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[quote=Anonymous]OP - I've previously posted and lost 13 pounds now over the last few months. Follow plant based diet with a little meat, very little sugar, no fat and work out 2 hours a day. For the first two months, the scale did not move. The only thing that kept me going was knowing I was getting stronger, and I focused on the longevity aspect and gaining muscle. Eventually, my body gave up and is resetting my weight. I have a biochem background - there is something called homestasis - think of the thermostat in your house. Your body will set its weight based on your calorie needs and calorie in-take. So, when you have been a certain weight for a long time, it takes a while for your body to reset. Eventually, though if you stick to a plan, your body will give up and reset to the new reality. The tendency is for your body to stay within a certain small range. It's a bit more complicated than that if you've really messed up your metabolic health and become really obese - in that case I hear fasting can make the scale budge. This has been my diet/exercise plan for 20 years now, but my habits eroded over a period of 5 years and wham I was out of shape, drinking wine every night, eating cheese and bread mess.[/quote]

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