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yo-yo dieting
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yo-yo dieting
n
the practice of repeatedly going on slimming diets, and putting on weight in the interim
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In order to stop the yoyo dieting (losing weight only to quickly gain it back), it takes a profound change in your lifestyle and thinking habits, something that may be achieved with hypnotic suggestions.
How to Lose Weight with Hypnosis by Jackie Johnson / Food/cooking/nutrition community
If they started out at 200 lbs with 25 body fat and lost 15 lbs during the diet, when they gain the weight back and hit 200 lbs again, their body fat percentage will now probably be closer to 30 This is an illustration of a term most people are familiar with, yoyo dieting, and it is why surveys show that over 80 of people who lose weight by dieting alone say that they gained back all of the weight they lost, if not more, within a year.
They Said It on TV, so It Must Be True by sunil / Communications, general community
With the help of a psychologist, Ann tried to find out the impact images of stick-thin models have on young girls' body image, and chatted to Anne Diamond about whether some celebrities are responsible for pedalling a yoyo dieting lifestyle.
Last Night's TV; Ann Widdecombe Versus the Diet Industry (ITV1) by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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