Setpoint Theory & Weight Loss

Lower Setpoint Weight

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Women’s Weight Loss Made Simple

Women’s weight loss (made simple )is a popular topic these days and for good reason. According to the National Institutes of Health, 66.9% of women in the U.S. are considered to be overweight or obese. (That is 2 out of 3 women.) Being overweight or obese increases the risk for many diseases, including type 2 […]

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Five Tips To Burn More Fat While Eating More Food

  “Moderate replacement of dietary carbohydrate with low-fat, high-protein foods in a diet containing a conventional level of fat significantly improved… cardiovascular risk profiles in healthy…subjects.”– B.M. Wolfe, University of Western Ontario A common assumption people have is that switching over to a healthier lifestyle means a lot more money and a lot more time […]

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How Our Set-Point Rises

The set-point theory states that the body tries to maintain its weight within a preset range. But it’s more than just a theory; the existence of a body weight set-point has been proven in numerous studies. Our metabolism keeps us at our set point the same way it does everything else: hormones. The two most […]

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Best Way to Cut Fat: 6 Simple Tips

You might think that you know the best way to cut fat, but do you? It might surprise you that there’s more to cutting fat than cutting calories. And you don’t have to run a marathon to cut fat, either. (Although, when you eat SANE foods, you’ll probably feel like running a marathon!) But the […]

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Your Set-Point Weight

  “The set-point theory of body weight regulation is based on a large body of empiric evidence.”– D.S. Weigle, University of Washington Our fat metabolism system automatically regulates our weight around a “set-point.” That set-point is why no matter how little we eat or how much we exercise, we generally end up weighing the same. […]

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How To Lower Your Set-Point Weight

  “Set-points are not fixed.”  –R.E. Keesey, University of Wisconsin What is setpoint weight? Set-point weight is the weight that our fat metabolism system automatically works to keep us at regardless of the number of calories we take in or exercise off. You can stray from your set-point weight temporarily by lowering the quantity of […]

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Reduce Belly Fat – 6 Foods You Must Eat

How to Reduce Belly Fat Optimally   Albert Einstein is credited with saying, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” Whether he really said this doesn’t matter, but its truth is undeniable. Don’t you do the same thing — trying each new fad diet over and […]