deflated or go away

[tannaz]

iv read "the fat cells shrink in this diet .they never go away .they just shrink.the fat cells are like balloons and the can beinfated & deflated"
if its true so when we abandon this diet fat cells can be inflated=put on weight again

[Suzanne_H]

Re: deflated or go away

I think that's the way with any diet... or it's been my history. Whether I lost weight on WW or SouthBeach or Atkins or starvation as soon as I went back to eating poorly I regained all my lost weight and more. Gotta love that yo-yo. NOT!

[Brook]

Re: deflated or go away

Yep. It's true of any way of eating/diet.

If you go back to eating the way that got you in the first place, you're going to get again.

And the statement is correct. Fat cells do not disappear, they simply empty out/shrink.

[Suzanne_H]

Re: deflated or go away

One word: liposuction

That'd get the fat cells gone. LOL

[tannaz]

Re: deflated or go away

no when you lost your weight with low-fat diet it doesnt happen because you really lose fat and weight. but this diet is different from other diets .the most of your foods in this diet is fat so in this period(at.diet)you put in fitness in your body .do you know im worried about this problem

[Sims]

Re: deflated or go away

On any diet fat cells do not go away. The sad thing is you can actually increase the number of fat cells in your body as you gain weight but you will never decrease the number. This is true of any "diet". Fat cells will decrease in size. I think the only time you will lose them is if you completely starve yourself but that would happen only after your body has eaten away at muscle first.

This is why dieting doesn't work - you WILL regain the weight. Anyone wanting to lose weight needs to think long term and change how they eat permanently.

[Georgiana]

Re: deflated or go away

when we abandon this diet

If your plan is to lose 20 lbs and then go back to your old way of eating, then Atkins is not for you.

Atkins is not a "diet," in the most often used sense of the word, but a way of eating for life.

You haven't read Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution (2002), have you?

[Georgiana]

Re: deflated or go away

with low-fat diet it doesnt happen because you really lose fat and weight.

So what do you lose when you follow Atkins if not fat?

[Suzanne_H]

Re: deflated or go away

no when you lost your weight with low-fat diet it doesnt happen because you really lose fat and weight. but this diet is different from other diets .the most of your foods in this diet is fat so in this period(at.diet)you put in fitness in your body .do you know im worried about this problem

You lose fat from the fat cells, but the cell structures remain. The only way to actually remove fat cells from the body is with surgery (liposuction). However, once the cells have been removed, should the patient not maintain the weight loss, the body will create new fat cells.

Our bodies can manufacture new fat cells, but not remove them. We only reduce or increase the size of the present fat cells or manufacture new fat cells.

[Brook]

Re: deflated or go away

So what do you lose when you follow Atkins if not fat?

[atkinsgal08]

Re: deflated or go away

I've read:

"Fat cells do die, eventually. They just take a long time to do so. Also, they will stay empty of fat and filled with water while they are waiting to die.

That's because your body doesn't want to kill fat cells off just to have to turn around and make some more when you gain weight back. That's inefficient.

So your body will keep the empty fat cells there, filled with water, and wait...and wait...and wait. The body can wait a long time before killing off those fat cells.

And every time you lose and regain? The body will learn to wait even longer before killing off the next set.

And everytime you gain more weight, you create even more fat cells that will wait and wait and wait to be filled again. It does seem discouraging but following Atkins WOE will be the most efficient way to burn fat; initially shrinking them, and if you can make this a way of life, eventually killing them."