You should not persist with the diet if you have stopped losing weight at some point or have been in a calorie deficit for a long time.
Most people don’t think of nutrition as something that can be planned months in advance. But if someone gets the crazy idea of going on a diet forever, it won’t last long, the person will simply wither away and life will not be a joy.
Losing weight doesn’t last forever. Sooner or later the strength runs out. And here’s what’s definitely worth paying attention to.
Warning signs
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Here are some signs that it’s time to stop fasting:
- You constantly feel a loss of strength, weakness, fatigue, drowsiness
- Frequent headaches or even fainting
- Digestive problems (diarrhea or constipation) began
- You notice brittle hair and nails
Diseases that were not there before appear and become regular
Psychological reasons
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Periodic breaks in the diet are a good way to take your mind off the monotony of your diet. It’s like a weekend that we need to take a break from work.
Physiological reasons
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Diet breaks can reverse the effects of metabolic adaptation by giving hormones ample time to return to normal levels (testosterone, estrogen, leptin).
This means that you:
- you will be less hungry
- there will be more energy
- less desire to break down.
Breaks in the diet are really effective in this regard, but a couple of weeks are clearly not enough to fully restore hormonal levels, so the result turns out to be shorter than expected.