【INSIDER】Don’t scold yourself for gaining weight, your body is wired to return to a natural set point ‐ but there may be ways to shift it

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Don't scold yourself for gaining weight, your body is wired to return to a natural set point — but there may be ways to shift it

Extreme dieting can put stress on the body, and the body relieves that stress by climbing back to its starting weight po...

entails alternating
intensity
drastic
adaptations
conventional

entails alternating

意味　交互に必要とする

His weight loss philosophy, Interval Weight Loss, entails alternating between a month of weight loss (aiming to lose 2kg or 4.4lbs) and a month of maintenance, meaning a person would lose 12kg or 26.5lbs over a year.
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intensity

意味　強度

The maintenance months are largely similar except with two meals out and two “treat foods” each week, one fewer workout (which can be lower intensity), and one more day of TV.
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drastic

意味　〈行動· 手段などが〉思い切った, 大胆な, 抜本的な; 〈薬などが〉強烈に作用する, 激烈な

But more drastic weight loss methods may lower weight set point.
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adaptations

意味　適応

“One may not see the metabolic adaptations seen in just diet and exercise as you see with surgery,” he told Insider.
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conventional

意味　従来型の

Fuller believes the issue with conventional dieting is that it doesn’t address set point, and he said many diets are unsustainable and can also cause both mental and physical damage.
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