo.

What really matters in the end is how much change a person can induce, not whether or not they follow a predetermined schedule.” “That way,” Dr. Prologo explains, “dieters give their bodies a chance to adjust for the long run, and they can actually finish a program. Finish and get somewhere.” 

Source: Fitness Prequel