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Maintaining a healthy weight is one of the best habits to have, in my opinion. Weight loss is actually quite easy but it\u2019s keeping it off that is difficult for most people (including me at one point). But I\u2019ve lost over 1.5 stone in a couple of years and most of that was in the first 12 months. I had a hard time trying to lose weight for years. You can read about the healthy weight loss habits I maintained here<\/a> if you\u2019d like where I talk about the smaller things that helped me to maintain weight loss.<\/p>\n

But the reason I\u2019m writing this post today is because I just weighed myself this morning and saw the same old number pop up just like it has been for months and months now. That number is 190 pounds. But for a long time, that number was 212 \u2013 214 pounds and I didn\u2019t realise how overweight I was. Sure, I wasn\u2019t huge but I was much bigger than I realised. That\u2019s obvious now when I look back at photos of myself at that higher weight.<\/p>\n

That 212 pounds fluctuated slightly but it was always around 212. It was as if I could never move the needle far enough no matter what I tried. I was pretty good at losing some weight but then as soon as I ate one single ice cream, I would put on a bunch of weight (or at least that\u2019s what it felt like at the time.) <\/p>\n

And that 190 pounds goes up by 1 or 2 pounds from time to time and even goes down to 189 pounds on the odd occasion but it always goes back to 190 pounds. Weird. Even if I eat a lot in one week, my weight tries to come back down to 190.<\/p>\n

So what\u2019s going on?<\/p>\n

The set point weight theory<\/h2>\n

There is a theory around this frustrating experience called \u201cset point theory<\/a>\u201c. It\u2019s never been proven (and I\u2019m not sure how you would prove it) but it\u2019s a very popular theory nonetheless. The idea is that your weight is set by your genetics and so if you eat less to try and lose weight, your metabolism will slow down to compensate. As soon as you start going back to your old eating habits (which most people do sooner than later) you\u2019ll put all that weight you lose back on and then some.<\/p>\n

Essentially, your body does not want to lose weight. It is designed to hang on to those calories. And many experts believe this to be a matter of fact. It does make sense\u2026the colour of your eyes and hair are set by your genes or how tall you are so why wouldn\u2019t they control your weight?<\/p>\n

Your body weight set point does make things difficult<\/h2>\n

I believe the set point weight theory based on my own journey and what I have seen on the scales over the past 10 or so years. However, there is a problem with this theory or rather, what this theory causes\u2026<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s confusion. Most people know of this theory and believe it\u2019s why they can\u2019t lose weight no matter what they try<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In my experience, your body really is trying to stay the same and it\u2019s stubborn as hell, so stubborn in fact that you can give up very easily and say, \u201cThis is just the weight I am supposed to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

But I believe your weight is just like anything else. <\/p>\n