Best Tip: Fell Off Your Diet?! Why It May Actually Be a Good Thing

Why getting back into eating a healthy diet is NBD.

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October 19, 2017 BEST TIP BEST LOOKS BEST YOU BEST EATS CONTESTS & GAMES FLYERS SUBSCRIBE     First of all, don't beat yourself up. Second of all, read this. Get ready to pat yourself on the back. Taking some time off from your diet might just be the key to weight loss that you've been looking for. A study recently published in the International Journal of activity involved 51 obese men split into two separate groups with two separate eating regimens. After the study was completed, both groups of participants gained back some of the weight lost, but the group who took part in intermittent dieting managed to still be, on average, 18 pounds lighter than their continuous dieting counterparts. The adjustment is what study co-author Nuala Byrne calls a "famine reaction." The study was conducted by the University of Tasmania, where Byrne is a professor. Read more: The Reason You Don't Need To Be Super Strict With Your Diet To Lose Weight Your Weight-Loss Meal Plan: Lose 10 lbs in 6 Weeks How Oprah Changed Her Attitude About Weight Loss Into A Healthy Lifestyle   FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL NETWORKS SIGN UP FOR OUR OTHER NEWSLETTERS     If you would like to subscribe to our other newsletters, please click here. © 2017 Reader's Digest Magazines Canada Limited, 1100 boul. René-Lévesque W., Montréal, Québec H3B 5H5 You have received this e-mail because you are a friend of Reader's Digest Canada. We hope you have enjoyed receiving it. However, if you would rather not receive future messages of this sort from us, simply click on the following link: click here to unsubscribe. Privacy Policy | Contact us