BODYFAT SETPOINT

BODYFAT SETPOINT
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With newer research coming up, there seems to be more support towards the “Set Point theory” suggesting that a biological system may be responsible for metabolic changes. ⁣
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The research is not definitive on the matter and precise mechanisms remain unclear, but this may give some “food for thought” to the people who believe that the set point doesn’t exist – or rather – that it should be preferably called “Settling point” and that it has to do more with environmental factors rather than physiological ones. ⁣
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Others suggest that the two (set and settling points) can coexist and shouldn’t be mutually exclusive, which seems to be more likely the case.⁣
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Anyway..⁣
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Have you ever noticed your body fighting back when your goal is to lose body fat? As you keep losing weight, you feel more tired, hungrier than usual and, before you know it, you’re back to your starting body weight. ⁣⁣
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On the other hand, when you start bulking (and do so for a while) suddenly eating all the calories becomes more of a struggle, hunger decreases and.. you actually start losing weight.⁣⁣
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What’s going on? ⁣⁣
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When we lose fat, our appetite increases, and that is largely due to hormones, mainly Leptin which is produced by the fat cells. ⁣
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Simply put, more triglycerides within the cells = more Leptin, which increased metabolic rate and decreases hunger.⁣⁣
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On the other hand, less triglycerides within the fat cells = less Leptin, which decreases metabolic rate and increases hunger.⁣⁣⁣
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Based on genetic factors, we tend to maintain a certain bodyweight and body fat, and if we move away from it, then our appetite, behavior, and energy expenditure tends to adjust accordingly.⁣⁣